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Five infirmities (paap)
Immoral practices that make a person's character weak.
5. Parigrah
Possessiveness and Excessiveness 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.
Accumulating more and more is excessiveness
by the action
of body.
Speaking to collect more praise, food or objects than one deserves is excessiveness by use of speech.
speech
I practice Aparigrah in all my actions. I do not desire or gather more than what I
need or deserve.
Twelve Vows
Basic Vows
Anuvratas - Nonviolence - Truth - Non-stealing - Control of
Sensual Desires - Limiting Possessions
Reinforcing Vows
Gunavratas - Limit Travel - Limit Activities
(ie. no night-time
eating) - Avoid unnecessary
Harmful Activities (ie. Hunting, Fishing)
Spiritual Exercises
Shikshavratas - Meditation and
Attaining
Equanimity - Living as a
Monk and Nun - Limited use of
Non-essentials - Serving the Needy
