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## Ten Aspects of Right Conduct (Samyak Dharma)
**3. Purity (Shouch)**: Purity is not allowing the stain of sinful actions to touch one's restraint. For a lay person, the main form of purity is **Artha Shouch**, which means giving up taking what is not given and giving up the desire to take another's wealth due to greed. Even worldly scriptures say that **Artha Shouch** is the greatest of all purities. One who is pure in matters of wealth is pure. Purity achieved through dirt or water is not true purity. (Manusmriti 5.106) Such an impure being accumulates karmas in the form of **Bhavamala** in this world and the next. Even if he is advised, he does not heed the advice for his own good. Therefore, one should understand **Shouch Dharma** as giving up taking what is not given.
**4. Celibacy (Brahmacharya)**: Celibacy is restraint of the senses, both in the presence of the object of desire and in the absence of it, with nine types of celibacy. Just as 'Bhima' is called 'Bheem' in short, similarly 'Brahmacharya' is called 'Brahm' here. Since celibacy is great, even staying in a Guru's house for self-realization is celibacy. Celibacy is also the form of renunciation of the non-Brahman.
**5. Non-Possession (Akinchanya)**: One who has no possessions is **Akinchan**, and his state of mind is **Akinchanya**. A Muni who practices **Akinchanya Dharma** is detached from his body, religious paraphernalia, and worldly possessions. They are non-possessive and take food, water, etc., only for the sustenance of their journey of restraint. Just as oil is applied to the axle of a cart to keep it moving smoothly, they take food and water without attachment to keep the body, which is like a cart, moving smoothly. They wear clothes and other equipment for restraint and protection of the body, but not out of greed or attachment. This is the secret of **Akinchanya** in the form of renunciation of possessions.
**6. Austerity (Tap)**: Austerity is the cause of **Sanvar** and **Nirjara**, which have been described earlier. It is of twelve types as mentioned before, but also exists in many other forms. These include **Yavamdhya**, **Vajramdhya**, **Chandrayan**, **Kankaavali**, **Ratnaavali**, **Sarvato Bhadra**, **Bhadrouttar**, **Vardhaman Ayambilatap**, etc. The twelve types of **Bhikshu Pratimas** are also austerity, which include seven **Pratimas** from one month to seven months, followed by three **Pratimas** of seven nights each, then one **Pratima** of three days and nights, and finally one **Pratima** of one day and night.
**7. Patience (Kshaanti)**: Patience is the ability to bear both the bearable and the unbearable. Patience arises from contemplating the good and bad thoughts in the mind when faced with anger, from contemplating the faults arising from anger, from contemplating the nature of a child, from contemplating the consequences of one's actions, and from contemplating the benefits of possessing patience. If others are angry with me because of my faults, they are actually pointing out the existence of my faults (good intentions). If I do not have those faults, then they are speaking falsely, so I should forgive them. It is said that if someone is angry, a wise person should contemplate the truth: if their anger is true, what is the benefit of getting angry, and if it is false, what is the benefit of getting angry at an ignorant person? Thus, one should practice patience by contemplating the faults of anger. An angry person is surely bound by sinful actions; it awakens the desire to kill another, thus destroying non-violence. In a fit of anger, a seeker destroys his own vows of truthfulness. He forgets the principles of initiation and steals what is not given. In hatred, he breaks the fourth vow by engaging in non-celibacy (mentally) with a deceitful woman. A very angry yogi becomes attached to worldly people and seeks their help, thus destroying the fifth vow. What to speak of the destruction of the other virtues, they are also destroyed. An angry soul insults the Guru and becomes attached to desires. Thus, one should practice patience even towards those who are foolish (naive). One should contemplate their nature: a child (ignorant) being sometimes indirectly and sometimes directly angry, sometimes beating and punishing in anger, sometimes trying to corrupt dharma. At that time, one should think that it is my good fortune that this is happening to me.