Studies in the Bhagavati Sutra

Author(s): J C Sikdar
Publisher: Research Institute of Prakrit Jainology & Ahimsa Mujjaffarpur

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STUDIES IN THE BHAGAWATI SUTRA
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with stealing) and Samraksānubandhin (that which is connected with the protection of one's possession). This Raudradhyāna is endowed with four characteristics, viz. (1) utsannadosa (unhindered sinful activity and possession), (2) bahudoga (multiplicity of sin), (3) ajšā nadoša (perversion, i. e. misguided activity, and (4) maraņāntikadosa (lifelong sinning),
Dharmadhyāna
There are stated to be four kin Is of Dharmadhyāna (meditation on religious thoughts) viz. Ājftāvicaya (thought on the holy scripture), (2) Apāyavicaya (avāyavijaya = thought on the bad results of attachment and hatred), (3) Vipalcavicaya thoughts on the fruits of karmns) and (4) Sansthānavicaya (thoughts on coufiguration of the Universe).
Dharmadhyāna bears four characteristics viz. (1) ajñāruci (faith in the holy scripture), (2) nisargaruci (faith in truth or reality), (3) sūtraruci (faith born of scriptural study) and (4) avagādharuci (faith born of a critical appreciation of the scripture).
This ineditation is endowed with four alambana: (repetition of prayer), viz. vācana (recitation), (2) prati pracchanā (asking of questions again and again), (3) parāvarttanā (repeatition of the studied subjects and (4) dharmakatha (religious talk).
Besides these, there are four anupreksās (deliberations) of Dharmadhyāna, viz. ekatvānu prekşā (deliberation on oneness), (2) anityānupreksā (deliberation on transitoriness), (3) ašaraṇānupreksii (deliberation on shelter lessness) and (4) sarasārānupreksā (deliberation on the world).
Sukladhyāna (Pure meditation)
It is of four kinds of four pratyavatāra (disembarkation), viz. (1) p?thakatva-vitarka-savācāra (meditation with analysis, judgement, of many debates or dissensions), (2) ekatva-vitarka-avīcāra (meditation without judgement of a single discussion), (3) sūksmakriyaanivartta (meditation with desirelessness in the suttle acts of mind, speech and body), i.e. not inclined to the subtlest mental,