Sannyasa Dharma

Author(s): Champat Rai Jain
Publisher: Champat Rai Jain

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SANNYASA DHARMA
no dhyāna, but only the purest form of Self-enjoy. ment, is eternal and unending when once it is obtained. The duration of the first limb of śukla dhyāna is also an antara mahurta.
There are twelve kinds of special meditations term. ed anuprekshās which are of immense service at the time when the mind is assailed by the deluding energies of passion and infatuation. Their knowledge is essential and their meditation indispensable for him who longs for the riddance of the foe. These will be described now.
ANUPREKSHAS, (1) Anitya anu prekshā. This is intended to emphasize the perishable nature of all things except.. ing simple substances. If the mind is fondly attached to a thing, let it reflect on this bhāvanā (train of thought): "What is it that I am attached to ? Is it a beloved object which is pleasing on account of its beauty—an article of personal use, a relationship between myself and another (e.g., a child) that is pleasurable for its companionship, or beauty or virtue ? But what of it? Alas! neither the enjoyer nor the enjoyed are unperishing! They have got to part from one another. It may be that the object of enjoyment will depart leaving a gap and a blank in its place in the heart ; but it may also be that the enjoyer himself shall go in the first instance, when there will be a terrible tearing asunder of all the tender filaments of human emotions The end is death in each and every case! The whole world of matter and form is in the grip of death, which is all-powerful in his domain.