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ŚRĪ ĀVASYAKA SUTRA
ESSENTIAL RITUALS TO ATTAIN SOUL PURIFICATION
The daily essential practices of a monk or yogi have been described in the Avaśyaka Sūtra. How to purify oneself from the daily sins and mistakes, and the process to reach a state of freedom from karmas through repentances has been explained in Śri Avaśyaka Sūtra.
The Sūtra describes how to have complete faith in the Lord, be compassionate towards all living beings and behave humbly with the Guru. Avaśyaka Sūtra defines the best solutions to sins committed in day to day life. Avaśyaka Sūtra is suggested to be performed by both monks and common man in present times. This method of penance is called Pratikraman Sūtra. It is a process to purify any impurity of the soul, due to which karmas which are bound daily become niddhat (lighter and easy to eradicate) and hence, are stopped from becoming nikāchit (difficult to eradicate). The karmas that need to be borne on its manifestation are termed as nikachit and the karmas, which can be cleared in course of time, are termed as niddhat karmas. Karma repented upon during pratikraman become niddhat karma and when pratikraman is not done these karmas become nikāchit karmas, which have to be faced when they are manifested. This is best described in Avaśyaka Sūtra. In this way, Avaśyaka Sūtra is a priceless document which can really improve our future. All sadhaks should essentially perform Avaśyaka Sūtra. Avaśyaka Sūtra motivates us to do pratikraman that in turn leads us to Parmātmā.
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