Sannyasa Dharma

Author(s): Champat Rai Jain
Publisher: Champat Rai Jain

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SANNYASA DHARMA
holder when it is worn out or lost. Besides the gourd and the pichchi, a sādhu is only allowed to keep with him sástras (Sacred Books), which he deposits in a temple or gives away to a pious householder when done with. The ādāna nikshepana samiti consists in the observance of carefulness in the handling of these things. If the saint hiniself compose a śāstra, he will require writing materials for the purpose. These also must be handled as carefully as the other three articles named above. There is nothing else which he is allowed to keep or touch, so that if anything else be thrown over him it will remain there till removed by someone else. In such cases the saint will immediately adopt the käyotsarga (non-attachment to the body) attitude, and remain engaged in self-contemplation till the trouble ceases, This samiti is transgressed (a) by picking up and depositing the
feather whisk, etc., too quickly ; (0) by not looking out carefully for small
insects that might be hiding upder or lurking about the things,
and (c) by inordinate hurry in looking out for
insect life (mentioned under the next
preceding head). (v.) The fifth samiti is pratişlhāpanā, which means carefulness in throwing off bodily products, excrements and the like, so as not to cause injury or disturbance to any living being. This needs no elabora.
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