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Verse 56
to be completely blocked. Instead of diverting one's attention to environmental objects, thought is to be fixed on the Self. This reflection upon the Self is to be made secure enough by controlling the senses. If a person under such circumstances meditates upon the Self, according to the instructions from the Masters, he is sure to attain purity of Self by completely washing off the Karmic dust by the flood of Dhyāna.
Then the divine glory of the Self will shine without interruption.
Ācārya Kundkund's Pañcāstikāya-Sāra
जस्स ण विज्जदि रागो दोसो मोहो व जोगपरिकम्मो । तस्स सुहासुहडहणो झाणमओ जायए अगणी ॥
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In the person that has neither desire nor aversion, and that is free from ignorant attachment to sense pleasures and from the activity of the thought, speech and body, there flames forth the fire of meditation that burns out all Karmas beneficial as well as the baneful. Commentary - Dhyāna or meditation is thought directed towards the Pure Self. This is the means of self-realization. Ignorance that stupefies the faculties of perception and will must be got rid of. There should be neither attachment nor hatred towards the objects of the environment. Then there should be unruffled peace, in thought, speech and body. Meditation attended by such circumstances manifests as the fire that destroys the rubbish heap of Karmas. It is this fire of meditation that reveals the sterling beauty of the Pure Self. This is Nirjarā.
Chakravarti Nayanar, A., Ācārya Kundakunda's Pañcāstikāya-Sāra, p. 119-120.
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