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of clothing - inner pūjā - tea (milk) - the study of Scripture - study or onward march or public instruction). 14
3. From the latter half of the morning till the beginning of the afternoon: gocari - bhojana - viśrama (quest for food - meal - rest).15
4. From the beginning of the afternoon till sunset: adhyayana - svādhyāya - adhyapana - jana-samparka or vihāra - pratilekhanā - gocari - bhojana (study - the study of Scripture - instruction given in private to the śrāvakas and śrāvikās -16 reception of visitors (if any) or onward march - inspection of clothing - quest for food - light meal).
5. From sunset till well into the night: avasyakas (vidhi) - svådhyāya or adhyayana - dhyāna or japa - saṁstāra-pauruși (rite of duties - study of Scripture or other study - mental concentration or the repetition of mantras - the hour of rest in which certain sūtras are recited).
The activities here enumerated are not all obligatory; those that are strictly obligatory are the rite of the āvaśyakas, pratilekhanā, svādhyāya, gocari and bhojana, while vihāra which takes place regularly, though at intervals which depend upon circumstances, is not only obligatory but constitutes the specific actualisation of the anagări
state.17
We will now attempt quite simply to follow a day's life as its hours unfold for a group of sadhvis in an upāśraya, while they are staying
14 One sädhvi gives a teaching on the dharma and the other sadhvis, the śrăvakas and śrávikās listen, or all the sādhvi go to listen to the homily of a muni.
15 The siesta is not obligatory.
16 This, as also the receiving of visitors, depends upon where they are making a halt.
17 These facts were given to me by several sādhvis belonging to different sampradāyas and gacchas and were later checked with Sadhvi Räjimati.
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