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the interest of spiritual development one should try to reduce this limit with time.
Before concluding this elementary description of sins, it may also be noted that to motivate or to ask other person to do any sin is also a sin. Similarly, an admiration or endorsement of any sinful act is also a sin. This applies to all kinds of sins.
References
1. Acārya AmrtaCandra, PuruşārthaSiddhyupāya, verse 44. 2. Acārya SamantaBhadra, Ratnakaranda Srāvakācāra, verse 129. 3. Ācārya Umāswamī, Tattvārthasutra, Sūtra VII.37. 4. Acārya AmrtaCandra, PuruşārthaSiddhyupāya, verse 116. 5. Acārya Kundakunda, Samayasāra, stanza 38.
