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observe it by limiting their posessions, a practice called Parimita Parigraha.
ENUNCIATED IN JAINISM
The three Jewels of Jainism are Samyag Darśana (right faith), i.e., an acceptance of a belief in the Jaina scriptures as the teachings of the Tirthankars, Samyag Jñāna (right knowledge) i. e., an understanding of Jain philosophy and Samyak Charitra (right conduct) as discussed above. Jainism prescribes and insists that all three jewels be practised simultaneously if the individual is to be liberated. Faith alone is not enough, nor is Jñana. The moksha marga or path of salvation is a threefold one. Jain thinkers have classified all living beings into different groups according to the sense organs possessed by them. Life consists of two kinds of vitalities, conscious and material. Conscious vitalities are the attributes of life or Jiva such as consciousness, peacefulness, happiness, power or strength. Material vitalities are ten in all-the five senses, the three forces of body, speech and mind and the two powers, the process of breathing and the period in which a living creature survives. The conscious vitalities are possessed by all Jivas or living beings alike. Living beings differ in complexity in regard to the ten material vitalities. Plants are one-sensed organisms, worms are two, ants are three, moths are four. Human beings are fivesensed beings with a mind.
The above classification is a biological and evolutionary one. A further difference is between living beings capable and incapable of movement. latter have to adjust themselves to their environment while the former do not. Man is unique in that he
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