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## Chapter Seven
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The five vows are mentioned starting with non-violence. Non-violence is the most important vow, as the other vows, like truthfulness, are for its protection, like a fence around a field of grain. There is one vow in relation to Samayika, which is characterized by the cessation of all faults. The same vow is described as five-fold in relation to the cessation of the causes of rebirth.
**Doubt:** This vow cannot be the cause of the flow of karmic matter, as it is included in the causes of restraint. Restraint will be explained later as including secrecy, etc. There are ten types of Dharma, and one of them is called Samyama. Are the vows included in Samyama?
**Resolution:** This is not a fault, because restraint will be explained as cessation, and here we see activity. This is because the abandonment of violence, untruthfulness, and taking what is not given, leads to the activity of non-violence, truthfulness, and accepting what is given. These vows are also the means of restraint, such as secrecy, etc. A person who has practiced the vows properly can easily practice restraint, so they are taught separately.
**Doubt:** There is a sixth Anuvrata called refraining from eating at night. Should this be included here?
**Resolution:** No, because it is included in the practices of mindfulness. The practices of mindfulness of non-violence will be explained later. One of these practices is mindfulness of food and drink taken in the light.
8665. To explain the difference between these five vows, the next sutra says: "From violence, etc., restraint in one place is Anuvrata, and restraint in all places is Mahavrata."
§ 666. The word "desh" means "one place," and the word "sarva" means "all." In the sutra, the words "desh" and "sarva" are combined in a compound word with the suffix "tas," forming the word "desh-sarvatah." The word "virati" is understood from the previous sutra. Here, the words "anu" and "mahat" are combined in a compound word, forming the word "anu-mahati." The word "vrata" is neuter gender, so the word "anu-mahati" is used in the neuter gender. These are related in order. For example, restraint in one place is Anuvrata, and