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SAPTA SAPTIKA : SECOND CHULA
STHANA SAPTIKA : EIGHTH CHAPTER
INTRODUCTION
The name of the eighth chapter is Sthana Saptika. • A place of stay or dwelling is called sthana. Physical dwellings or
dravya sthan are places suitable for stay of ascetics in a village, city, capital city etc. To be steadfast in the Aupashamik attitude (feelings that help suppression of karmas) and other such spiritual practices including dwelling in the self are mental dwellings or bhaava sthan. This chapter deals with the physical dwellings. A place to live in and pursue religious activities is required for ascetic life. The procedure of seeking a place of stay has been discussed in the seventh chapter. It is essential to have prudence about what dimension and type of area and surface is required for meditation, studies, eating and discarding various type of excretion at the acquired place. In the second chapter, Shayya, the term sthana has been used to convey kayotsarg (dissociation from the body). That is why the four pratimas (regulations) related to sthan (kayotsarga) have been mentioned in the later part of this chapter. Thus seven points of prudence about dravya sthan or place of stay and bhaava sthan (attitude) or kayotsarga have been detailed in this chapter In this group of seven chapters there are no lessons. The seven septets excel each other in their respective order. The first septet is about dwellings.
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Sthana Saptika: Eighth Chapter
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