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What killing is :Killing is the tearing asunderor separating of the pranas through negligent activities (the word negligent here has a particular technical meaning).
Negligent activities are activities which take place when a person is in a state in which care and caution cannot be used. When a person is in any of the five following states he acts without care or caution ; he does not exercise care and caution :
1. Mada ; pride, through which a person killss It implies arrogance and is a state which ignores the rights of other living beings.
2. Vishaya; sense pleasure which leads to killing.
3. Kashầya : the kashāyas anger, greed, deceit; etc, lead to killing in their intense degrees where the reason is lost as in wrath and anger.
4. Nidrā; sleep. We cannot exercise care and caution when asleep and may killa living thing if it gets in the bed. Mothers even kill their babies in this state.
5. Vikathā; undesirable conversation which leads to passion, lust, and excitement of mind, and then to killing. Duels, for instance ; fights, and TOWS.
These five kinds of activities are what is meant above by negligent activities.
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