Self Awareness Through Meditation

Author(s): Ranjitsingh Kumat
Publisher: Ranjitsingh Kumat

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MEDITATION (DHYANA) IN JAIN SCRIPTURES (AAGAM)
this meditation thoughts continue to come that is why it is called 'savichari' or with thought.
Ekatva vitarka nirvichari—Meditation with Discrimination but no Contemplation
When the deep meditation makes one to realize that different aspects analyzed from different angles lead to one and only one truth, he realizes the oneness in the whole nature and system. While remaining in one of the three yogas (mind, speech and body) or tools of meditation, he becomes still and stops skipping from one thought to the other and this stage is called 'Ekatva Vitarka Nirvichari'. In this there are no thoughts and contemplation and the person becomes fully enlightened, tranquil and quiet.
Sukshama Kriya Anivritti—Meditation with very slight activity but without End
The fully enlightened person uses his body, mind and speech but they are no more needed as instruments. What he knows and talks is part of his whole personality. The instruments or yoga like mind, speech and body are no more required but are there till his final death, that is, until he is breathing. Activity is very slight and has no selfish goal except the general welfare of the society.
Vyuparat Kriya Nivritti—The End of Activity and Attainment of Freedom
When the body stops even the smallest of the activity including the breathing, it is the last stage of the Shukla Dhyana. The aspirant attains the freedom—the freedom from the chain of birth and death.
The signs of Shukla Dhyana
There are four signs of Shukla Dhyana and these are
1. Kshama (Forgiveness), 2. Nirlobhataa (Generosity), 3. Mrudutaa ( Sweetness) and 4. Saralataa (Simplicity).