Self Awareness Through Meditation

Author(s): Ranjitsingh Kumat
Publisher: Ranjitsingh Kumat

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SELF AWARENESS THROUGH MEDITATION
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knows the cause as well as the remedy. One who knows the pain will soon get over it.
Following stanza of the Sutta has deep meaning:
"The Wise in search of command should observe the self with total concentration and detachment (without craving and aversion), Search and thrash the body, discipline the self, Crush or annihilate the self Just as fire destroys old wood in no time, Aspirant immersed in the self can destroy all craving and become detached quickly. Age is limited and uncertain Observe the pain that is subsisting as also the one that is likely to come Abandon anger and become unwavering Observe and experience all types of sensations appearing on the body and realize how the entire universe is atremble Those who do not indulge in sins are free And so you burn not (with the fire of craving and aversion)"71
To observe the self, the pain, the body, the sensations in a detached manner and to remain immersed in the self without any craving and aversion is the way to get over the suffering. One who gives up anger can alone become unwavering and un-tremulous. This shows that anger holds the prime place in our defilements. So long as there is anger, all other defilements like ego, greed etc., subsist. When one talks of crushing or annihilating the self, it does not relate to crushing or annihilating the body as such; it relates to annihilating the defilements like anger, greed etc.72
Be in the Present
Freedom from the past and the future makes one situate in the present and that is the essence of Freedom. Let us examine the following:
One who has nothing behind nor anything ahead, what has he got in the middle? One who has no influx (of Karmas) is ‘Pragyaavaan' or 'Buddha' or the wise and observes everything with equanimity. For one who has stock of Karmas, there is suffering and dreadfulness,