ABSTRACT
This sect always apes humility, repudiating the title Váyula a name of Nityánanda, but claiming to be the most austere of all Vaishnava societies, and professing to reject those who have not mortified the seven lusts of the flesh. Animal life is never taken, and it is deemed sinful to break off branches, or even leaves, from trees. A singular form of obeisance is made before the Samádhis, and on the receipt of a present. The individual kneels, touches the ground with his forehead, and rising up daubs his chest and face with dust.
