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PHILOSOPHY OF SOUL
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3. He should be straightforward. He should not practise
deceit. 4. He should be contented. He should not be greedy. 5. He shoud practise penances to the best of his capacity.
He should particularly control his desires. 6. He should perfectly control his senses. 7. He should state matters of fact. He should not tell lies. 8. He should remain pure at heart and behave properly with
all the creatures. 9. He should not possess anything. 10. He should observe celebacy completely: mentally, orally
and physically.
SIX ESSENTIAL RITES
The monk should observe six essential rites in the morning as well as in the evening. He should observe 'Pratikramana' whereby any lapse committed during the observance of vows is rectified or atoned for.
Six essential rites include 'Sāmayika' (Spiritual sitting), Chaturvinshatislave (Prostrating 24 Prophets) Vandana (Bowing down), Pratikramana (atonement), Kayotsarga (self-abnegation posture), and Pratyakhyana (Retrogression). These essential rites are highly conducive to self purification and so they are declared as the essence of all rites.
We shall explain the nature of understanding and religious rites of a completely non-attached monk with the help of the tale of Mrugaputra.
TALE OF MRUGAPUTRA
There was a beautiful town named Sugriva ruled by king Balabhadra. He had a son named Balashri born in his wife Mrugavati; but he was popularly known as Mrugaputra.
Mrugaputra enjoyed amorous sports with beautiful maidens in his royal palace named 'Nandanvana'. One day he was watching the city from his balcony, from where he spied a serene, silent and self controlled monk. He watched him very minutely without a wink of his eyes. While doing so he recollected that sometime
