Exposition Of Pratikramana Stotras

8 Exposition of Pratikramana Stotrasrituals. Any religious activity, especially Sämäyika andPratikramana, are most beneficial when performed in the presenceof an ascetic teacher. When it is not possible to have the presenceof an ascetic teacher, a holy book, preferably containing NavakaraMantra, Panchindiya Sutra, a religious symbol or a picture of anascetic teacher can be placed on a wooden stand at a certain height(between the nose and the navel), as a symbolic representation ofthe ascetic preceptor.It is very important to keep the image of spiritual master in mindwhile performing the rituals; otherwise performing religiousactivities is fruitless and does not produce true beneficial effects.Ächärya: Ächärya is the spiritual head of the monasticcongregation (monastic order, Sangha). Ächärya has following 36attributes:Control over pleasures and pains of the five-sense organs. The fivesense organs are; skin (touch), tongue (taste), nose (smell), eyes(sight) and ears (hearing).The categories of each sense are:1. Eight types of touches: cold, warm, soft, hard, large/heavy,small/light, smooth and rough.2. Five types of tastes: hot, bitter, rusty, sour and sweet.3. Two types of odors: pleasant and foul.4. Five types of colors: black, green, red, yellow and white,and5. Three types of hearings: live (sachitta), through somemedia (achitta) and mixed (misra).Nine ways prescribed to observe total celibacy are:a. One should not stay where there are women, animals andeunuchs, b. One should not talk to women in a passionate manner,c. a man should occupy seat previously occupied by a woman aftera minimum of 48 minutes (2 ghadi) and a woman should wait for 9hours (3 prahar) before occupying a seat previously occupied by a