________________
the chaste life of a woman, like the worms of a drain (sewer). Today the Government and the society has turned hostile to it and abolishing the profession of prostitution, still then the restraint by an individual shall be more helping in ending this evil.
Keeping in view the individual and social bad effects of these seven addictions, steps must be taken to go ahead in abandoning these quickly.
Observance of five Vows towards Evolution of Equanimity :
The order of abandonable and acceptable should continue simultaneously. If seven addicitons are abandonable, their connected right conduct is acceptable. Likewise now the five vows are enunciated, they are acceptable, and their reverse activities will be deemed abandonable. These five vows in a gross form have been enunciated worth observing for a householder and in a minute form for an ascetic.Hence, a disciplinarian of equanimity should continuously go ahead in their observance according to his capacity.
By the observance of these five vows, solid work can be achieved in the direction of evolving equanimity.
(1)
Non-Killing:- There are two phases of non-killing. Negative and affirmative. Negative is that, Killing(hurting) may not be indulged. What is killing? (hurting) To cause injuries (hurt) to any of the vital forces of living being is killing (hurting). Ten vital forces have been recognised of a living being. Faculty of hearing, faculty of seeing. faculty of smelling, faculty of tasting, faculty of touching mental vitality, vocal vita
91
Jain Education International
For Private & Personal Use Only
www.jainelibrary.org
