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observed only when a man feels certain that death is near at hand. The faults to be avoided in the complete observance of this Vow are (1) a desire for prolonging the days of life, ( 2 ) or for hastening death, ( 3 ) fearing death and its pain( 4 ) remembering friends & relations and ( 5 ) wishing for certain fruits of the [ meritorious] acts done. A man who dies a Sallekhana death, surely reaches the heavens or attains the Moksha.
Then comes the third, the Samayika stage. It consists in the faultless keeping of the Samar yika Vow. The fourth stage is named after The Same and consists in the regular obser. yika Stage vance of the Proshadhopavas Vov. The fifth, called the Sachitt-tyaga stage, is the one in which a man does not eat fruits, vegetables, roots, branches, seeds and flowers that are not dried or ripe or boiled. The sixth consists in abandoning the habit of eating, drinking, licking and chewing beetlenuts and pan
from sunset to sunrise. The seventh stage roShree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat www.umaragyanbhandar.com
