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Philosophy of Âcāränga Sutra
183 atleast you are not in for a fresh bondage. Have no fancy for achievements, wishing something in exchange is a bad bargain.
E7. (i) Tapa : This is the most effective remedy and an affirmative step for destroy the already existing kārmic bondage. One must make progress in the sphere of questions stage by stage.
E7. (ii) Resort to fasting frequently-this penance can take various forms as to time, content, items, number, quantity etc. of meals. Reduce ( bodily ) flesh and blood. It is said that wise peoples' arms are lean and they are slim which spells brilliance and stamina. When due to age, sickness etc. body becomes unfit as an instrument for nirvana or one comes to know of his immediate death, he can abstain from food, water, medicines, movements etc. till death. Meticulous care has to be taken lest this sophisticated mortification may turn out to be a case of sucide.
E7. (iii) Reduce the level of consumption and limit one's wants. O..e should have little clothings and can do without clothes in summer. Who feels neckedness a difficult discipline has been given a concession to use one loin cloth. Renounce your possessions to nullity. One should have frugal meals and use lifeless water for drinking. Abstinate from sex life and observe brahmacarya ( celibacy). Women, who are very expert in the art (of allouring), try to trap a man; so by way of prevention he should not (a) do her acts a menial(b) engage in the gossip about women, their beauty, sexual characteristic and anatomy etc. (c) should not talk and have intimacy with them in privacy;(d) should not look at the beautiful parts and sexually agressive moments of their body. One can make number of resolutions of austerities qua his religious routine and remain strict about them at the cost of heavy odds and even of death if the occasion so warrants- there is nothing improper in it. Have detached life and remain aloof from relatives and material paraphernalia-for this accelarates the process of destroying the accumulated karmas. Be habituated to endure vagaries of climate, nuiscance of insects etc. pains of sickness and other physical tortures. Do not even rub your eye or body even when there is an sesation. Train your body through exercises in hardships; do not allow it to be delicate.
E7. (iv) Brisky contemplate in the right perspective. Concentrate and meditate. Practice kāyotsarga ( as if taking soul out of the body ). Serve others by helping them directly in or indirectly attaining release. For the benefit of nescients etc. the learned ones should give discourses and instructions about liberation. But knowledge should be imparted to those who need, yearn and deserve it. Otherwise may be regress instead of progress. Wise ones do not need preaching. The preceptor should leave no stone unturned for training his disciples. Let him be the refuge for them for all purposes.
F. DHŪTAVĀDA
F1. As a more effective method of destroying kārmic-bondage, the institution of Dhutavāda i. e. full time practitioner for nirvāna throughout the rest of his life
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