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In the Harivamsha Purana, it is stated that the following are the tenets of Jainism:
* **Earth-bed vow:** Sleeping on the ground.
* **Tooth-paste avoidance vow:** Avoiding the use of toothpaste.
* **Twelve types of austerities:**
* **Twelve types of self-restraint:**
* **Conquest of the senses:**
* **Twelve types of introspection:**
* **Ten virtues:**
* **Service to knowledge, vision, conduct, and austerity:**
* **Service to humility:**
This is the path of the Shramanas, which leads to the liberation from karma. This path was preached by the Jinas to the gods, demons, and humans.
Hundreds of humans, who were afraid of the cycle of birth and death, who were pure in their lineage, form, and family, and who were free from all attachments, accepted this path.
Thousands of pure women, who were pure in their vision and had a single pure garment, took the vow of an Aryika.
Some men and women took the five Anuvratas, the three Gunavratas, and the four Shikshavrata, making a total of twelve vows for lay followers.
Even the animals followed the rules as much as they could. The gods were immersed in the worship of the Jinas, their vision, and their knowledge.
King Shrenik, due to his previous actions of excessive beginnings and attachments, had earned the seventh hell, called Tamas-Tamah. However, due to the power of his क्षायिक सम्यग्दर्शन (क्षायिक samyak-darshan), he attained the middle state of existence, which lasts for eighty-four thousand years.
Gautama Swami says, "Where are the thirty-three oceans, and where is this lowly state? Oh, the extraordinary power of क्षायिक सम्यग्दर्शन (kshayik samyak-darshan)!"
King Shrenik's sons, Akrur, Varishena, Abhayakumar, and others, their mothers, and many other women in the palace, took the vows of सम्यग्दर्शन (samyak-darshan), good conduct, charity, medicine, and worship, and bowed to the Trijagadguru, Lord Vardhaman Jinendra.
Then, Indra, after praising Lord Jinendra, bowed to him and, along with his family, went to their respective places.
King Shrenik, who had attained the highest level of emotions, also praised and bowed to Lord Vardhaman Jinendra and, with a satisfied mind, entered the city.
Just as the ocean is adorned with the floods of rivers during the time of the tide, so too...