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UNDERSTANDING SAMAYIK
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Nothing Can Compare to the Samayik that
Exists Continuously
Questioner: It is said that one should do all kinds of
samayiks. What are the different forms of samayik? (522)
Dadashri: Yes, by various forms, it means that the one
we do for forty-eight minutes is considered samayik, but when
you go out on a street and happen to get into a clash with
someone, take that incident into a samayik. You should come
back into equanimity. Wherever you find yourself in such
situations, You should come into the balanced state (equanimity).
And that is our path; the path of equanimity. Our whole path is
that of samayik. This path of ours is the ultimate path of
alochana, pratikraman, pratyakhyan and samayik.
Is there anything else you want to know?
Questioner: Why should we come into samayik for just
forty-eight minutes? Do we not only have to remain in equanimity,
all twenty-four hours?
Dadashri: There is nothing better than that, is there? That
is completely unique. You know, you cannot put a value on the
pratikraman that we do here. People forget the world for two
to three hours, and they continue to see their own mistakes!
Whatever mistakes You ‘see’ will go away. That is
considered live pratikraman. The other is non-living (nirjiv)
pratikraman, but one binds merit karma with that. It will not go
unrewarded.
How Critical is Padmaasan in Samayik?
One man asked me if he should sit in a crossed-leg sitting
posture (padmaasan) when he does samayik. I told him, ‘In
this time cycle, do not do padmaasan, otherwise you will have
to go for therapy for your knees. But do sit still during samayik
and if you cannot do that, then you can do it lying down. Close