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116 / Lord Mahavira
7. Equanimity
Samayika means maintaining equanimity for a set period of time minimum of 48 minutes.
To concentrate one's mind upon one subject is
meditation.
When the conscience is freed from sensual pleasures, the reflection of soul can be seen in it.
Equanimity is perfected when the thought process becomes pure and sublime.
Just as the head is most important to the body and the roots to a tree, equanimity is fundamental to all religious practioners.
Just as fire fanned by powerful winds destroys heaps of firewood in no time so also the fire of equanimity destroys heap of karmas in a moment.
To give up all fallacies and to be absorbed in the contemplation of the self is supreme equanimity.
He is said to be equipoised who has no desire for mundane fulfillment and who refrains from all activities that causes karmic bondage.
The oneness of soul with right faith, knowledge, selfrestraint and austerity is samayika.
The practise of samayika eliminates all sinful occupations.
The samayika of a house holder will be fruitless if he reflects upon mundane matters while practicing samayika as his concentration will become meaningless.
