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THE PRACTICAL PATH.
(3) Pramâda, i.e., negligent conduct, or lack of control,
(4) Kashaya, or passions, and (5) Yoga, or the general channels of inflow.
Of these, the first class consists of five kinds of mithyâtva, namely, (i) one-sided absolutism, which insists on the
absolute accuracy of knowledge obtained
from one point of view alone; (ii) untrue attribution of a quality to a being or
thing; (iii) entertainment of doubt about the truth ; (iv) failure to distinguish between right and
wrong; and (v) the notion that all religions are equally true. The second division includes : (i) himsa, that is, injuring another by thought,
word or deed, (ii) falsehood or perjury, (iii) theft, (iv) unchastity, and
(v) attachment to things of the world. The third category comprises :' (i) reprehensible discourse about the king, state,
women and food, (ii) sense-gratification, (iii) mild kind of passions, (iv) sleep, and
(v) gossip.
The kashayas include four different types of anger, pride, deceitfulness and greed, and nine minor
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