Yogadrstisamuccaya of Haribhadra Suri (Study)
by Riddhi J. Shah | 2014 | 98,110 words
This page relates 鈥楢kheda (Absence of weariness)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 4.1c - Akheda (Absence of weariness)
That is to say:
鈥淎bsence of weariness is non-weariness.鈥�
The various practices of the subject in question pertaining to 迟墨谤迟丑补峁卥补谤补, preceptor etc. are performed without weariness[2] . Weariness takes place in the absence of interest for particular act. The subject in question, at this stage, performs god worship etc. with true interest. Such performance generates pleasure in him. It inspires him to do more religious practices with deeper interest. Thus, he remains free from weariness.
With a view to make it clear Haribhadras奴ri proposes an example. He says that one who enjoys worldly existence exerts himself in materialistic enjoyments, even though he experiences heaviness in the head or other physical disorders, due to the exertion. Just like that a beholder of 尘颈迟谤腻 诲峁涐梗峁璱 performs God worship, preceptor service etc. irrespective of external discomforts[3] .
It is the wrong understanding (尘颈迟丑测腻迟惫补) that generates weariness in religious practices. It is said that in the first 诲峁涐梗峁璱 a slight removal of wrong understanding takes place. Therefore the beholder of first 诲峁涐梗峁璱 acquires feeling of non-weariness for religious practices. Weariness is the major obstructer in the path of spiritual growth. Hence, the subject in question starts defeating the wrong understanding by obtaining feeling of non-weariness in religious practices.
The Illustration of Akheda:
搁腻箩补谤峁 Prasannacandra accumulated karmic matter particles capable of leading him to the seventh hell, when he imagined fighting in battle in spite of ordaining monkhood. The reason for it was the feeling of weariness towards monkhood. However, the non-weariness won over the weariness and so all the accumulated karmic matter particles were destroyed.
Footnotes and references:
[1]:
a办丑别诲补岣� = avy膩ku lat膩lak峁峁嘺:
鈥� Verse: 21.1, line: 4, Page: 1417, Vol: 5, auto-commentary of 鲍辫腻诲丑测腻测补 驰补艣辞惫颈箩补测补 on Dv膩tri峁兣沘d Dv膩tri峁兣沬k膩.
[2]:
a....... | akhedo devak膩ry膩dau |
膩di艣d膩d gur奴k膩ry膩diparigraha岣� |.... || 21 ||
&苍产蝉辫;&苍产蝉辫;&苍产蝉辫;鈥揳uto-commentrary on Yoga诲峁涐梗峁璱samuccaya (2010)
b. 办丑别诲补岣� = 艣r膩ntat膩 kriy膩su a辫谤补惫峁泃迟颈hetu岣�, pathi pari艣r膩nta vad鈥�14.3, - 驰补艣辞产丑补诲谤补鈥檚 痴峁泃迟颈 on 峁岣峚艣补办补 of Haribhadras奴ri.
c. 办丑别诲补岣� = pathi pari艣r膩ntavat p奴rvi kray膩辫谤补惫峁泃迟颈janita峁� uttarakriy膩鈥�辫谤补惫峁泃迟颈 pratibandhaka峁� da岣ム kham | - 14.3, -驰辞驳补诲墨辫颈办腻 commentary on 峁岣峚艣补办补.
d. 辫谤补惫峁泃迟颈ja岣labha岣� khedastatra 诲腻谤岣峢测补峁� na 肠别迟补蝉补岣� |
................................................ || 18.13 ||
&苍产蝉辫;&苍产蝉辫;&苍产蝉辫;鈥� Dv膩tri峁兣沘d Dv膩tri峁兣沬k膩 of 鲍辫腻诲丑测腻测补 驰补艣辞惫颈箩补测补, vol: 4, Pg: 1239.
e......... na 办丑别诲补岣� uttarak膩l墨na-devak膩ry膩di pratibandhakavy膩ku lat膩m膩nasada岣ム kh膩'nubandhiklam膩dilak峁峁嘺岣�.......
肠颈迟迟补诲辞峁岣�, api tu devagur奴k膩ry膩dau askhaladv峁泃ty膩 sahar峁峁� 辫谤补惫峁泃迟颈reva sambhavati |............. || 21.1 ||
&苍产蝉辫;&苍产蝉辫;&苍产蝉辫;鈥� 狈补测补濒补迟腻 commentary on 顿惫腻迟谤颈峁兣沘诲-顿惫腻迟谤颈峁兣沬办腻, Vol: 5, Pg: 1418, line: 6-8.
[3]:
| tath膩tathopanata etasmi峁僺tath膩parito峁Ｄ乶na khedo'tra, api tu 辫谤补惫峁泃迟颈reva, 艣irogur奴tv膩dido峁bh膩ve'pi bhav膩bhinandino bhogak膩yarva t |... || 21 ||
&苍产蝉辫;&苍产蝉辫;&苍产蝉辫;鈥揂uto-commentary on Yoga诲峁涐梗峁璱samuccaya (2010).