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NandiSootra
Rasa parityag - To refrain from eating tasty and nutritional things. In other words to eat only dry and bland food.
Indriya pratisanleenata or vivikta shayyasan - To observe absolute continence and to refrain from using comfortable bed and seat for the purpose of increasing concentration in meditation.
Kayaklesh - To tolerate afflictions of cold and hot climate.To inflict the body with unusual heat. To discipline the body by various methods and means.
(b) Abhyantar tap (inner or mental austerities) - That which is primarily related to mental activities and in absence of outward manifestation which is not revealed to everybody, is called abhyantar tap. This is also of six types
Prayashchitt - To atone for the sins done due to ignorance or under illusion, and to abstain from committing sins again.
Vinaya - To humbly respect seniors, great men with lofty spiritual conduct, and other respectable persons.
Vaiyavritya (ministration) - To serve sthavtrs (senior ascetics staying at one place), ailing, those observing austerities, newly initiated, and seniors, to the best of one's abilities.
Svadhyaya - To indulge in all the five facets of studies, including reciting scriptures and asking questions.
Dhyan - To be engrossed in pious meditation - Spiritual and pure.
Vyutsarga - To get free of mental and physical possessions to the best of one's abilities. In other words to reduce fondness and increase equanimity.
Viryachar - Virya means power or energy. To apply all one's power and energy with complete and unitary concentration to the above mentioned 36 types of pious activities and indulge in continued efforts in the direction of liberation is called viryachar.
THE SUBJECTS IN ACHARANG Information in brief about some topics discussed inAcharang Sutra
Charan-sattari (seventy ascetic practices) - Five mahavrat (great vows), ten types of religious duties of a shraman, seventeen types of disciplines, ten types of vaiyavritya (ministration), nine types of brahmacharya gupti (discipline of continence), ratnatraya (three spiritual gems - right perception or faith, right knowledge, and right conduct), twelve types of austerities, and four kashaya nigrah (subduing the passions), these are seventy charan (ascetic practices) or charansattart.
Karan-sattari (ascetic activities) - Four types of pind vishuddhi (purifying matter like food etc.), five samiti (self regulation), twelve bhavana (attitudes, feelings), twelve bhikshu pratima (stages of ascetic practices), five indriya nirodh (control of sense organs), twenty five pratilekhana (examining or checking of equipment and process), three gupti (restraint), and four types of abhigrah (resolutions), these are seventy karan or karan-sattari.
Gochar (alms collection) - The procedure of alms collecting as prescribed in scriptures.
Vinaya - Giving respect and honour to scholars and those observing perfect conduct.
Vainayik - Discussion about definition and duties of disciples or students.
Shiksha - Perfection and use of grahan shiksha (theoretical) and asevan shiksha (practical education). Aagam- 44 -NandiSootra
Compiled by- Deepratnasagar
