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Every tendency of life, when observed and contemplated, becomes light by renouncing these faults. 5. Kayotsarga
Kayotsarga is the fifth study of the Aavashyak Sutra and the eleventh tapa. It means renouncing attachment to the body. As long as there is attachment to the body, the seeker cannot move forward firmly in the field of life. Therefore, Kayotsarga has an amazing, fundamental and unique importance in the Jain practice. In the Anuyogadwar, Kayotsarga is called 'Vranachikitsa'. Even with caution, faults creep into practice due to negligence etc. Kayotsarga is a balm to heal these wounds, which heals the wounds of excess. Kayotsarga is performed to refine the life of restraint, to atone, to purify oneself, to free the soul from Maya, Mithyatva and Nidana surgery, and to destroy sinful karmas.
Regarding Kayotsarga, the disciple asks - Q - Kausaggenam Bhanta. What does it create in the soul?
A - Kausaggenam Tiya - Paduppanna Payachitta Bisohei, Visuddhapayachitte Ya Jive Nivvuhahiyae Ohariya Bharuvva Bharavahe Pasatthajjhanovagae Suham Suhenam Viharai.
Q - Bhagavan! What fruit does the soul obtain from Kayotsarga?
A - Through Kayotsarga, the soul becomes pure from the excesses of the past and present. After being purified from excesses, the seeker experiences such joy in his mind, as a laborer experiences when the weight is removed from his head.
6. Pratyakhyan
Pratyakhyan is the sixth study of the Aavashyak Sutra. After criticizing the excesses of the past, the seeker performs Kayotsarga as atonement and becomes free from the faults of the past. But it is necessary to reject future faults. Pratyakhyan also has an important place in the seeker's life. Because in this vast universe there are so many substances that it is impossible to count them. No matter how long a person's life may be, he cannot consume all the things in the world. But human desires are infinite like the sky. There is a desire to enjoy one after another, due to which there is always dissatisfaction and unrest in the human mind. The only way to quench the fire of that dissatisfaction is Pratyakhyan. Pratyakhyan stops the related sins that will be committed in the future and the seeker's life begins to shine in the golden light of restraint. Pratyakhyan stops all the actions of Aviriti that will come in the future and the seeker follows the rules of restraint properly.
Regarding Pratyakhyan, it is said -
1. Uttaraadhyayanasutra A. 29, Sutra 13
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