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sweetness which can be instantaneously known when you put a piece of sugar in your mouth. Gita teaches us in the above verses the process to achieve what the Jains identify as Shukla Dhyaan.
Then follows verse 17 which describes how a true Yogi regulates his life by discrimination- how he eats, moves recreates and performs all his actions. (Yukta aahara viharasysa yukta chetshthasya Karmasu). This verse reminds one the simple prescription provided by Lord Mahavira to avoid the bandge of Karma (actions). His prescription was, “Jayam chare, jayam chitthe jayamase jayam saye Jayam bhujanto bhaasanto, papa karma na bandhai" (( Meaning, “If you discriminate in all your movements such as your walk, seat, sleep, speech and food, you would not incur any bondage of sinful action.
As we proceed further in this chapter, we get verses 18 to 23, which record the result of meditation of Shuka Dhyaan type of Jains.
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