Vaishali Institute Research Bulletin 7

Author(s): Nand Kishor Prasad
Publisher: Research Institute of Prakrit Jainology & Ahimsa Mujjaffarpur

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(agama or vacana) or without any consideration (asanga). When a spiritual activity is done out of love and reverence, it leads to worldly and other worldly prosperity (abhyudaya). And when it is done as duty without any consideration whatsoever, it leads to final emancipation.
As a result of practising the analambana type of yoga one crosses the ocean of delusion, a crossing that marks the completion of the process called śreni-arohana, after that one first attains omniscience, then performs the meditative trance that involves the cessation of all bodily, mental and vocal operations and finally attains mokşa,
Thus we can conclude that : 1. Patanjali and Haribhadra have used different terminology in
the expositions of their Yoga Systems. Yet there is much similarity in practice.
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The metaphysical foundations and ethical code of conduct are the essential part of the two Systems, and that spirit is visible at every step in the exposition.
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Some fundamental concepts play important role in both the Systems viz. Puruşa and Prakrti in Patanjali and Jiva and Ajiva in Haribhadra. Theories of bondage and liberation are the deciding factors in formulation of code of conduct and spiritual stages.
A comparative study of Yoga Systems propounded by Patañjali and Haribhadra Sūri may be fully consisteni to the spirit of Haribhadra.
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