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UNDERSTANDING SAMAYIK
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for an hour, and then you can leave. You will see that so many
of your demerit karmas will be washed away. They will be
destroyed. In this samayik; demerit karma gets destroyed. That
is the wonder of the Gnani Purush!
Settling with Equanimity is Samayik
What is the samayik of the Jains? It nurtures the intent of
equanimity (samata-bhaav).
Now, when you practice the Agna of settling with
equanimity (sambhave nikaal, to be without kashays), that verily
is samayik. And to remain in visham-bhaav (to be in kashay)
is worldly life (sansar). And what is this worldly (vyavahar)
samayik? It is to not come into any other thoughts for forty-
eight minutes; it is to remain in one thought. That is that samayik.
When only the thoughts of the Self are there, and there
are no other worldly thoughts, that is considered shuddha
samayik (pure samayik). This is possible for forty-eight minutes,
not any longer. No one can do it longer than that.
The Exact Definition of Samayik
Questioner: Can you please explain the meaning of the
word (bhaavarth) samayik?
Dadashri: Samayik does not mean ekagrata
(concentration on one topic). It exists when you hear ten pieces
of your precious china break in the next room, and equanimity
remains within you. The scale of equanimity does not tip on
either side, neither towards raag, nor towards dwesh; that is
called a samayik. Samayik means that the needle of the scale
is exactly in the center.
The other samayik means that whatever (thoughts) is
coming in, he keeps pushing it away. So then who remains? He
does (is the doer of) this samayik. He can never do the other
samayik of equanimity. Equanimity can never be maintained,
can it?