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hand or clothes from left to right. (If the Guru be absent, he salutes the North East corner in the same way); (c) Iriyamahi (R), or asking forgiveness for anything he may have killed when walking thither; (d) Tasettari (qùa, the correct conduc which must be maintained during meditation; (c) Logassa (P, or recital of verse in praise of the twenty-four Tirthankara; (f) Karemi Bhante (3 in), when the worshipper promises to abstain from all sin; (9) Namoththana (eg, or general praise; and finally (h) Samayika Palana (G), when the worshipper asks pardon for all the faults in his meditation.
Though a layman need only spend forty-eight minutes over Sāmāyika, an ascetic is expected to spend all his time in such meditation, though he need-not do it exactly in this order. The reading of the sacred books is considered to be Sāmāyika.
Sometimes, when the layman reaches the Upasaro, he finds a Sadhu preaching; and if heflisten to him, that would be equivalent to doing Samayika.
Before leaving the Upasaro, he takes a vow with regard to his conduct during the day: that, for example, he will put on certain clothes, or use a particular bed, use only two chairs, or eat no more than five kinds of food.
He then goes about his daily avocations, but, like all Jaina, he must be careful to take his last meal by daylight, lest he should unwittingly kill any insect.
After this meal he makes confession of the sins of the day, Evening Derasiye Padikmanu,(દેવસીય પડિકમણું), Devotions. either in his house or in the Upasaro, which must last as long as did the morning Padikamanum.
