Sannyasa Dharma

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

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SANNYASA DHARMA
tion. The observance of the samitis leads to the gaining of control over bodily automatism and reflex activities, whereby the further inflow of karmic matter is stopped, and samvara (shutting up the channels of the inflow) easily attained. The transgression of this samiti consists in the disposal of the bodily excre. ments without carefully brushing aside insects and the like in the first instance.
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THE CONTROL OF THE FIVE SENSES.-The object is to eradicate desire in every form. The objects of the five senses, in other words, the entire external nature which appeals to the mind through the senses, are to be recognised as enemies, and to be hated.' The point is that the sadhu should not allow himself to be entangled with the external world and its ties and temptations which he has left behind, but should seek only the Will of the God within. He is not even to hate anyone, certainly not the individuals who may be related to him, but only the ties and relationships and entanglements which they constitute.
SIX NECESSARY OBSERVANCES.-The first of these is the practising of equanimous dispassion,-which a householder is but little qualified to practise. The sadhu is required to spend about six gharis (a ghari 24 minutes) three times a day, that is, morning, noon, and evening, in practising equanimous dispassion. The second and the third necessary observances constitute at once his inspiration and holy meditation, in so far as they keep his mind engaged on the contemplation of the ideal of his life and on those Great
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