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Jaina Acāra : Siddhanta aura Swarūpa
(8) MI
(1) Hunting. (2) Gambling. (3) Sleeping in day time (4) Censure (5) Sexual intercourse with other women. (6) Arrogance (7) Dance meetings
Music meets
Recreational Assembly in the form of instrumental music (10) Loafing about
The second category comprises (1) Backbiting. (2) Dare-devilry (3) Malevolence (4) Jealousy (5) Envy (6) Artha-dosa (7) Voice punishment. (8) Harsh Words.
The Jain preceptors' number is seven as follows :(1) Gambling (2) Non-vegetarianism (3) Drinking (4) Prostitution. (5) Hunting. (6) Stealing (7) Sexual intercourse with other women.
Other addictions are to be taken as subsumed. In modern times obscene pictures, sex stimulants, romantic detective literature, smoking and the like are as hurtful as addictions.
They are like a blind well. Once inside people commit sins with impunity. They seem small in the beginning but gradually become big like Hanumāna's tail. A spark of fire burns the stack. A small abscess develops into cancer. The poison of a scorpion irritates you. So also a small bad habit develops into some hurtful addiction.
I Gambling The desire to be rich over-night has given birth to gambling. This vice haunts the gambler like a ghost. The more he loses the more he bets and Jain Education International For Private & Personal Use Only
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