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Verse 106
and spends his time in a sacred place like the abode of a saint or a temple or in his lonely fasting apartment, contemplating on pure thoughts by listening to or making others listen to the scriptures and refraining from injury.
Jain, S.A. (1960), "Reality", p. 203-204.
Acārya Amṛtacandra's Puruṣārthasiddhyupaya: सामायिकसंस्कारं प्रतिदिनमारोपितं स्थिरीकर्तुम् । पक्षार्द्धयोर्द्वयोरपि कर्तव्योऽवश्यमुपवासः ॥ १५१ ॥
For the sake of strengthening the performance of daily meditation (sāmāyika), one must undertake fasting twice each lunar fortnight (proṣadhopavāsa).
मुक्तसमस्तारम्भः प्रोषधदिनपूर्ववासरस्यार्द्धे । उपवासं गृह्णीयान्ममत्वमपहाय देहादौ ॥ १५२ ॥
Free from all routine activities, and giving up attachment to own body etc., one should commence fasting from mid-day prior to the day of fasting (the eighth and the fourteenth day of each lunar fortnight).
Jain, Vijay K. (2012), "Shri Amritachandra Suri's Puruṣarthasiddhyupaya", p. 98.
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