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Chapter 7 - Sutra 12
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Through adherence and following, good qualities increase; and that which does not lead to the increase of good qualities but rather nourishes faults is called abrahma. Coitus is such an activity that upon engagement, it nourishes all faults and begins to diminish good qualities; hence, coitus is referred to as abrahma. [11] Now, it describes the nature of possession.
Muccha Parivr̥ti 22... Muccha is possession. Muccha means attachment. Whether small, large, inert, conscious, external, or internal, anything that may or may not exist, binding oneself to it means losing discernment in its underlying tension; this is possession.
From prahinsa to possession, the five categories may seem distinct when viewed superficially, but upon deeper reflection, no specific differentiation appears; because the faults referred to by these five are essentially grounded in attachment, aversion, and delusion. Attachment, aversion, and delusion are the poisons of activities like violence and so forth. For that reason, those activities are called faults. Now, if this statement is true, then it suffices to say that attachment, aversion, and the like are faults; why then elaborate on the five or fewer distinctions of violence and similar activities?
Indeed, any activity occurs due to attachment and aversion. Therefore, attachment and aversion are primarily faults, and refraining from those faults is the main vow; nevertheless,