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Fourth Study: Pratikramana
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Alochana, Parikarma, Nindana - becoming free from blemish, I renounce all injury to living beings, all falsehood, all taking of what is not given, all sexual pleasure, all attachment, all anger, pride, and so on up to the delusion of false belief, all inauspicious activities. For as long as I live, I will not do, cause to be done, or consent to these eighteen iniquities in any of the three ways (by mind, speech, or body).
I renounce all food, drink, edibles, and beverages. For as long as I live, I renounce these four kinds of sustenance.
This body of mine, which is dear, pleasant, agreeable, and charming, may it not be affected by cold, heat, hunger, thirst, insects, thieves, weapons, wind, bile, phlegm, or any kind of ailment or calamity.
With my last breaths, I relinquish this body. Thus is my faith, thus is my exposition. When I touch (the earth), may I be purified. Such is my final Sallekhana, Jhusana, and Aradhana. The five Aticaras (transgressions) are to be known and not to be committed, namely, those related to this world, the next world, life, death, and sensual pleasures. That is a grave offense.
The meaning is: When death is imminent, one should lovingly practice the austerity of Sallekhana. First, one should clean the place of penance. One should renounce the act of evacuation. After performing Pratikramana, facing the east or north, one should sit on a seat of Darbha grass, etc., and joining the palms, bowing the head, recite "Namo-tthuna Arihantanam Bhagavantanam..." and pay obeisance to the Siddha Bhagavans. Then, reciting "Namo-tthuna Arihantanam Bhagavantanam..." one should pay obeisance to the Tirthankaras currently residing in the Mahavideha region. Next, one should pay obeisance to one's spiritual preceptor. One should seek forgiveness from the fourfold Sangha (of monks, nuns, laymen, and laywomen) and then seek forgiveness from all living beings. One should confess and denounce the transgressions committed in the vows previously observed. One should renounce the five sins (of violence, falsehood, theft, sexual pleasure, and attachment) and the eighteen iniquities (of anger, pride, deceit, greed, and so on up to the delusion of false belief) in the three ways (of mind, speech, and body). For the rest of one's life, one should renounce the four kinds of sustenance. After that, one should detach oneself from the affection for this body, which is dear, pleasant, agreeable, and charming, and, purifying oneself through Sallekhana, Jhusana, and Aradhana, one should undertake pure fasting.