Unknown Pilgrims

Author(s): N Shanta
Publisher: Sri Satguru Publications Delhi

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C - Diksă-vidhi: The rite of consecration
a) The bhagavatidikṣā: The Blessed Consecration b) The mahādikṣā: The Great Consecration
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D - Śikṣā-kendras: Study centres
a) Pāthaśālās: Schools b) Śramani Vidyāpitha: College for Sadhvis c) Śri Pāramārthika Śikṣana Saṁsthā:
Institute for spiritual training
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Chapter 3. Śramaņi: The worker
She strives for purification
from before sunrise till after sunset A - Sāmācāri: Right conduct
a) The teaching of the Uttarādhyayana-sútra
b) Is the tradition still alive today? B - Japa: The repetition of mantras C - Dhyāna: Mental concentration D - Āvasyaka-vidhi: The rite of daily duties E - Pratilekhanā-vidhi :The inspection of clothing
and utensils F - Bhāva-pūja: Inner pūja G-Svādhyāya: Meditative study of Scripture
a) Svādhyāya: Meditative study of Scripture
b) Adhyayana: General studies H - Gocari: The quest for food
a) Setting out and deportment on the way b) What food is to be refused and when
c) The return to the upāśraya and the meal I - Prāyaścittas: Expiations
a) The Cheda-sūtras: Codes of rules and
punishments
b) Prāyaścittas: The ten types of expiation J - Vividhā Caryās: Various occupations K - Saṁstāra-pauruși: The period of rest
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Chapter 4. Pravrajya: The itinerant life
The eight-month continuous pilgrimage and the
pause during the monsoon A - Vihāra: Continual journeying from place to place
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