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Celebrating Jain Society of Houston Pratishtha Mahotsav 1995
The term saamaayika was first used in canonical texts with reference to a restraint (samyama) undertaken by Mahavira when he renounced the world; there it involved nothing less than the life time abandonment of all evil acts. For ordinary layman, however, it indicates a restraint of short duration and functions mainly as a meditational exercise. The derivation of the term is not completely clear. Proceeding from the root, aya to go, it has been understood both as "attaining equanimity" and as "fusion with the true self' (becoming fixed in Gnanachetana, pure self-awareness). Both of these definitions render saamaayika equivalent to the progressive detachment of one's subconsciousness from all external objects. The famous Digambar Acharya Jatsimhanandi supports this interpretation with the following verse:
Equanimity towards all beings; self-control and pure aspirations; abandonment of every thought
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