A guide to Jain Samadhi meditation that begins with sweeping the floor gently to avoid harming insects. The practice uses ritual objects like a charvalo pole symbolizing eight binding karmas and a white wool pad held before the mouth. A hand gesture representing right knowledge, perception, conduct, and self-control completes the meditation.
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We can do all activities without holding in our hand. Anything we say for that 48 minutes, the Samadhi, if we have that thing in front of us, why? Because as I said, air has a life. So we do not want to kill the life with more breath.
Now in the non-Teraasi traditions, idol worship, he will use, Murtaji this way, It's the same principle, but when we speak, okay, we'll come, we'll keep it in front of us so that we don't kill any lives and yet comfortable. It's the same principle, just a different way of practicing it.
And we avoid using restrooms during samadhi. Of course, don't drink water, food, nothing. Observe silence during samadhi and recitation. So, Chagawa, once again go with this. Gently keep the floor.
So before we put this, we using this, we will sweep. So if there are any small insects that my eye cannot see or small ants, this is a very soft material. It will not kill. If you use something else like a broom, that ant will be killed. This is a very soft material. Most likely, we basically, you know, put the ant away from where we are going to sit. So once we do that and then put this on the floor, so we have prepared this space for us to sit on.
So this, Jai Bal always he say, gently clean the floor, screen your soul of all karma particles in non-violence, move when is necessary. Now, you know, see, this is thing that this also signifies that we need to clear our soul of all karmas, karma particles in non-violence. It also allows devotees to move when necessary. So when we have to move, let's say to go from one place to another place, we cannot go beyond the room. So he would take that with him and move from here to there in case he needs to take a book or do something. So that's why he has to have a charvalo. But in his Whitehall Street room, it's 8 fingers tall. This one is 8 fingers tall. To indicate that we are entrapped in the worldly existence because of 8 karma. It's the 8 karmas, it reminds us all the time. Katashnu, the piece of white cloth. Is it white? White cloth, literally. Literally. It is like white wool mat, Namishwan says. White color promotes peace and enhances the spiritual environment, wool indirectly helps us in eliminating the bad elements and attracts the good elements. A wool pad is small piece of white cloth folded in a particular way as is shown, used in front of the mouth. So now you can see that— did it bite? There are—
there are—
okay, go ahead and show that. 4 corners: right knowledge, right perception, right conduct, and self-control. So 4 corners of the hand, hand touch it, represent, you know, they say right knowledge, perception, conduct, and self-control. After holding 3 times, when one holds the mukha ki in right hand, and touches the left arm from fingers to shoulders. Right hand touches left arm from fingers to shoulders. It indicates acceptance of good qualities such as truth, helping others, less attachment, correctness, etc.
