Yogadṛṣṭisamuccaya by Haribhadra Sūri
Chapter 5 – A Line of Demarcation between the first four and last four Yogadṛṣṭis [87 of 121]
Chapter 5.6 – The three types of Understanding: Budhi, Jñāna, Asaṃmoha [5 of 9]
Three kinds of understanding — budhi, jñāna, asaṃmoha [5 of 9]
Definition [2 of 6]
Let us understand these lines of our author in detail. A person whose understanding is of the buddhi type would visit a pilgrimage place only because others do it. He does not desire to enquire into the reasons and results of such visit. For instance, a butcher Kālasaurika’s act of listening and enjoying the sermon (deśanā) of Lord Mahāvīra is done with the buddhi type understanding. The butcher used to kill five hundred buffaloes every day. He was not ready to consider his such a cruel act as unworthy. Still, he was enjoying the sermon. He likes to listen to the sermon because it is extremely pleasing to his ears. He has nothing to do with the spiritual gains of it.
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