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Niyamasāra
नियमसार
निश्चयनय से कायगुप्ति का स्वरूप - The nature of kāyagupti from the real point-of-view - कायकिरियाणियत्ती काउस्सग्गो सरीरगे गुत्ती । हिंसाइणियत्ती वा सरीरगुत्ति त्ति णिद्दिट्ठा ॥७०॥ शरीर सम्बन्धी क्रियाओं से निवृत्ति - कायोत्सर्ग - कायगुप्ति है, अथवा हिंसादि (पापों) से निवृत्ति होना (भी) कायगुप्ति है, ऐसा कहा गया है।
(From the real point-of-view) Abstaining from bodilyactivities – kāyotsarga - is the control-of-bodily-activity (kāyagupti); or, kāyagupti is said to be abstaining from (sinful) activities like injury (himsā)
EXPLANATORY NOTE
Withdrawal of attention from the body and getting absorbed in the spiritual Self is called “kāyotsarga'. At the time of kāyotsarga, the ascetic is said to observe the control-of-bodily-activity (kāyagupti).
The bhavya right-believer (samyagdụsti), who may be without vows but longs for liberation and understands the meaning of the Scripture, who is with a robust body, wins over the sleep, and immerses himself in auspicious disposition, performs the kāyotsarga. Observing complete detachment from the body, he adopts a still, standing posture of kāyotsarga. With feet at a distance of four fingers (angula) from each other, the hands resting naturally by the sides but not touching the body, and attention fixed on the point of the nose as in the padmāsana, he affects the stoppage of all kinds of mental 'traffic' which might interfere with steadiness and continuity of the holy meditation.1
1 - Āsādhara's Dharmāmrta Anagāra, p. 610.
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