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PHILOSOPHY OF SOUL
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A soul is said to have attained the stage of complete non-attachment when it resolves to observe 'Samayika' with all the nine modes till it lives and accepts five great vows and such a soul is deemed to have acquired saintly state. The words "Sadhu", "Muni", "Anagara" are synonymous.
When a vow is observed mentally, orally and physically then "three yogas" are said to have been applied and when three means like 'acting', 'ceasing to act' and 'encouraging to act' are applied then 'Samayika' is said to have been observed with all the nine modes of observance.
First mode: Not to commit sin mentally. Second mode: Not to commit sin orally.
Third mode: Not to commit sin physically.
Fourth mode: Not to cause the commission of sin mentally. Fifth mode: Not to cause the commission of sin orally. Sixth mode: Not to cause the commission of sin physically. Seventh mode: Not to encourage the commission of sin mentally. Eighth mode: Not to encourage the commission of sin orally. Ninth mode: Not to encourage the commission of sin physically.
A lay disciple would not commit sin himself nor would he cause to commit sin but he cannot escape from encouraging such commission, therefore he can observe 'Samayika' only with first six modes only. When you resolve to observe this vow you recite "In two fold manner only". This is explained as 'I shall not commit mentally, orally and physically nor shall I cause one to commit sin mentally, orally or physically", but when a 'Sadhu' resolves to observe the vow, he recites, "In three fold manner", i.e. "I shall not commit sin, nor cause it to be committed nor shall encourage such commission mentally, orally and physically. "Thus a 'Sadhu's observance is carried out in nine modes.
Five great vows are :
(1) Vow of abstaining from non-killing.
(2) Vow of abstaining from false-speech.
(3) Vow of abstaining from stealing.
(4) Vow of abstaining from sexual intercourse. (5) Vow of abstaining from hoarding.
