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Upabhoga have been renounced except clothes, and proper food cooked for him. The highest point of householder's discipline is arrived at in the eleventh stage when the aspirant renounces home and goes to the forest where ascetics dwell and accepts vows in the presence of a Guru. He performs austerities, lives on food obtained by begging, and wears a piece of loincloth. Thus he is designated as excellent śrāvaka and the stage is called Uddistatyāga-pratima,
Vows of a householder / laity
Vratas /vows
Amuratas
Anitatas
Siksavtatas
šikšavratas
בהנS
Alus NonViolence
Desvakida
Truth
Acara No. Stealing
Brasscary Celibacy
Apa graha NonPossession
Simayaka Equanimity
Pogachopassa
Fasting Tegually
Dina Charity
Gunaratas
Digviata
Blogopabhoga
Ananthadanda
Transgressions / Flaws of Vows 1. Non-violence
► Binding living beings in captivity ► Beating living beings ►Mutilating limbs ► Overloading excessive weight on living beings ► Withdrawing or providing insufficient food or water to living beings.
2. Truth
► Untruth pertaining to ownership ► Forgery or adulteration of goods ► Misrepresentation as witness ► Divulging secrets of others ► Using harsh language
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