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Tavarthasūtra
All committees, when viewed as acts of restraint, become means of self-control. The five committees are as follows:
1. Walking cautiously to ensure that no living being is harmed, which is the "Īsamitī."
2. Speaking truthfully, beneficially, concisely, and without doubt, which is the "Bhāṣāsamitī."
3. Carefully engaging in suitable actions to acquire necessary and faultless means for the journey of life, which is the "Eṣaṇāsamitī."
4. Appropriately taking or placing an object with full attention to the material itself, which is the "Ādānaniṣkepa-samitī."
5. Appropriately placing beneficial things in places where no living beings exist, which is the "Utsarga-samitī."
What is the difference between Gupti and Samiti?
In Gupti, the main focus is on prohibiting inactivity; in Samiti, the main focus is on the active conduct.
Now, it describes the aspects of Dharma:
The best dharmas are forgiveness, gentleness, honesty, purity, truth, self-control, austerity, renunciation, non-possessiveness, and celibacy.
By embodying the qualities starting from forgiveness in life, one can overcome faults such as anger; hence, these qualities are called means of restraint. When the ten types of dharmas like forgiveness are combined with fundamental virtues like non-violence and truth, along with an emphasis on cleanliness of places and food, then it becomes Yati-dharma; otherwise not. That is, fundamental virtues like non-violence, etc., or their