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## Mulacara
**Kritikarma, Chitakarma, Pujakarma, and Vinayakarma**
**576** What is the duty? Who should perform it? How should it be performed? In what state should it be performed? How many times should it be performed? How many times should it be performed with humility? How many times should it be performed with hands placed on the head? How many times should it be purified? How many faults should be removed from Kritikarma?
**577** These are the questions that should be considered.
**220**
**Kritikarma** is synonymous with **Vinaya**. Therefore, we will explain the meaning of **Vinaya**.
**578** "**Vinaya**" is that which destroys the eight types of karma and liberates from the four realms of existence (Chaturangamoksha). Therefore, wise men call it **Vinaya**, which liberates from the cycle of birth and death.
**579** **Vinaya** is the path to liberation, which is always practiced by the Jinas and all the wise ones. It is the foundation of all karma.