YJA Convention 2002 07 NJ Fifth

Author(s): Young Jains of America (YJA)
Publisher: Young Jains of America YJA USA

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amayik is one of the daily six essentials for to make fun, 8) to pronounce improperly, 9) to use
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and the mind. Entering the Samayik and leaving the Samayik takes a few minutes. The actual Samayik is for 48 minutes. These 48 minutes are a quiet period, to read scriptures, to pray, to chant, and to discuss religious principles, and we will do a samayik in the session.
Samayik teaches you mind control, modesty, and repentance. In the process of Samayik, you apologize for any incidental violence you committed on that day. Basically there are two types of Samayik, one is most people do at home, for 48 minutes. The other type of Samayik is for the monks. Samayik is their way of life.
During the Samayik, you are trying to withdraw your mind from worldly things. Just as you have to be careful about how you drive to avoid an accident, or get a speeding ticket, in the same way you have to be careful that you do not run into any trouble while performing our samayik. If you are not careful then you can violate samayik by your mental, verbal and physical activities. There are ten mental violations: 1) to be disrespectful, 2) to be greedy for fame, 3) to be greedy for gains, 4) to be proud, 5) to be in fear, 6) to expect the rewards, 7) to doubt the rewards, 8) to be in anger, 9) to be rude, and 10) to despise. There are ten verbal violations: 1) to use an abusive words, 2) to use alarming words, 3) to say non-religious words, 4) to speak inadequate, 5) to use words to incite fight, 6) to gossip, 7)
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Samayak & Samta
Chandrakant Mehta
physical violations: 1) to sit at an unsuitable place, 2) not to sit steady, 3) to walk every now and then, 4) doing home work, 5) to stretch the body, 6) to lean against a support, 7) being lazy, 8) cracking knuckles, 9) to clean body dirt, 10) to scratch body, 11) to make vulgar postures, and 12) to sleep. Though it may look difficult, it is not impossible to do samayik the right way.
Samta - equanimity of mind is an important principle of Jainism. Samayik helps achieve that. Its a way of Jain meditation. During the 48-minute period the meaning of Samta will be discussed. We will also discuss how Samayik and Samta are related to each other. Muh-patti, an important accessory of Jain rituals is used in Samayik. The significance of Muhpatti, the actual and the spiritual meaning of the use of Muh-patti will be explained.
This way samayik helps us in preventing the accumulation of new karmas and the penance we
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