Pratikraman Observance of Self Reflection

Author(s): Pravin K Shah
Publisher: JAINA Education Committee

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Shrävikäs) so that they can learn to gradually detach themselves from all external objects. The minimum duration for the partial Sämäyika is 48 minutes.
Faults to be avoided during Sämäyika:
Jain scriptures describe 32 faults of Mind, Speech, and Body to be avoided during Sämäyika.
Ten Faults of Mind
• To perform Sämäyika without respect to its goals or procedures
To perform Sämäyika for prestige
To perform Sämäyika out of greed
To perform Sämäyika for vanity
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To perform Sämäyika under pressure from others or without conviction
Ten Faults of Speech
To use offensive speech
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To perform Sämäyika out of fear
To perform Sämäyika for material rewards and power
To perform Sämäyika with doubts
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To perform Sämäyika with anger
To perform Sämäyika with impertinence, without respect to Tirthankar (Dev), Teacher (Guru), and Religion (Dharma)
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To speak without thinking
To speak or sing such songs that arouse uncontrollable emotions
To use condensed sutras for convenience or to save time
To use quarrelsome language
To gossip
Twelve Faults of the Body
• To sit with one leg over the other
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To sit with unsteady posture
To sit with wavering eyesight
To digress or to deviate from Sämäyika for domestic or other work
To lean against something
To use mocking language
To use hasty speech without clarity
To use irrational speech
To use unclear and ambiguous speech
To stretch the body, hands, and legs without reason
To stretch the body lazily or to sleep
To make sounds by stretching fingers of hands and feet (cracking knuckles)
To remove dirt from the body
To sit with one's hand on the head or forehead in a sorrowful posture or to walk without carefully sweeping the floor
• To sleep or to remain idle
To cause oneself to be served by others without a reason
Sutras Recited During 1st Sämäyika Ävashyak
Jain Prayer to Great Souls Benedictory Verse Guru Sthäpanä Forgiveness Verse of
Namaskär Mahämangal Sutra Chattäri Mangalam Sutra Panchindiya Sutra Iryä Vahiyae Sutra