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A Hand Book of Jainology
then worshipping his Gurumaharaj in the first prahar of the night, he carries out scriptural studies. After reading the Santaraporasi, he goes to sleep.
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1. A sadhu has to do everything only with the permission of his Gurumaharaj,
2. A sadhu has to be cautious regarding the duty of rendering service to the munis who are ill.
3. He must render service to the Acharya and show politeness to him and others.
4. For every breach committed by him, he must like a child, approach his Gurumaharaj; confess his mistake and seek atonement from him.
5. Vigais should be renounced according to ability and possibility.
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6. He must carry out special austerities on festival days.
7. Twice or thrice in a year, he must with hand remove his hair. This is called Keshalunchan.
8. He must spend the remaining time in carrying out vihar, going from place to place on foot.
9. He must study the meaning of sutras properly. He must keep himself totally detached from wealth and woman. He should not develop intimacy with anyone and should not. have intimate conversations with others. In the same manner, a sadhu should not talk about woman, food, nation or country. He should not engage himself in any actions thoughts or utterrances which lead the mind from its path of internal contemplation astray to the path of thinking about external things. Therefore, a sadhu should not have special contacts with householders.
A sadhu has to carry out the following activities also. The ten kinds of Samachar i.e. (observances) like ichchakar; many other kinds of observances; the Ashta pravachan mala (Samithis and guptis) Samvar, Nirjara, and the Panchachar.
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