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A Treatise on Jainism
light can reveal or disperse, and which must be consumed with meals after sunset.
(7) Brahmacharya-Celebacy Pratima. He gives up sexual intercourse even with his wife.
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(8) Arambha Tyaga Pratima. He gives up all professions and all means of earning money and all worldly occupations. Abandonment of merely all worldly engagements and occupations.
(9) Parigraha-Tyaga Pratima. He gives up call desire for objects of the world and abandons all property except a very few limited number of clothes and utensils.
(10) Anumati-Tyaga Pratima. He would not even offer advice on any worldly matter.
(11) Uddishta-Tyaga Pratima. In this stage he would not accept food which is prepared particularly for him. He will only accept food which is respectfully offered by a house-holder at the time when he goes out for food.
The last three stages 9 to 11 are preparatory to the monk's life. They enjoin a gradual giving up of the world and retiring into some very quiet place to acquire the knowledge of
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