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78 Harmless Souls progressively true of advanced lay behaviour, as it approaches, through the pratimās, etc., the ascetic ideal.)75 They remain, above all, concerned with the effects of physical activity. Thus, while from the ordinary householder's point of view there is a continuum between his aņuvratas and the mahāvratas of the monk, from the monk's point of view there is still an absolute distinction. This basic incompatibility of the two ways of life underlies Umāsvāti's attempt in the Tattvārtha Sūtra to reconcile them.
75 See JPP p. 186 for a full list if the eleven pratimās. Note especially: 8) ārambhatyāga-pratimā, the stage of abandonment of household activity, and 9) parigrahatyāga-pratimā, the stage of abandonment of acquisitiveness (by formally disposing of one's property).
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