Vajrakavach

Author(s): Dharnendrasagar
Publisher: Jain Sahitya Prakashan Mandir

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be variously used. For example; the word Yoga is adopted too signify the destruction of karmas and the bondage of karmas as well. These two senses of the word Yoga are undoubtedly contradictory to each other. Where Yoga implies total concentration, it results in destruction of karmas for it represents a form of faith rendered pure by meditation. But where Yoga implies the tremors of the soul it admits the karmas resulting the bondage of the soul.
Who is Qualified to Receive the Cognition of Yoga.
True discipline, speaking the truth, self realization and the patience are the qualifying merits to be fit for receiving the Yoga. Hemchandra's legacy in form of Yogashastra is like nector, handed down to us. We must resolve to imbibe it by being worthy of it.
At the outset, H.C. refers to three sources of his Yogashastra:
(1) The ancient sacred scriptures. (2) The tradition of the successive good teachers. (3) The personal experience of Shri H.C. himself in the field of Yoga.
Thus H.C. has dealt with Yoga in the light of prevalent ancient scriptures and traditions in the first eleven chapters of his Yogashastra lent in the last twelfth chapter, he deals with Yoga as he personally practised it 01 as he knew from contemporary traditions.
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