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5. Parigrah Possessiveness and Excessiveness
Parigrah is immoral practice that makes a person's character weak.
Parigrah is excessive desire to possess or accumulate more than what one needs or deserves.
Excessive desire for food, money, praise etc is excessiveness by the action of mind.
Mind
Accumulating more and more is excessiveness
by the action
of body.
Body
Speaking to collect more praise, food or objects than one deserves is excessiveness by use of speech.
Speech
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I practice Aparigrah in all my actions. I do not desire or gather more than what I need or deserve!
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