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## Chapter 162
**Six root vices and four passions like anger - these are fourteen internal possessions. Their abandonment is internal renunciation.**
**Fields, houses, gold and other wealth, wheat and other grains, maids and servants, cows and other animals, vehicles, beds, stools and other seats, cotton and other materials, asafoetida and other spices, or utensils - these are ten external possessions. Their abandonment is external renunciation.**
**Further, among the twelve types of austerities, the austerity of study is shown to be superior. Among the twelve types of austerities, both internal and external, with a good perspective, there is no austerity, nor will there be, equal to the austerity of study.**
**The monk who practices study, controls his five senses, is three-fold pure, and is focused with discipline, is the best.**
**The one who practices good study, controls his five senses, is three-fold pure, and is focused with discipline, is the best.**