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पुरुषार्थसिद्धयुपाय (चरित्रमोहस्य उदयेपि) चारित्र-मोहनीय कर्म के उदय होने पर भी (महाव्रतम् Hafa) Helda et GIAT 150. The householders, due to the absence of all sinful activities during the period of meditation (sāmāyika), observe great vows, although the conduct-deluding karmas remain in operation.
Sāmāyika means oneness with the Self Āchārya Pujyapada’s Sarvārthasiddhi:
The preposition ‘sam' means one state of being. For instance, ghee becomes one with the thing mixed. Similarly oil also. To become one is samaya. That, which has oneness as its object, is sāmāyikam. One attains the great vows when one practises sāmāyika (concentration) at a particular place and time, since one is free from minute and gross injury and so on. It is argued that it would be perfect restraint and discipline (samyama). But it is untenable, as there is the presence of karmas or passions which arrest complete restraint. In that case these should not be called great vows. No. These are called great vows figuratively...
Jain, S.A., Reality, p. 203.
Sāmāyika - for the attainment of divinity The origin of the idea of prayer, it may be pointed out here, is to be found in the daily meditation of the Jainas, termed sāmāyika, which is directly calculated to enable the soul to attain to its high ideal in the shortest possible time. The sāmāyika consists in an endeavour to refrain from the commission of all kinds of sin for a certain period of time usually for an antara-muhurta (= about 48 minutes) every day. During this period one should engage oneself, with a cheerful mind in subduing one's likes and dislikes, and should
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