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श्राज्ञाऽपायविपाकानां संस्थानस्य च चिन्तनात् । इत्थं वा ध्येयभेदेन धर्मध्यानं चतुविधम् ।। ७ ।।
Meaning Religious meditation (Dharma Dhyana) is divided into four types, Ajna (commandment), Apayavichaya (meditation on the bad results of wicked thoughts, passions, and sentiments). Vipakavichaya (meditation on the mode of operation of the Karmas manifesting every moment), and Sansthanavichaya (meditation on the structure of the world that has no beginning and no end but creation, existence, and destruction are manifested every moment).
श्राज्ञां यत्र पुरस्कृत्य सर्वज्ञानामबाधिताम् । तत्त्वतश्चिन्तयेदर्थास्तदाज्ञाध्यानमुच्यते
Meaning: The meditation called Ajnadhyana consists of meditating on the significance of the Omniscient's commandments that are irrefutable and are valid without fallacies.
सर्वज्ञवचनं सूक्ष्मं हन्यते यन्न तदाज्ञारूपमादेयं न मृषाभाषिरणो
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हेतुभिः । जिनाः ॥ ९ ॥
Meaning: The statements of the Omniscient are
so abstract and subtle that by any arguement or logic. as commandments, as the utter a lie.
they can never be refuted They should be accepted Omniscient Jina does not
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Meaning: Apayavichaya Dhyana is defined as the meditation that is conducted with reference to the
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