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perfect tranquility of mind is sama bhāva. In sāmāyika vrata one should refrain from walking and talking much, and should be busy in dharma dhyana ( religious meditation ) and in the study or careful hearing of religious books. As such, it becomes the āya (source) of benefit or gain of religious knowledge, as well as, of the shredding of Karmas For the time that a house-holder is in samāyika vrata, his spiritual status equals that of a Sadhu who has left off all his belongings and is busy in religious meditation or the study and hearing of religious books as long as he lives. One should carefully avoid artta-dhyāna and raudra dhyāna, and he must be very careful that he may not commit any sinful act either mentally, vocally or bodily. )
Karma-Nīrjara in Sāmāyika Vrata.
सामायिकव्रतस्थस्य गृहिणोऽपि स्थिरात्मनः । चंद्रावतंसकस्येव क्षीयते कर्मसंचितम् ॥ २ ॥
2. Sămâyikavratasthasya grihiņo'pi sthiratmanah
Candrăvantaṁsakasyeva ksîyaté karmasamcitam.
2. The accumulated mass of Karmas, even of house-holders, who have remained steady in Sâmāyika Vrata, becomes destroyed like that of Candrāvataṁsaka Rājâ ( of Sâkétapura.)
Transgressions of Sâmăyika Vrata कायवागमनसां दुष्टमणिधानमनादरः । स्मृत्यनुपस्थापनं च स्मृताः सामायिकवते ॥ १ ॥
1. Kāya-vānga-manasām dusta-prani-dhanam-anādarah
Smrityanupasthāpanam ca smritah sāmāyika-vratè.
1-3 Evil meditation bodily, vocally, and mentally 4. Indifference, and 5. Want of recollection whether the sāmāyika is done or not-These are said to be the transgressions of the Sāmâyika vrata-They should be carefully avoided,
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