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JAINISM that is, full protection to all life; true speech only; perfect honesty; absolute chastity; and no property possessed as his own; he may have a few things, without any desire to possess them, as has already been mentioned (see pages 51-53).
The next three vows (gunavrata) help and support the first five.
SIXTH VOW (DIG-PARIMANA VRATA)
The sixth vow is the limitation of the area in which you will live, including all directions of motion, up, down, sideways, etc. It is the limitation of the distance, up to which and not beyond which you will go, or send your men.
This vow helps the first five. You proclaim to all beings, living beyond the specified area, that you will not hurt them.
By developing the faculty of psychic knowledge, we can know what is going on abroad, without actually going there.
PARTIAL TRANSGRESSIONS*
If we transgress the limits by forgetfulness, or by accident, or by subterfuge, it is partial transgression of the vow. If we otherwise go beyond the limits, it is breaking the vow.
* Tattvartha, s. VII, 25. Yogasastra, III. 96. Jain Education International For Private & Personal Use Only
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