Yogadrstisamuccaya of Haribhadra Suri (Study)
by Riddhi J. Shah | 2014 | 98,110 words
This page relates 鈥楽amadhi (supreme meditation)鈥� of the study on the Yogadrstisamuccaya: a 6th-century work on Jain Yoga authored by Haribhadra Suri consisting of 228 Sanskrit verses. The book draws from numerous sources on traditional Yoga. Three important topics are stipulated throughout this study: 1) nature of liberation, 2) a liberated soul, and 3) omniscience.鈥擳his section belongs to the series 鈥淭he Eight Yogadrishtis and the nature of a Liberated Soul鈥�.
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Chapter 4.8b - Sam膩dhi (supreme meditation)
Haribhadras奴ri says that the beholder of 辫补谤腻 诲峁涐梗峁璱 always remains engaged in the supreme meditation (蝉补尘腻诲丑颈)[1] . It is the eighth limb in the P膩ta帽jala Yogadar艣ana.
The supreme meditation is defined [as following in the P膩ta帽jala 驰辞驳补蝉奴迟谤补]:
Moreover other 驰辞驳腻肠腻谤测补蝉 considers it to be an outcome of the highest meditation[3] .
鲍辫腻诲丑测腻测补 驰补艣辞惫颈箩补测补 defines it as,
鈥�svar奴pam膩tra nirbh膩sa峁� 蝉补尘腻诲丑颈rdhy膩nameva hi鈥�[4]
In the 辫补谤腻 诲峁涐梗峁璱 its beholder has spiritually obtained the highest position. Therefore he does not have attachment for any of the spiritual practices. He is so much detached that in him there is no feeling of attachment even towards the supreme meditation[5] . Even though he always remains involved in the practice of supreme meditation [i.e., 蝉补尘腻诲丑颈], he is free from the attachment towards it.
The 辫补谤腻 诲峁涐梗峁璱 产别丑辞濒诲别谤鈥檚 蝉补迟辫谤补惫峁泃迟颈, which is here designated as detached performance of actions (补蝉补峁単腻苍耻峁ａ弓丑腻苍补), has blended with his soul in the manner the smell mixes with the sandal wood[6] . The 狈补测补濒补迟腻 commentator says following lines in the present context.
The lines are[7] :
... | 辫补谤腻y膩mavasthitasya yogina 墨ry膩disamitibhik峁Ｄ佱弓acan膩dilak峁峁嚹� b膩hayaprav峁泃ti岣� k峁m膩dyabhyantaraprav峁泃ti艣ca candanasyeva 艣ar墨rasyaccheda-d膩hadi峁 saurabh膩disvadharmakalp膩 paropak膩ri峁嚹� na vikriyate kintu sahajabh膩vamanuvidhatte |
Even though the subject in question very obviously practices the afore-mentioned activities, his practice of them has crossed the purpose of practicing any more[8] . In other words we may say that even while practicing the activities he does not determine to undertake them again and again. It is so because his soul has obtained highly purified state by achieving omniscience knowledge. Since he has destroyed all four destructive karmans, none of his activity is undertaken with an intention to destroy karmans. His mind has become free from alternatives (vikalpa) pertaining to activities viz. let me perform this activity first, this activity is more beneficial than the other and so on. Hence, his such mind produces no impressions conducive to further performance of actions. The 辫补谤腻 诲峁涐梗峁璱 beholder has obtained the complete annihilation of attachment as well as a version due to omniscience. At this stage he is endowed with the results of all superattainments (labdhi) in spite of his total indifference for them. Moreover, he does spiritual good of others at this stage. This is how he spends the rest of his life-span (腻测耻峁补) and reaches culminating point of yoga[9] . At the end of his life span he resorts to the highest type of yoga that consists in the cessation of all bodily, mental and vocal operations, soon puts an end to the ailment called worldly existence and attains liberation in a true sense of the term[10] . Here the 辫补谤腻 诲峁涐梗峁璱 beholder is said to attain the fourteenth stage of spiritual elevation (驳耻峁嘺蝉迟丑腻苍补).
Footnotes and references:
[1]:
蝉补尘腻诲丑颈ni峁ａ弓h膩 tu 辫补谤腻'峁ａ弓am墨 诲峁涐梗峁璱岣� |... || 178 ||
&苍产蝉辫;&苍产蝉辫;&苍产蝉辫;鈥搃产颈诲.
[2]:
See, 3.3
[3]:
| 蝉补尘腻诲丑颈studhy膩navi艣e峁岣� phalamityanye |... || 178 ||
鈥揂uto-commentary on Yoga诲峁涐梗峁璱samuccaya
[4]:
24.27, 顿惫腻迟谤颈峁兣沘诲-诲惫腻迟谤颈峁兣沬办腻, vol: 6, Pg: 1684
[5]:
| tad膩sa峁単avivarjit膩-sam膩dhy膩sa峁単avivarjit膩,... || 178 ||
鈥揂uto-commentary on Yoga诲峁涐梗峁璱samuccaya
[6]:
| s膩tm墨bh奴taprav峁泃ti艣cai峁Ｄ� candanagandhany膩yena |... || 178 ||
&苍产蝉辫;&苍产蝉辫;&苍产蝉辫;鈥搃产颈诲.
[7]:
See, 24.26, part-6, Pg: 1682, line: 3-5, 顿惫腻迟谤颈峁兣沘诲-诲惫腻迟谤颈峁兣沬办腻.
[8]:
tadat啷� t墨r峁嚹伵沘yeti c膩'saccitt膩bh膩vena |... || 178 ||
鈥揂uto-commentary on Yoga诲峁涐梗峁璱samuccaya
[9]:
办峁Ｄ箛补诲辞峁'迟丑补 蝉补谤惫补箩帽补岣�, sarvalabdhiphal膩nvita岣� ____________ |
辫补谤补峁� 辫补谤腻rtha峁� 蝉补尘辫腻诲测补, tato yog膩ntama艣nute || 185 ||
-Yoga诲峁涐梗峁璱samuccaya (2010)
[10]:
tatra dr膩geva bhagav膩-nayog膩d yogasattam膩t |
bhavavy膩dhik峁ya峁� k峁泃v膩, 苍颈谤惫腻峁嘺峁� labhate param || 186 ||
tatra-yog膩nte 艣aile艣yavasth膩y膩峁� dr膩geva-艣墨ghrameva hrasvapa帽c膩k峁rodgira峁嘺m膩tra峁噀 k膩lena, 产丑补驳补惫腻苍补蝉补耻, ayog膩d-avy膩p膩r膩t yogasattam膩d-yogapradh膩n膩t 艣aile艣墨yog膩dityartha岣�,... 苍颈谤惫腻峁嘺峁� labhate 辫补谤补峁�, bh膩vanirv膩峁嘺mityartha岣� || 186 ||
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