This way of life was established by the 20th century Bia-kajanaa, Kyli Kaaliakaado, and focuses on how seperation from society and living within a temple is the most holy way a person can live. Whilst having existed since the late 1940s, this philosophy is still seen as somewhat fringe, with Monastic Raa-dyanism only having around 18,000 followers as of a recent poll taken in 2023.
First put forward by Kyli Kaaliakaado in her 1949 karyda: a bil loma di-o'akaado di-kika, the core principles of Monastic Raa-dyanism centre around a removal of oneself from society and a devotion of your entire existence to living in the honour and care of the divine.
Living in a time when the Modernism movement was first starting to take hold in Syana, Kyli Kaaliakaado (a strong and highly vocal supporter of Great Tradition Raa-dyanism) believed that modern society had become too far removed from its traditional devotion to honouring the gods. Expanding on the works of the anti-capitalist holy interpreter Doaas Migoso, Kaaliakaado stated that it was the enforcement of western capitalist ideals over a century before that had caused Syan culture to stray from focusing on worship to focusing on monetary gain and other materialistic goals.
This desire to seperate Raa-dyanism from what she saw as a society incompatible with true worship is what led to her writing "a bil loma di-o'akaado di-kika". This karyda is most famous for its inclusion of 25 religious rules/guidelines known as the o'ka-di-aasa. These lay out the fundamental goals and principles of a philosophy that would eventually become known as raa-dyan bia-di-kaara-loma (which in English is translated as Monastic Raa-dyanism).
The o'ka-di-aasa are commonly split into three sections:
1- The only home for worship to live freely is inside a temple
2- The only mind able to worship in the most true way is a mind disconnected from society
3- True worship is done in all moments of your life, through complete devotion to the divine
4- A temple is the physical home of the divine in our realm, and should be treated as such
5- Living within a temple involves taking responsibility for that temple
6- Responsibility for a temple means you should maintain and upkeep the building and surrounding land
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7- Leaving the temple grounds is not a violation of true constant worship
8- Unless necessary, you should never spend more than an entire day and night outside your temple
9- All visitors to your temple must be welcomed and treated as if they are your closest family
10- Leaving areas of a temple unclean or damaged is a direct dishonouring of the divine
11- When living inside a temple, you are a servant to the temple's Kajanaa
12- Time spent whilst maintaining the temple is most worthwile when also spent in deep thought
13- Free time that is not spent in worship or religious thought is wasting time gifted by the gods
14- A person living in a temple has no need for material possession
15- Hoarding money when living within a temple shows great greed and selfishness
16- Simple attire leads to a less distracted being, plain robes encourage a clearer mind
17- You should seek out a temple far from your usual home, to fully seperate yourself from society
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18- A holy mind is one free from poisonous thoughts, such as hatred and greed and jealousy
19- The source of poisonous thoughts is self-doubt and a lack of self-worth
20- Taking comfort in the divine will cure the source of poisonous thoughts
21- To truly meet with the divine, you must first meet with yourself
22- If your existence is too full of poisonous thoughts, shed that identity and be born into a new self
23- To create a holy mind, first you must observe a holy mind
24- Surrounding yourself with holy people will bring your mind closer to the divine
25- Seperating yourself from unholy people will prevent the regrowth of posionous thoughts
The first of these sections lays out the basic framework of Kaaliakaado's philosophy; the primary thesis being that "to properly worship, one must live in and take stewardship over a temple". The second section is focused solely on how to act whilst living in a temple. These initial 17 o'ka-di-aasa are the ones adhered to most strictly by the followers of Monastic Raa-dyanism, although this is a personal task since there is no formal punishment or governing body to enforce these laws onto the followers of this tradition.
The third, and most well known, section consists of guidance on how to make your mind more holy, and subsequently closer to the divine. These guidlines surrounding the mind are commonly followed amongst many Raa-dyanists, not only those following the monastic daali. This is mostly due to Jymas Didionikaara's highly popular 1981 karyda: a daali naarila a kaara-loma ("the mind without the temple"). This karyda set out to highlight the important message of the third section of the o'ka-di-aasa, whilst also denouncing the first two sections as unnecessary and excessive. This led to Kaaliakaado's views on the mind gaining lots of exposure and being followed heavily to this day, even though the other aspects of her philosophy are still only followed by a smaller minority of people.