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for family's maintenance. In the fourth vrata which is ninth vow one is required to sit at one place at least for fortyeight minutes, concentrating one's mind on religious activities. In the fifth vrata which is tenth vow one is required to set new limits every day within the limitations already set by the sixth and seventh vow. In the sixth vrata which is eleventh vow one is required to live for a day the life of monk keeping with him minimum requirements. In the seventh vrata which is twelvth or the last vow one is required to give food, etc., to a deserving person. Thus adomonitions based on psychological grounds are given to live a restrained and quiet life as far as practicable keeping in view the mottow 'restraint is life'.
Jainism asks its adherents to rely on their own strength and endeavour to the best of their ability to rise from this mundane existence.
· Greater will be his victory who conquereth his self only, than him who conquereth thousands and thousands in a valiant fight.
Fight with thy self ; why fight with foes external ? is he who conquereth his self by his self.
Happy
Conquer thy self, for difficult it is to conquer self. If self is conquered, ye shall be happy in this world and after.
Speech delivered on the occasion of 77th commemoration of Parliament of Religions (Chicago) on the auspices of Akhil Bharat Vivekanand Yuva Mahamandal at Calcutta Information Centre on September 11, 1971.
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