Kayotsarga
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Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Sidebar/configuration' not found. Kayotsarga (Template:Langx Script error: No such module "lang"., Template:Langx Script error: No such module "lang".) is a yogic posture which is an important part of the Jain meditation. It literally means "dismissing the body".Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Footnotes/anchor_id_list' not found.[1] A tirthankara is represented either seated in yoga posture or standing in the kayotsarga posture.Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Footnotes/anchor_id_list' not found. Kayotsarga means "to give up one's physical comfort and body movements", thus staying steady, either in a standing or other posture, and concentrating upon the true nature of the soul. It is one of the six essentials (avasyaka) of a Jain ascetic[2] and one of the 28 primary attributes of a Jain monks and nuns.
Twenty-one of the tīrthankaras of Jainism are said to have attained moksha in the kayotsarga “standing meditation” posture. An example of unflinching standing meditation is that of Arihant Bahubali who is said to have stood in kayotsarga for a year.Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Footnotes/anchor_id_list' not found.
Sāmayika
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- pratikramana, recounting the sins committed and repenting for them,
- pratyākhyanā, resolving to avoid particular sins in future,
- sāmayika karma, renunciation of personal attachments, and the cultivation of a feeling of regarding every body and thing alike,
- stuti, praising the twenty-four Tīrthankaras,
- vandanā, devotion to a particular Tirthankara, and
- kāyotsarga, withdrawal of attention from the body (physical personality) and becoming absorbed in the contemplation of the spiritual Self.
Notes
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Kayotsarga: A jaina technique of relaxation". www.merinews.com. 8 May 2010. Archived from the original on 17 December 2015. Retrieved 3 August 2015.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Pitman, Vicki (2006). "The nature of the Whole: Holism in Ancient Greek and Indian Medecine". Books.google.ch. ISBN 9788120827349.
References
- Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Zimmer, Heinrich (1953), Joseph Campbell (ed.), Philosophies Of India, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Ltd, ISBN 978-8120807396
{{citation}}: ISBN / Date incompatibility (help) - Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Jain, Champat Rai (1917), The Householder's Dharma: English Translation of The Ratna Karanda Sravakachara, The Central Jaina Publishing House
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