________________
essential for the practitioner to discard such food. Fear also exists in every living being. But a monk through practice of fearlessness, overcomes sense of fear. Through continuous practice of celibacy, he overcomes feeling of cohabitation. He discards attachment by undertaking the fifth major vow. In cure any fault is committed in such practice, he purifies his self through shraman pratikraman (prescribed version of repentance for monks)
Repentance for loose talk (Vikatha): To recite a story that generates feeling of sex or to discuss such story is called loose talk. It is of four types:
(1) Talk about women: To talk about dresses, food, body structure of women is loose talk about women.
(2) Loose talk about food: To talk about different items of food and their
taste.
(3) Look talk about countries: To talk about way of living of the people of different countries, their dresses, their industries and the like.
(4) Loose talk about administration: To talk about the political administration the lusty life of rulers, the wars and the like.
A monk should avoid above-said four talks. In case such talk has a reference towards non-attachment, the learned monk can in brief make a mention of it. The repentance is done about any act done in a state of slackness or a state of delusion.
Repentance for meditation: To concentrate the self on any substance or goal is called meditation. It can be good or bad.
(1) Painful concentration: The state of trouble, dejection or pain arising out of loss or separation of a denied substance or presence of a substance which one does not like.
(2) Wicked concentration: Dreadful concentration of the mind.
(3) Righteous concentration: Concentration of the mind on the word of the omniscient.
(4) Pure concentration: To concentrate deeply on pure, spotless soul devoid of karma.
In case due to any slackness. I may have engaged in the first two concentrations and ignored the last, I repent for the faults arising out of such a state.
Self-analysis and repentance about activities: Pertinent activity is of two types namely good activity and a bad activity. The entire activity that leads the soul
आवश्यक सूत्र
// 121 //
IVth Chp.: Pratikraman
