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and to study sutras (Yogodhwahan). Again at the proper time, he has to take these vows, "I will not commit sins with body, mind or voice; I will not get them committed and I will not countenance such sins". He has to take this threefold vow. This is called Upasthapancharitra. For breaches, the sadhu loses a duration and is reinitiated.
The daily activities of a sadhu commence in the last prahar (part) of the night. He gets up at that time; remembers the panchparameshti with devotion, carries out self-scrutiny and salutes the feet of the Gurumaharaj. After that, he carries out Kayotsarg. To get rid of the evil effects of bad dreams; he carries out chaityavandan and then engages himself in scriptural studies. At the end, performing the Prathikraman he carries out such activities as cleaning the clothes (the prathilekhana of Rajoharan). By this time, the sun would have risen.
Then, he carries out meditation on sutras in sutraporasi and after 6 ghadis (two hours and 40 minutes) of the day have passed he carries out patraprathilekhan examining wooden platters. After that, he goes to the temple and performs chaityavandan. After returning from the temple, he carries out Arthaporasi or he studies sutras to understand their meaning. At the time of Bhiksha he goes out to obtain Bhiksha from the houses of his devotees just as a cow eats grass moving about plucking grass here and there and elsewhere. He thinks of the 42 cautions; wanders to various houses; brings Bhiksha; shows it to the Gurumaharaj and tells him about it. Then, after Pachchakkan; performing meditation showing devotion to the Acharya, the younger sadhus, the sick sadhus etc., and devotion to guest sadhus, tapasvis, etc., discarding the 5 objectionable qualities like attachment and hatred, he takes his food. After that, he goes out of the town to some place where there are no jivas and carries out ablutions and at the end of the third Prahara carries out the prathilekhana - examining wooden vessels and clothes. In the fourth prahara he carries out scriptural studies, Guruvandan and Pachchakkan etc. In case, in the night, he has to go out, on returning he performs a prathikraman,
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