Transmutation of Personality through Preksha Meditation

Author(s): Tulsi Acharya
Publisher: Jain Vishva Bharati

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THE PROGRAMME OF PREKSHA
Q. Anuvrat has its own comprehensive programme. The work accomplished through it in the direction of change of values has been unique. Has any such programme been formulated for preksha dhyana? If yes, what type of programme is it?
Ans. Preksha has no programme. It is beyond programmes. It is an art of renouncing all activity. The greater the activity, the lesser the preksha. To understand preksha, one must know what non-action means. Generally, a man is absorbed in some activity or the other. Over-activity results in the dissipation of energy. Because of the loss of energy a man cannot fully utilize his capabilities. Whatever capacity is utilized is mostly exhausted in mundanities. This makes a man extraversive.
There are three sources of activity-the mind, the speech and the body. A man thinks too much, speaks too much, and moves too much. That is the schedule of all worldly activity. If preksha has a goal, it is to mod
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