'Worship of Penance”

Some times you should do Upwas.
Upwas means abstaining food and drinks. Only boiled
water can be drunk and that too during day time only.
Some times you should do Ayambil. Eat only non-spicy,
non-fatty food once in a day at one sitting.
The diet should not contain vegetables and fruits.
Some limes you should do Ekasana.
One should sit down and eat one meal a day.
Some times you should do Biyasana.
One should sit down and eat two meals a day.
During every Jain Penance one should drink only
boiled water and that too before sunset. Eating and
drinking between sunset and sunrise is prohibited.
Eat less than what you need.
Give-up an item that you like most.
Tolerate with a will when something goes wrong with you.

Practise to sit steadily and with concentration on
everyday for some time.
Be humble before your elders and superiors.
Study some religious texts daily.
Serve the poor and the sick.
Meditate on the supreme Navkar Mantra.
Do not eat after the sunset.
Do not eat root-vegetable and non-eatables.
Do not eat in hotels or on pavements.
Eat sitting. Drink sitting.
Do not forget the proverb :
'Eat to live and not live to Eat''