The text says that a discerning person who directly sees fatal signs should give up all possessions, go to a pure, quiet and beautiful place to the north or east, worship the guardian of the place and the Jinas, meditate according to his strength and contemplate the five-fold salutation while seeking samadhi-marana, taking up sallekhana when the time draws near.
Names and synonyms
- Sanskrit
- समाधिमरण
- Hindi
- रिष्ट प्रकट होने पर मुमुक्षु का कर्तव्यसमाधि मरण की तैयारी
- English
- Conduct of a seeker of liberation on seeing fatal signs
Ingredients and preparation
Preparation as described
He leaves home, vehicles, son, friends, wife, relatives and all other possessions and goes north or east to a large and beautiful region whose ground is free of living creatures, pure, undisturbed and conducive to detachment, such as a place of pilgrimage, a beautiful Jina temple, a garden or a forest.
वह अपने वास्तु, वाहन, पुत्र, मित्र, कलत्र, बंधुजन आदि समस्त परिग्रहों को छोडकर उत्तर या पूर्व दिशा में स्थित किसी विशाल व रम्य प्रदेश की अोर जावे।
How it is used
Seated facing east or north on clean ground, a rock slab or sand, he first worships the guardian of that area (kshetrapala), then the lotus feet of the Jina and the twenty-four Tirthankaras; free of fear and with right faith he practises dharmya and shukla meditation according to his strength and, wishing for samadhi-marana, contemplates the five-fold salutation (pancha-namaskara) with a one-pointed mind; when the time draws near he takes up sallekhana and remains absorbed in meditation.
बैठकर सबसे पहले उस ़ोत्र के अधिपति (़ोत्रपाल) की पूजा करें। पशचात् श्रीजिनेन्द्र भगवान् के चरण कमलों को भक्रिभाव से पूजन करें।
Indicated for, as the text says
- Fatal signs (arishta)(सा़ादृष्टरिष्ट / रिष्टों को प्रत्य़ा देखने पर)
(समय निकट आने पर सÑेखना धारण करके फिर धयानारूढ होवे)।Source wording as converted, Appendix: Rishta · p. 605 · v. 32-36.Questions and answers
What should a seeker of liberation do when fatal signs appear, according to the rishta appendix?
He should leave home, vehicles, family and all possessions and go north or east to a large, pure, quiet place free of creatures, such as a place of pilgrimage, a Jina temple, a garden or a forest, worship and meditate there and, wishing for samadhi-marana, take up sallekhana when the time draws near.
Detailed answer and sourcesAll references
Every page and verse of the source that this entry draws on.
Extraction notes
- A religious rite reported as the text teaches it; the text gives no medical instruction here. Verse 32 begins on PDF page 677; verses 33-36 and the commentary, from which the quotes come, are on PDF page 678 (book page 606). A footnote there gives सत्प्रयावा as a variant reading in verse 34.
Quick facts
- Content type
- Procedure
- Source pages with records
- 1
- Pages naming it
- 0
- Chapters
- Appendix: Rishta
- Extraction tasks
- T29
- Record id
- method_samadhi_marana_p677