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MEDITATION YOGIC POSTURES AND SILENCE
for some feeble respiration. Some spiritualists empha particular hours of the day suitable for meditation, Maha was not bound by such self-imposed restrictions Mos his time was spent in meditation Neither he had to s scriptures nor preach His aim was to experience and rea Unlike a cowherd serving his master by grazing the lat kine, to bring them to his home punctually that the ma might be benefitted by their milk in the evening, he was cowherd, the master and all who himself milked the c for his own good
Mahavira would concentrate on an object or med without an object He would concentrate upon a spot wall He used to fix his glance on a wall for three hours on end Such a Yogic exercise lent an unusual magnetism to eyes besides helping in the concentration of his mind Du the evolutionary phase of meditation his visual exercise unwinked stare would last for hours 2
Once the Lord visited the province of Dridhabhumi 3 village was called Pedhala and the temple Poulas Here practised Ek ratrıkı Pratima First he observed a three fast During the third night he stood in a posture of dedicat The two feet clung to each other and the arms swung cling to the legs The eyes were open and unwinking He had f the eyes to a spot, the senses shrinking to their respec seats He lost himself in meditation",
It's an excellent practice to get rid of fear and bodysciousness The devotee sinks to the profoundest depth concentration with the resultant uphaeval of past impressi The one who stays unstirred in the face of such a commo wins direct realisation The one who succumbs to the t pestuous gale suffers dementia or some grave malady
1 Ibid pp 301 2 'Ayaro 9/1/5 'Acharangachurni' pp 300, 301 3 Eleventh year of pursuit
