Shraman Mahavira

Author(s): Dineshchandra Sharma
Publisher: Mitra Parishad Calcutta

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MEDITATION YOGIC POSTURES AND SILENCE
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The gross world in the cosmos
Microcosm, the atom
Realisation of the self by means of higher intellect The Lord would assume certain bhavanas-feelings in the intercessions of meditation The bhavanas he would
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assume were :
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Unity All the combinations are incidental The final truth Is that the self is the only one
2. The transitoriness All combinations result in separation Hence all combinations are transitory
Unsheltered existence
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That the good or evil accumulated impressions of the Individual render him happy or unhappy Once the evil accumulations manifest themselves there is no help but to suffer pain
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The Lord preferred isolation for meditation He would either stand or sit to meditate The postures he adopted for meditation were mainly Padmasan, Paryankasan, Virasan, Godohika and Utkatika +
The Lord attained the highest categories of meditation in due course For lengthy periods he would concentrate on the body When tired he would concentrate on vocal or mental activity He concentrated on the matter and then shift to its modes He would concentrate on one word and afterwards on another
From the meditation of shifting targets he accomplished the meditation of non-shifting target
Having attained these heights of meditation he would ceaselessly and exclusively meditate in the manner he was engaged in, whether bodily, verbal or mental He would fix his attention on the matter or its mode He would not change the word Subsequently he rose above this stage to transcend the phase of tranquility
Various postures vide 'Acharangachurni p 324, Acharangavrithi letter 283