Yogadrstisamuccaya of Haribhadra Suri (Study)
by Riddhi J. Shah | 2014 | 98,110 words
This page relates ‘Second: Taradrishti (tara-drishti)—Introduction’ 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.—This section belongs to the series “The Eight Yogadrishtis and the nature of a Liberated Soul”.
Chapter 4.2a - The Second: Tārādṛṣṭi (tārā-dṛṣṭi)—Introduction
Significance of the term tārā:
Haribhadrasūri has given the name tārā to the second yogadṛṣṭi. The name tārā is a feminine form of an adjective tāra. Tārā means clear. The understanding of the second dṛṣṭi is little clear as Haribhadrasūri says:
Thus, Haribhadrasūri has rightly name the second yogadṛṣṭi as tārā.
Characteristics of tārā dṛṣṭi beholder:
Haribhadrasūri says that the tārā dṛṣṭi beholder practices niyama—the second limb of Pātañjala Yoga. The subject in question starts performing beneficial acts with non-disgust (anudvega). He is inquisitive to know (jijñāsā) doctrinal matters[1] (tattva).
Footnotes and references:
[1]:
adhunā tārocyate | tadatrā''ha–tārāyāṃ tu manākspaṣṭaṃ, niyamaśca tathāvidhaḥ | anudvego hitārambhe, jijñāsā tattvagocarā || 41 ||
-Yogadṛṣṭisamuccaya