Yogadrstisamuccaya of Haribhadra Suri (Study)
by Riddhi J. Shah | 2014 | 98,110 words
This page relates 鈥楧hyana (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 4.7b - Dhy膩na (meditation)
The beholder of 辫谤补产丑腻 诲峁涐梗峁璱, who can stay in the state of meditation [i.e., 诲丑测腻苍补] for a long time, obtains real happiness from it. Such happiness is not caused by worldly objects. The subject in question has obtained it by achieving victory over the means of sensual pleasure. Hence such happiness is not dependent upon any materialistic thing. Moreover, such happiness is characterized by the strength of discrimination which is born out of the power of knowledge. Therefore, such happiness is always predominated by calm, which is an outcome of the discrimination[1] .
As we have seen that the happiness born out from practicing meditation [i.e., 诲丑测腻苍补] is not dependent upon either any external situation or any worldly object. Therefore, such happiness is real happiness.
In order to differentiate the 鈥渟o-called鈥� happiness from the real happiness Haribhadras奴ri refers to the most popular definition of happiness (sukha) and misery (诲耻岣丑补). The definition is[2] , 鈥渨hatever lies in the power of other (i.e. non-self) is of the nature of pain, whatever lies in one鈥檚 own (i.e. the self) control is of the nature of pleasure.鈥�
Haribhadras奴ri further elaborates the definition by saying that the happiness, which one gets as result of meritorious deeds (辫耻峁噛补) is also of the nature of pain. It is socalled happiness. The real happiness is that which is obtained by practicing meditation[3] .
The happiness, which is obtained by performing meritorious deeds, is conditional. It is dependent upon the rise (udya) of corresponding meritorious deeds[4] . Since such happiness is obtained by depending upon that which is non-self, it is of the nature of pain. Only that happiness is real which is gained by the soul itself through destroying karmans[5] . In case of the happiness born out of practicing meditation [i.e., 诲丑测腻苍补] is real happiness because for acquiring it a soul does not have to depend upon either any worldly object or rise of the meritorious deed. To sum up we may say that the dependency is pain and independency is happiness.
Haribhadras奴ri states the pure understanding of the 辫谤补产丑腻 诲峁涐梗峁璱 beholder causes persistence existence of the meditation [i.e., 诲丑测腻苍补][6]. The pure understanding is that which has arisen from the clear destruction-cum-subsidence type of right faith[7] . Haribhadras奴ri compares it with the gold which is almost purified[8] . He says that even though the gold, which has got rid of its major admixture of impurities, causes welfare to others. Similarly, though the pure understanding is arisen out of destruction-cum-subsidence and not complete destruction (办峁测补), it causes consistency to the meditative state of a 辫谤补产丑腻 诲峁涐梗峁璱 beholder.
Footnotes and references:
[1]:
诲丑测腻苍补ja峁� sukhamasy膩峁� ta,啷� jitamanmathas膩dhanam |
惫颈惫别办补产补濒补苍颈谤箩腻迟补峁�, 艣amas膩ra峁� sadaiva hi || 171 ||
..., ki峁� vi艣i峁ａ弓amity膩ha-jitamanmathas膩dhana峁僾yudasta艣abd膩divi峁yam, etadeva vi艣e峁ate-惫颈惫别办补产补濒补苍颈谤箩腻迟补峁� j帽膩nas膩marthyotpannam, ata eva 艣amas膩ra峁� sadaiva hi, vivekasya 艣amaphalatv膩diti || 171 ||
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pu峁噛膩pek峁mapi hayeva峁�, su办丑补峁� parava艣a峁� sthitam |
tata艣ca da岣ム khamevaitad, 诲丑测腻苍补ja峁� t膩ttvika峁� sukham || 173 ||
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[4]:
pu峁噛膩pek峁mapi hayevamuktan墨ty膩 su办丑补峁� parava艣a峁� sthita峁� pu峁嘺sya paratv膩t |... || 173 ||
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[5]:
| taditya峁兓宄蟛饽宀圆筳a峁� t膩ttvika峁� sukhamapar膩yattatv膩t karmi vayogam膩trajatv膩diti || 173 ||
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