Yogadrstisamuccaya of Haribhadra Suri (Study)
by Riddhi J. Shah | 2014 | 98,110 words
This page relates 鈥楽eventh: Prabhadrishti (prabha-drishti)鈥擨ntroduction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 4.7a - The Seventh: Prabh膩诲峁涐梗峁璱 (辫谤补产丑腻-诲峁涐梗峁璱)鈥擨ntroduction
The understanding of 辫谤补产丑腻 诲峁涐梗峁璱 is compared with the light of the sun. Haribhadras奴ri states that the 辫谤补产丑腻 诲峁涐梗峁璱 is endearing because it is endowed with meditation (诲丑测腻苍补)[1] .
It is defined as follows by Haribhadras奴ri in his composition Yogabindu.
鈥�艣ubhaik膩lambana峁� citta峁兓宄蟛饽宀圆筸膩hurman墨峁峁嘺岣� |
sthiraprad墨pasad峁浥沘峁� s奴k峁膩''bhogasamanvitam || 362 || 鈥�
As a result of concentrating one鈥檚 psyche on an auspicious object one acquires steadfastness. In the eighteenth 诲惫腻迟谤颈峁兣沬办腻 鲍辫腻诲丑测腻测补 驰补艣辞惫颈箩补测补 states three results achieved by an aspirant by practicing meditation[2] . The steadfastness is one of its results[3] . Since the 辫谤补产丑腻 诲峁涐梗峁璱 beholder loves to practice meditation, he dislikes distraction[4] . It is so because by practicing meditation he has achieved steadfastness of psyche (citta).
Moreover, the beholder of 辫谤补产丑腻 诲峁涐梗峁璱 is free from mental anguish[5] . Since he is good at doing meditation, he acknowledges the real/true nature of a soul[6] in the present yoga诲峁涐梗峁璱. It brings the position called 蝉补迟辫谤补惫峁泃迟颈[7] .
Footnotes and references:
[1]:
(a) 诲丑测腻苍补priy膩 辫谤补产丑腻 pr膩yo,........................... |
....................................................... || 170 ||
-Yoga诲峁涐梗峁璱samuccaya
(b) 鲍辫腻诲丑测腻测补 驰补艣辞惫颈箩补测补 in his auto-commentary on seventeenth verse of twenty fourth Dv膩tri峁兣沬k膩 says that dhy膩neti | (诲丑测腻苍补蝉腻谤腻) = 诲丑测腻苍别苍补 蝉腻谤腻 = r奴cir膩. Vol: 6, Pg: 1662.
[2]:
va艣it膩 caiva sarvatra bh膩vastaimityameva ca |
anubandhavyavaccheda艣ceti诲丑测腻苍补phala峁� 惫颈诲补岣�啷� || 18.21 ||
-Dv膩tri峁兣沘d-诲惫腻迟谤颈峁兣沬办腻, Part: 4, Pg: 1249
[3]:
ca = ni艣calatvameva (= bh膩vastaimityameva) |... || 18.21 ||
鈥揂uto commentary on Dv膩tri峁兣沘d-诲惫腻迟谤颈峁兣沬办腻, Part: 4, Pg: 1249, ibid.
[4]:
诲丑测腻苍补priy膩鈥摶宄蟛饽宀圆箆allabh膩'vik峁podveg膩t 辫谤补产丑腻 诲峁涐梗峁璱岣� pr膩yo-b膩hulyena ___________... || 170 ||
鈥揂uto-commentary on Yoga诲峁涐梗峁璱samuccaya
[5]:
r奴j墨ti |
r奴ji = p墨岣嵞乺奴p膩y膩峁� bha峁単ar奴p膩y膩峁� v膩... || 18.20 ||
鈥揂uto commentary on 顿惫腻迟谤颈峁兣沘诲-惫腻迟谤颈峁兣沬办腻, Part: 4, Pg: 1248
[6]:
辫谤补产丑腻, tattvapratipatty膩 yath膩sthit膩''tm膩'nubhavalak峁峁嘺y膩 yut膩, (= 迟补迟迟惫补辫谤补迟颈辫补迟迟颈测耻迟腻)............. || 24.17 ||
鈥揂uto commentary on Dv膩tri峁兣沘d-诲惫腻迟谤颈峁兣沬办腻, Part: 6, Pg: 1662
[7]:
, n膩'sy膩峁� r奴gata eva hi |
迟补迟迟惫补辫谤补迟颈辫补迟迟颈测耻迟腻, 蝉补迟辫谤补惫峁泃迟颈pad膩vah膩 || 170 ||
-Yoga诲峁涐梗峁璱samuccaya