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Every day is spent either in study of scriptures or meditation or teaching to lay people.

They stand aloof from worldly matters.

When death is imminent or when a monk feels that he is unable to adhere to his vows due to advanced age or terminal disease, many Jain ascetics take a final vow of Santhara or Sallekhana, a peaceful and detached death where medicines, food and water are abandoned.