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Not to sit for 48 minutes at the place where a women had sit earlier.
Not to stare at the limbs of a women.
Not to listen the amorous talk of women behind the wall or door. Not to listen their enchanting words, songs or sobbing.
6. Not to recollect the amorous life of the period earlier to the state of monkhood.
7. Not to take greasy food that provides special strength to the body and the sensual organs.
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Not to take even the coarse food in large quantity.
9. Not to decorate ones body.
Repentance about shortcoming incurred in practice of ascetic life: The conduct laid down in scriptures to be practiced by Jain monks is called shraman dharma. It is of ten types as under:
1. Forgiveness: To overcome anger and to remain always in a state of equanimity.
2. Contentment: To overcome sense of greed and to remain contented.
3. Straight forwardness: To avoid deceit and to remain honest.
4. Humility: To overcome pride and to remain humble.
5. To remain light: To remain light in respect of cloth and pots. To remain free from feelings of attachment and hatred.
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6. Truth: To always speak the truth. To use pleasant sweet words.
7. Self-restraint: To avoid all sinful activities.
8. Austerities: To practice twelve types of austerities according to ones capability. To remain always engaged in overcoming worldly desires. Renunciation: To avoid inner attachment namely feelings toward to worldly relations and to avoid attachment to external things such as clothes and pots.
10. Chastity: To practice complete chastity remaining vigilant about nine prohibitions.
Self-analysis and repentance relating to practice of Shrawak: Here upasak means shraman or shrawak. Pratima means resolve. The resolvesof householder devotee are called upasak pratima. They are eleven and their practice
Avashyak Sutra
चतुर्थ अध्ययन प्रतिक्रमण
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