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14 - CODE OF CONDUCTS OF MONKS AND LAYPEOPLE
Moreover, one should inflict minimum harm to one-sensed living beings such as plants, water, fire, earth, and air. One may use minimum force, if necessary, in the defense of their country, society, family, life, property, and religious
institution. Satya (Truthfulness)
One should speak only harmless truth and otherwise keep
silent. Achaurya or Asteya (Non-stealing)
One should not take anything that is not given willingly. Brahmacharya (Chastity)
One should not have a sensual relationship with anybody but one's own lawfully wedded spouse. Even with one's own spouse, excessive indulgence of all kinds of sensual pleasure
should be avoided. Aparigraha (Non-possession / Non-attachment)
One must impose a limit on one's needs, acquisitions, and possessions such as land, real estate, goods, other valuables, animals, money, etc. The surplus should be used for the common good. One must also limit the everyday usage of a
number of food items, or articles and their quantity. Guna-Vratas (Three Merit Vows): Dik Vrata or Dig Vrata
This vow limits one's worldly activities to certain areas. A person gives up committing sins in any place outside the limited areas of his worldly activity. This vow provides a space limit to the commitment of sins not restricted by the limited
Vows of non-violence. Bhoga Upbhoga Vrata
Generally, one commits sin by one's use or enjoyment of consumable (Bhoga) and non-consumable (Upbhoga) objects. One should limit the use of these two types of items in accordance with one's need and capacity by taking these vows.
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