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## Trivarnika Achar | 2.93
**The Anuvrat of Non-Violence**
73. The abandonment of the five sins: gross violence, gross lying, gross stealing, gross consumption of intoxicants, and gross attachment, is called Anuvrat.
**The Essence of Non-Violence**
74. When the soul is filled with passions, it first destroys itself. Whether or not it then harms other beings is a secondary matter.
**Explanation:** The arising of passions like anger is called violence. When the soul is angry, it destroys its own nature. Whether or not it harms external beings in such a state, the violence of the mind is already present. Therefore, it is appropriate to abandon passions.
**Abandonment of Gross External Violence**
75. Wise people call the non-killing of living beings through thought, speech, body, and action, inaction, and approval, the Anuvrat of gross non-violence.
**Five Transgressions of the Anuvrat of Non-Violence**
76. Cutting, binding, beating, overloading, and withholding food are the five transgressions of the Anuvrat of non-violence. Those who observe the Anuvrat of non-violence should also abandon these five transgressions.
**The Nature of the Anuvrat of Truthfulness**
77. Not speaking gross lies, not causing others to speak lies, and not speaking truth that would bring harm to others, is called the Anuvrat of truthfulness by the wise.
**Five Transgressions of the Anuvrat of Truthfulness**
78. Giving false advice, revealing someone's secret, gossiping or slander, writing false things, and taking someone's deposit are the five transgressions of the Anuvrat of truthfulness. Those who observe the Anuvrat of truthfulness should abandon these transgressions.