Sannyasa Dharma

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

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SANNYASA DHARMA
asana. There is an easier position than this which is also recommended, and that is known as the ardha (half) padma āsana, because of only one of the legs, the right one, crossing over to the opposite thigh in it. The other leg is not crossed over in this ūsana, but is simply folded at the knee,
The other posture, termed khargūsana, is characterised by the placing of the feet at a distance of about two inches from each other, and the arms are allowed to drop down by the sides, while the body is maintained in a standing posture. In both the sitting and the standing postures the body is kept erect, maintaining the chest, the neck, and the head in a line, and the gaze is steadily fixed on the point of the nose, or on some other plexus, or part of the body, as the eyes. The place for the sāmāyika kriyū (process) should be one not exposed to disturbance of any kind, and free from all sorts of distractions.
In performing the sāmāyika meditation the following points should be observed by the saint:
(1) He should not perform it disrespectfully, (2) nor filled with pride of learning, (3) 'nor to be considered pious by his fellow-men,
(4) nor in a manner to cause disturbance to any other living being,
(5) nor sbould he move his body about at the time,
(6) nor force it into a crooked position, e.g., bending the fingers,