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35. वंदित्तु सूत्र - VANDITTU SUTRA
sinful activities I may have performed under pressure from any one or due to bondage...
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I want to confess for any wrongdoing of right faith that I may have committed during the day, through doubt, desire, dislike, praise and acquaintance with believers in false doctrines..
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I criticize myself for the harm I may have caused to the six categories of living beings while cooking, making someone else to cook or approving someone else cooking, for myself, for others or for both. (Explanation: cooking is just one example. The reprehension or fault is for any activity where there is desire to kill, or actual harm or killing of any living beings)..
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I want to confess (pratikramana) for whatever violations I may have committed during the day in respect to the five minor vows (anu vrata), the three spiritual vows of merit (guna vrata) and the four spiritual vows of discipline (shikshä vrata). .8
With regards to the first minor vow of non-violence, I want to confess for whatever violations I may have committed during the day due to my careless (pramäda) or inappropriate behavior towards any living being, such as beating, binding (tying), mutilating, overloading or starving others. .9, 10
With regards to the second minor vow of truthfulness, I want to atone for whatever violations I may have committed during the day due to careless or disapproving behavior, such as falsely accusing, disclosing close secrets of a trusting person, betrayal by divulging spousal secrets, preaching of wrong doctrines or forging of documents.. 11, 12
With regards to the third minor vow of non-stealing, I want to confess for whatever violations I may have committed during the day due to careless or disapproving behavior, such as buying stolen goods, helping a thief in burglary, adulterating and selling, smuggling and selling contrabands or falsifying weights and 13, 14
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With regards the fourth minor vow of celibacy, I want to confess for whatever adultery I may have committed during the day, due to careless or disapproving behavior, such as illicit sexual relations with unmarried girls or other women, arranging marriage for strangers or having intense sensual desires. 15, 16
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