Yogadṛṣṭisamuccaya by Haribhadra Sūri
Chapter 5 – A Line of Demarcation between the first four and last four Yogadṛṣṭis [67 of 121]
Chapter 5.4 – The Fallacious argument (kutarka) [23 of 32]
An advice of Haribhadrasūri [1 of 10]
Till now we are informed about the nature, disqualities as well as malfunctions of a fallacious argument. This information states the fact that a fallacious argument is worthless in every sense. Hence, Haribhadrasūri gives an advice to a soul who is desirous of attaining liberation. He says that such a soul should, in all respect, abstain from owing inclination for a fallacious argument. Instead of involving into the useless fallacious argument, a worthy soul should have an inclination for sacred texts, noble conduct as well as meditative concentration.[1] In order to ripen the attachment for above mentioned things one has to do good to others. It has been proved to be the ultimate seed of these three. It is that seed which never fails to yield fruit as per the experience of all yogins.[2]
According to Haribhadrasūri when a soul in question imbibes completely all these in himself, he mainly relies on scriptures, possesses right faith, is of noble conduct and constantly practises yoga. On acquiring such qualities, he becomes worthy of acknowledging supra–sensuous entities.[3] Their acknowledgment helps him in his spiritual journey of attaining liberation.
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[1] kutarke'bhiniveśasta–nna yukto muktivādinām |
yuktaḥ punaḥ śrute śīle, samādhau ca mahātmanām ||88||
......abhiniveśastathātadgraharūpaḥ,......| yuktaḥ punaḥ śrute– āgamo śīle–paradrohaviratilakṣaṇo samādhau ca –dhyānaph labhūte mahātmanāṃ–muktivādināmabhiniveśo yukta iti ||88||
– Yogadṛṣṭisamuccaya and its auto–commentary.
[2] bījaṃ cā'sya paraṃ siddha–mavandhyaṃ sarvayoginām |
parārthakaraṇaṃ yena, pariśuddhamatro'tra ca ||89||
.......sarvayogināṃ–kulayogiprabhṛtīnām,...... —parārthakaraṇaṃ–paraprayojananicpādanaṃ........ ||89||
– Yogadṛṣṭisamuccaya and its auto–commentary.
[3] etatpradhānaḥ sacchrāddhaḥ, śīlavān yogatatparaḥ |
jānātyatīndriyānarthāṃ–stathā cā''ha mahāmatiḥ ||100||
– Yogadṛṣṭisamuccaya