Spiritual Awakening and other Essays

Author(s): Kamalchand Sogani
Publisher: Prakrit Bharti Academy

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order that the king may punish them, who takes pride and pleasure in cheating the simple and ignorant persons through the fraudulent language, may be considered to be indulging in the second type of Raudra-dhyāna, namely, Mṛṣānandi Raudra-dhyāna.6+
3) Dexterity in theft, zeal in the act of thieving, and the education for theft should be regarded as the third type of Raudra-dhyāna, namely, Cauryānandi Raudradhyāna.65
4) The endeavour a man does to guard paraphernalia and pleasures of the senses is called the fourth type of Raudradhyāna, namely. Viṣāyanadi Raudra-dhyāna.
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Prasasta Dhyan and it's Pre-requisites
Next in order comes the Prasasta type of Dhyana which may be called Dhyana proper. This type of Dhyana is contributive to Mokṣa or final release. Before we directly embark upon the study of the types of Prasasta Dhyana, it is of primary and radical importance to delineate their prerequisites which will enforce banishment of all the inimical elements robbing the soul of the legitimate disposition and proper conduct for spiritual advancement. In consequence the self will gain strength to dive deep into the ordinarily unfathomable depths of the mysterious self. Indubiously, in the initial stages the purity of empirical and psychical background is the indispensable condition of Dhyana. The necessary pre-requisites, of Dhyana, in general, may be enumerated by saying that the subject must have the ardent desire for final liberation, be non-attached to worldly objects, possess unruffled and tranquil mind, be self-controlled, stable, sense-controlled, patient and enduring.67 Besides, one should steer clear of mental distractions, and look towards the suitability of time, place, posture, towards the attainment
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