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(3) Vivek pratimaTo contemplate on the difference and duality of 4 soul and non-soul as well as self and non-self, This results in gaining the ability to discern between noble and ignoble or acceptable and rejectable.
(4) Vyutsarg pratima-To abandon or dissociate from rejectable and is ignoble things known through practice of vivek pratima.
(5) Bhadraa pratima-To practice kayotsarga (dissociation from one's body, a kind of meditation) facing four cardinal directions (east, south, west and north) for four prahars (three hours) in each direction in a sequence. This practice is concluded in two days and is done while fasting.
(6) Subhadraa pratima-It is a practice possibly more rigorous than bhadraa pratima. As no details have been mentioned, it appears to have become lost.
(7) Mahabhadraa pratima–To practice kayotsarga facing four cardinal directions (east, south, west and north) for one ahoratra (day and night; 24 hours) per direction in a sequence. This practice is concluded in four days and nights and is done while fasting.
(8) Sarvatobhadraa pratima–To practice kayotsarga facing ten directions, i.e. four cardinal directions (east, south, west and north), four intermediate directions, zenith and nadir, for at least one ahoratra (day and night; 24 hours) per direction in a sequence. This practice is concluded in ten days and nights and is done while fasting.
(9) Kshudrak Moak pratima-Moak means urine. The aspirant goes in isolation outside the village at the beginning of summer or winter season. He abandons food and drinks his own first urine in the morning. If this pratima or practice is commenced after taking meals it is concluded after six days of fasting. If it is commenced with a fast it 41 concludes after seven days of fasting. Three benefits of this pratima have si been mentioned-(1) it leads to the Siddha state, (2) it leads to reincarnation in higher divine realms, and (3) the body becomes free of all ailments and attains a golden glow. Detailed procedure of this practice is mentioned in Vyavahar Sutra, chapter 9. This practice has acquired special importance these days in light of the ongoing experiments and findings related to auto-urine therapy.
(10) Mahati Moak pratima–This is done exactly as the preceding practice. The only difference is that if it is commenced after taking meals it is concluded after seven days of fasting and if commenced with a fast it 41 concludes after eight days of fasting.
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