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sensual pleasures and comforts. Inclement meditation The Sanskrit word raudra means inclement (harsh, lacking mercy). The meditation involving inclement thoughts is called inclement meditation. Based on the cause, inclement meditation has been divided into four types: i. Violence enchantment (himsa anand) inclement meditation involves thoughts of enchantment (delight) generated by teasing, hurting and/or killing animals. Cruel angry, immoral, non-religious and passionate people indulge in such meditation.
Violence-enchantment meditation also includes contemplation about revenge, planning to beat or kill someone and enjoying visions of deadly war scenes. ii. Untruth enchantment (mrisha anand) inclement meditation is thought involving false imagination stained with sinful intentions. A person with this type of meditation takes delight in a variety of intentions and alternatives based on untruth. iii. Stealing enchantment (chaurya anand) inclement meditation involves thoughts of ways to steal and misappropriate other's wealth or beautiful things. iv. Pleasure preservation (vishaya samrakshan) inclement meditation is contemplation about schemes of enjoyment of sensual pleasures and of accumulation of material wealth and the means of material comforts.
Sorrowful and inclement meditations hinder spiritual uplift. They obscure the attributes of soul. They cause the natural disposition of self to disappear and initiate corrupt dispositions. Both these meditations are inauspicious and lead to undesirable destinations. They are related to spiritual advancement in any manner. Righteous meditation Contemplation about devotion beneficial to self and others and proper conduct is righteous meditations. It is one of the causes of the purification of the soul. By practicing this meditation in all of its aspects, the true spirit of the three levels (proper perception, proper knowledge and proper conduct) is attained, and shedding of Karma occurs. Righteous meditation is of four types: i. Doctrine oriented (aajnavichaya) righteous meditation is contemplation about reality as described in the scriptures. ii. Self-dependence oriented (apayavichaya) righteous meditation involves thinking about helping the self and others get rid of vices such as attachments, aversion and delusion. iii. Karmic fruition oriented (vipakavichaya) righteous meditation involves concentrating on the nature and fruition of different kinds of karma by observing the worldly pleasure and pain. iv. Universe oriented (sansthanvichaya) righteous meditation is contemplation about the nature and structure of the universe.
Righteous meditation is possible for rational beings in one of the following states of spiritual development: (2) Vowless, with partial vows, self-control without
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