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## The Padma Purana
**Chapter 162:**
The Blessed One, I am still not satisfied with the teachings I have received. Therefore, you should explain the Dharma in detail.
**Chapter 163:**
Then, the one with infinite strength, the Kevali, said, "Listen to the special description of Dharma, by the influence of which, the worthy beings are liberated from the cycle of birth and death."
**Chapter 164:**
Dharma is said to be of two types, Mahavrata and Anuvrata, due to their importance and the nature of the vows. The first, Mahavrata, is for the monks who have renounced their household life, and the second, Anuvrata, is for the householders who live in the world.
**Chapter 165:**
I will now describe the conduct of the great-souled monks who have renounced all possessions, a conduct that is capable of destroying sins.
**Chapter 166:**
In the Tirthankara of Muni Suvrata Nath, who knows all things, there are many great souls who are filled with the great fear of birth and death.
**Chapter 167:**
Knowing the human existence to be as useless as the castor oil plant, they have renounced possessions and embraced the path of a monk.
**Chapter 168:**
These virtuous ones are always absorbed in the five great vows and are dedicated to attaining the knowledge of the truth until the end of their life.
**Chapter 169:**
These courageous monks, with pure hearts, are always absorbed in the five assemblies and the three secrets.
**Chapter 170:**
Non-violence, truthfulness, non-stealing, and the Brahmacharaya as prescribed in the scriptures, are only for those who have no attachment to possessions.
**Chapter 171:**
What possessions can those wise ones have who do not even have attachment to their own bodies and who rest diligently after sunset?
**Chapter 172:**
Even with a possession as small as a grain of mustard seed, the monks, who are free from attachment, are extremely courageous and powerful like lions.
**Chapter 173:**
They are free from all restrictions, like the wind. Birds may have possessions, but the monks do not even have a trace of attachment.
**Chapter 174:**
They are free from the contact of impurities, like the sky, their actions are highly commendable, they are gentle like the moon and radiant like the sun.
**Chapter 175:**
They are deep like the ocean, courageous like Mount Meru, and like a frightened tortoise, they keep their senses completely under control.