Answer

In Jain Dharma, Sāmāyik is practiced to develop samabhāv — equanimity, humility, self-awareness, and freedom from attachment and aversion.

It can certainly help reduce ego and raise spiritual awareness, but Kundalini Yoga is not a traditional Jain practice.

So, if you are asking:

• Can Sāmāyik remove ego? Yes, it helps weaken ego, anger, pride, deceit, greed, attachment, and aversion.
• Is Kundalini Yoga part of Jain practice? No, it is not traditionally a Jain spiritual practice.
• Can Sāmāyik be combined with Kundalini Yoga? Traditionally, Sāmāyik should be practiced according to Jain principles, not as a Kundalini practice.

Explanation

In Jain Dharma, the purpose of Sāmāyik is to become like a sādhu/sādhvī for a limited time by giving up worldly activities and remaining in spiritual awareness.

During Sāmāyik, one focuses on:

• Equanimity toward all living beings
• Ahimsa in thought, speech, and action
• Self-reflection and repentance
• Control of mind, body, and speech
• Awareness of the soul as separate from body and ego

In Jain understanding, ego comes from mithyātva, attachment to the body, pride, status, knowledge, wealth, beauty, caste, family, power, or spiritual achievements. Sāmāyik helps reduce this by reminding us:

• I am not superior to others.
• Every soul has the potential for liberation.
• Anger, pride, deceit, and greed bind karma.
• True greatness is humility, compassion, and self-control.

About Kundalini Yoga

Kundalini Yoga belongs mainly to non-Jain yogic and tantric traditions. Concepts such as kundalini energy, chakras, and energy awakening are not central teachings of traditional Jain scriptures.

Jain Dharma focuses on:

• Samyag Darshan — right faith
• Samyag Jñān — right knowledge
• Samyag Chāritra — right conduct
• Tap — austerity
• Dhyān — meditation
• Karma nirjarā — shedding of karmas

Therefore, one should not redefine Sāmāyik as Kundalini Yoga. If physical breathing or posture practices are used only for calming the body before Sāmāyik, they should remain secondary and should not replace Jain bhāv, sutras, repentance, equanimity, and soul-awareness.

Spiritual Understanding

The Jain way to remove ego is not energy awakening, but purification of the soul through right understanding and conduct.

For ego reduction, Jain practice emphasizes:

• Vinay — humility
• Pratikraman — repentance for faults
• Kshamāpanā — asking and giving forgiveness
• Japa of Navkar Mantra
• Anuprekṣā — deep contemplation
• Sevā without pride
• Aparigraha — reducing possessiveness

Takeaway

You may do Sāmāyik to reduce ego and become spiritually aware, but it should be practiced as a Jain discipline of equanimity, self-restraint, repentance, and soul-awareness.

Kundalini Yoga is not a traditional Jain practice, so it should not be considered part of Sāmāyik. For Jain spiritual growth, follow Sāmāyik, Pratikraman, Navkar Mantra, dhyān, vinay, and ahimsa with pure intention.