Virati definition
Virati means giving up feelings, thoughts and conduct of sin. ‘Sarvavirati’ entails giving up all sins for life. Those individuals who take the vow to give up all sins for life follow the path of ‘sadhutva.’ These fully dedicated and worthy individuals renounce worldly life and pleasures to devote themselves to the pursuit of moksha or liberation and are initiated into the life of Sadhus and Sadhvis (Jain ascetics) in a ceremony called ‘Diksha’. Diksha is the ritual that constitutes the symbolic rebirth of the individual.