Samayika means, roughly, coming into equanimity, and it is the first of the six essential daily duties. The layperson takes a formal vow for one muhurta — forty-eight minutes — to abstain from all sinful activity, and for that period is under monastic discipline: they sit on a plain woollen mat, hold a muhpatti cloth to the mouth when speaking to avoid harming airborne organisms, and use a rajoharan, a soft whisk, to sweep a surface before sitting. During it they recite, reflect, and hold maitri, friendliness, toward all beings without exception. Then the period ends, they formally release the vow, and go back to ordinary life. The design is worth noting: instead of asking householders to approximate monasticism permanently and badly, it asks them to be actual monastics briefly and properly, repeatedly. Sthanakvasi and Terapanth Jains, who reject image worship, make samayika the centre of practice in place of temple ritual, and it is performed daily by very large numbers of ordinary Jains, often in a hall with others.