Yogabindu

Author(s): Haribhadrasuri, K K Dixit
Publisher: L D Indology Ahmedabad

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YOGABINDU
In case such an intelligent man undertakes the very same sort of reflection (as was detailed above) in relation (not to the mankind at large but) to bis owu relatives etc. and theu acts accordingly he too (eventually acquires the status of a Ganadhara. Note: A Ganadhara is one of the chief disciples of a Tirthankara.
संविग्नो भवनिर्वेदादात्मनिःसरणं तु यः । आत्मार्थसंप्रवृत्तोऽसौ सदा स्यान्मुण्डकेवली ॥२९०।। samvigno bharanirvedad alranihsaranaí tu jah /
ālmārlhasampravstto'sau sada syān mundakerali 1129011 In case having developed disgust for the worldly existerce and faith in the path of religiosity one thinks exclusively of one's otro release from the worldly existence one will (eventually become a MTundakeralın (lit. a sharen-beaded omniscient) who ac's just for one's owo sake.
Note: Since it is a traditional Jaina votion that a inan becomes omnisciept just on the eve of attaiping mcksa aud that it is possible for a man to attain omniscience (and hence mokşa) without bothering his head for the sake of others, a man who is omniscient and yet cares little for anyone but himself is a distinct possibility in the eyes of a Jaina. It is such a man who is traditionally called a Mundakeralin, (8) Inherent Nature Responsible for the Mutual Differences among the Spiritual Aspirants:
तथाभव्यत्वतश्चित्रनिमित्तोपनिपाततः । एवं चिन्तादिसिद्धिश्च सन्न्यायागमसंगता ॥२९॥ tathabhavyatvata's citranimitto panipatataḥ /
evañ cintādisiddhiś ca sannyāyāgamasangatā //2911/ The occurrence of reflection etc. of the sort just described is due to the concerned man's typical capacity for attaining mokşa--a capacity characterized by the availability of the necessary accessary factors of various kinds--and the phenomenon stands supported by sound logic as well as the scriptural texts.
एवं कालादिभेदेन वीजसिद्धयादिसंस्थितिः ।' सामग्र्यपेक्षया' न्यायादन्यथा नोपपद्यते ॥२९२॥ evam kāladibhedena bījasiddhyādisaṁsthitih /
sāmagryopekṣayā ngāyād anyathā nopa padyale 1/292|| Thus it is logical to hold that the realization of different auspicious mental states (earlier spoken of) takes place at different time etc. 1. A reads सामग्र्यापेक्षया