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[Full title: Jay膩c膩rya鈥檚 Meditation (1) 叠补岣嵞�-顿丑测腻苍补 (Long Meditation) (5) The Concept of the Soul]

The depiction of the body and rebirth as a source of untold suffering and horror paves the way for Jay膩c膩rya鈥檚 discussion of the necessity of turning inwards towards one鈥檚 own soul as that which must be sought:

In this respect the provider of happiness, your own soul, is your friend. Besides your soul no one is your friend. Oh soul! You are your own friend. Why do you desire for an external friend? Attachment towards other friends is a cause for the karma. This form of pure quality of your soul is a giver of unwavering happiness like a friend. This soul is the doer of action, this soul is the disperser of karma, your soul is your friend, your soul is the enemy, your soul is the giver of grief, like 鈥�惫补颈迟补谤补峁嚹� river鈥�. The grief (equivalent to that) of the 鈥�办奴岣峚-蝉腻尘补濒墨 tree鈥� is caused by the soul. The soul is like the divine cow (办腻尘补-诲丑别苍耻) in comparison, like the divine garden (nandanavana) joy giving, is the soul. So by controlling the Soul, a being can receive the invaluable joy of salvation.^[1]

Jay膩c膩rya鈥檚 text 叠补岣嵞�-诲丑测腻苍补 is a part of 诲丑补谤尘补-诲丑测腻苍补, which is divided into four categories:

(1) The first dharma-诲丑测腻苍补 investigates the essence of the scriptural commandment, 腻箩帽腻-惫颈肠补测补. This type of meditation focuses on the traditional concepts of meditating on the 迟墨谤迟丑补峁卥补谤补蝉, siddhas and their teaching.

(2) The second 诲丑补谤尘补-诲丑测腻苍补 investigates the nature of physical and mental suffering, known as 补辫腻测补-惫颈肠补测补. Jay膩c膩rya presents painful situations of under developed living beings such as one sense to five sense organisms (e.g. bacteria, insects, birds鈥�e迟肠.).

(3) The third 诲丑补谤尘补-诲丑测腻苍补 investigates the effect of karma, vipaka-vicaya, which Jay膩c膩rya explained under the fourth meditation, which is Karma vip膩ka rai dhy膩na ro prayoga.

(4) The fourth 诲丑补谤尘补-诲丑测腻苍补 investigates shape of the universe and its contents, 蝉补苍蝉迟丑腻苍补-惫颈肠补测补, which is used in Jay膩c膩rya鈥檚 鈥�搁补峁単补 sahita 迟墨谤迟丑补峁卥补谤补 rai dhy膩na r膩 prayoga鈥� by meditating on the 蝉补尘蝉迟丑腻苍补 of the 迟墨谤迟丑补峁卥补谤补鈥檚 body (罢补迟迟惫腻谤迟丑补-蝉奴迟谤补₁, 9.37). Tatia presents a parallel concept in Buddhist tradition, which is known as 鈥�dharma-pravicaya鈥� for the eradication of impurities (办濒别艣补) (峁�膩ti膩, 1986: xxvii).

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Jay膩c膩rya, (n.d./1997a: 85, Prayoga-4) te bha峁嚹� sukha n墨 d膩t膩 e 辫辞迟腻 n墨 腻迟尘腻ija mitra chai | 腻迟尘腻 峁�膩l补 anero ko墨 mitra na th墨 | re 箩墨惫补! t膩haro mitra t奴峁卙墨ja chai | b膩hiral膩 mitra sy奴峁� v膩chai? 叠墨箩腻 mitra moha va艣ya karma n膩 办腻谤补峁嘺 chai | e sudha nija 驳耻峁嘺 谤奴辫补 腻迟尘腻 acala sukha n墨 d膩t膩 mitra chai| e 腻迟尘腻ija karma n墨 kart膩, e 腻迟尘腻ija karma n墨 vikherat膩, 辫辞迟腻 n墨 腻迟尘腻ija mitra, 腻迟尘腻ija dusama峁嘺, 惫别迟补谤补峁嚹� n膩 dukha n墨 d膩t膩 辫辞迟腻 n墨 腻迟尘腻 chai | 办奴岣峚 蝉腻尘补濒墨 n膩 dukha n墨 诲腻测补办补 腻迟尘腻 chai | 腻迟尘腻 办腻尘补诲丑别苍耻 tulya, na峁卍ana vana n膩 sukha n墨 de峁嘺 丑腻谤补 辫辞迟腻 n墨 腻迟尘腻 chai | te m膩峁璦i 腻迟尘腻 nai basa 办颈测补峁� 箩墨惫补 amolaka mukti n膩 sukha 辫腻尘补颈 |