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Ratnakarandaka-śrāvakācāra
In performing sāmayika the devotee stands facing north or east and bows to the pañca parameșthi. He then sits down and recites the namokāra mantra a certain number of times, and finally devotes himself to holy meditation. This consists in: i) pratikramana, recounting the sins committed and
repenting for them, ii) pratyākhyāna, resolving to avoid particular sins in future, iii) sāmayika karma, renunciation of personal attachments,
and the cultivation of a feeling of regarding every body
and thing alike, iv) stuti, praising the four and twenty Tīrthankaras, v) vandanā, devotion to a particular Tīrthankara, and vi) kāyotsarga, withdrawal of attention from the body
(physical personality) and becoming absorbed in the
contemplation of the spiritual Self. As regards place, the sāmayika may be performed anywhere - a temple, private residence, forest and the like – but the place should not be a thoroughfare, nor one that is open to disturbance. A place with evil repute or unholy associations is also to be avoided. The posture for sāmayika may be either - i) padma āsana, the sitting posture, with interlocked legs
(the right one placed on the left thigh and the left on the right), the hands placed in the lap with the palms facing upwards (the right one being on the top), and with
attention fixed on the foremost point of the nose; ii) kharga āsana, the standing posture, with feet at a
distance of about two inches from each other, the hands resting naturally by the sides, but not so as to touch the body; and attention fixed on the point of the nose as in the padma āsana; or
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