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What is the benefit of penance?
The primary benefit of performing penance is dissociation of karmas and the secondary benefit is to attain worldly grandness.
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I E; X; kx&fuxgks xqlr% IX.4 Samyagyoga-nigraho guptih
;kxka dk I E; d&idkj Is fuxg djuk 'x¶lr' gå Curbing activities well is restraint (gupti).
What is meant by restraint (gupti)?
Control / restraint of the activities of mind, body and speech well (to avoid transmigration) is called restraint.
What is meant by activity (yoga) and how types of activities are there? Vibrations of the space points of the soul caused by the tainted activities of mind, body and speech is called activity (yoga). Yoga is of three types namely mind, body and speech.
What is meant by nigraha?
Nigraha means curbing of the unrestrained activities of mind, body and speech.
Why is the word samyak used in the aphorism?
The literal meaning of the word here is well. Here it implies the restraint of the activities leading to the worldly grandness.
How many types of restraint are there?
There are three types of restraint namely of mind, body and speech.
What is meant by restraint of mind (manogupti)?
Restraining the activities of mind like imagining this or that and of developing attachment and aversion is called restraint of mind.
What is meant by restraint of speech (vacanagupti)?
Restraining the speech or maintaining silence is called restraint of speech.
What is meant by restraint of body (k yagupti)?
Restraining the activities of body from activities leading to transmigration is called restraint the body.
How can the monks who are unable to practise restraints of activities, practice flawless self-restraint (samyama)?
Such monks should practise carefulness (samitis) for flawless conduct and self-restraint.
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