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68 : Śramaņa, Vol 66, No. 3, July-September 2015 annihilation of all karmas and that increased attachments to relatives and friends, business and occupations, and accumulation of property of any kind would only entangle the soul with new karmas of different kinds of varying intensity. These ties are all due to the karinas. Every kind of relationship and attachment perishes with the body. Such thought will create a sense of detachment and free the mind from passions of every kind like love, anger, pride, deceit and greed. The person concerned should make a frank and full confession of his actions and thoughts before his preceptor. He should discuss with his spiritual guru whatever sins he might have committed by himself and by others consent till that date without hesitation or sense of secrecy. One should be aware while undergoing Santhārā that he/she should remain free from the five transgressions. Five Aticāras (Transgressions) of Samlekhanā (Santhārā) 1. Ihalokākānkṣā: undertaken with the desire or motive to acquire wealth, family etc., i.e. pleasures of this world. 2. Paralokākārkṣā: here the motive is to acquire pleasures of heaven etc. in the next birth. 3. Jivitākāíkşā : undertaken with the desire for life. 4. Maranākāřksā : To desire instant death because of unbearable pain or miseries. 5. Kāmabhogāśaṁsā : undertaken for acquiring desired but unfulfilled sexual and other-worldly pleasures.
Aticāra or transgression means committing any blunder or mistake due to carelessness or ignorance even after observing reasonable vigilance during Santhārā. A sādhaka should try to protect himself from these blemishes otherwise may again bind new more karmas.
Section II
Concept of the Suicide
Human nature being the same everywhere, the causes of suicide have been universally identical all over the world. Suicide is killing oneself by means employed by oneself. The corresponding word in
