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Tattvārthasūtra
meditation are divided into two classes, good and evil, or auspicious and inauspicious. The former two are inauspicious as these lead to influx (āsrava) of inauspicious karmas or demerit (pāpa). The latter two are called auspicious as these are capable of destroying karmas.
What are these?
परे मोक्षहेतू ॥२९॥
[ परे ] जो चार प्रकार के ध्यान कहे उनमें से अन्त के दो अर्थात् धर्म्यध्यान और शुक्लध्यान [ मोक्षहेतू ] मोक्ष के कारण हैं।
The last two subdivisions of meditation - dhyāna - are the causes of liberation (moksa).
‘Para' is the last one. 'Pare'is the dual number; it means the last two. The last two kinds of meditation – the virtuous (dharmya), and the pure (sukla) - are the causes of liberation. It follows from this that the sorrowful (ārta) and the cruel (raudra) kinds of meditation are the causes of transmigration. How? There is no other third goal.
The sorrowful (ārta) meditation is of four kinds. The first kind is described in the next sūtra.
आर्तममनोज्ञस्य सम्प्रयोगे तद्विप्रयोगाय स्मृतिसमन्वाहारः ॥३०॥
[अमनोज्ञस्य सम्प्रयोगे] अनिष्ट पदार्थ का संयोग होने पर [तद्विप्रयोगाय] उसको दूर करने के लिये [ स्मृतिसमन्वाहारः] बारम्बार विचार करना सो [आर्तम् ] 'अनिष्ट संयोगज' नाम का आर्तध्यान है।
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