Book Title: Aloyana
Author(s): Hiraji Swami, Gulabchandraji
Publisher: Pradyuman Vora

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________________ I reflect on and confess wrongdoings related to abstention from sensual pleasure. If I am guilty of any wrongdoings of this fourth vow, then I request to be forgiven and my sins nullified. I might have premarital relationship with my fiance while engaged to each other but not married yet, or have perverse relationship, or extra marital relationship, or entertained extreme desire for relationship. I might have matched the marriage of persons other than immediate family members. I might have roused attraction in the other person by passionately fostering love or by uttering lustful words or by singing love-songs, or by exposing private parts, or by showing sensual pictures of enjoyments. Seeing the charm and beauty of somebody's spouse, I might have cherished the desire for sexual pleasure with her. I might have wished for a sensual relation on seeing beautiful men and women. I might have thought of lust on seeing the beauty of persons who have obliged me, for instance, mother, father, son, daughter, brother, sister, guru, his wife or friends. I might have intensified my passion by consuming intoxicating drugs like heroin, cocaine, marijuana, opium, nutmeg, wine, or liquor. I could have performed sensual pleasure acts like embracing with a doll or a painting, or arranged sexual union of beasts like cows, buffaloes, horses and wished for similar pleasure on seeing their act, or enjoyed pleasure with animals. I might have taken a bath or undergone any treatment for rousing my lust and passion, or put on fine and tawdry dress that would rouse sensuality or infatuation. I might have thought for day and night about lust due to the activity of the passion and carelessness. I might have committed adultery, and kept brothels. or assisted in abortions. My mind might have become unsteady, or my soul infatuated due to deliberation on evil and painful things like sensual attachment, and due to the state of indecision. I might have made or heard lustful jest or joke or fun or a nonsense talk, and might have been inspired with passion or might have roused it in someone. Like a dog or like a beast, I might have cherished a wish for sesual enjoyment. I might have violated chastity in a dream, or have a sensual relationship on auspicious days like the eighth, fourteenth days, and on the full-moon and no-moon days. I might not have restrained my sensuality, or I might not have restrained my eyes from straying lustful. I might have used foul language, or might not have given up passion even after becoming old, or might not have observed chastity. I might have wished for sensual enjoyment with gods or goddesses as a reward of my penance and austerities. NON-POSSESSIVENESS I reflect on and confess wrongdoings regarding abstention from the desire for possession or regarding the limitation on possession, the fifth vow. If I have been guilty of wrongdoing pertaining to it, then I request to be forgiven and my sins nullified. I might have, knowingly or carelessly, encroached on someone's open or closed land or property and merged it with my own land or property. Under certain circumstances, unwittingly or pretending that I am not doing wrong, I might have purchased costlier silver, gold, jewelry, or promissory note available at less price, just to maintain the limit on possessions. Knowingly or unknowingly, I might have violated the limit on the possession of excessive wealth and other commodities, or on employing men or women servants, or animals like cows, buffaloes, and horses, etc., or the limits of the possession of household goods, furniture, and of base metals like iron, tin, zinc, copper, brass, lead, and bronze, etc. I may have been joyous about and over attached to my possessions and felt that to possess is my aim. I might have desired for my wealth and hankered after it day and night. While accumulating things, I might have not considered whether it is moral or immoral, religious or irreligious, worth possessing or not, beneficial or harmful. I might have made greater endeavor for the possession, or the more I acquired the more I might have increased the greed and avarice, and wished for the affluence of a king, or of the head of the sect of other religions. I might have conceived of killing relatives like a nephew, brother, father or mother and desired to inherit property. I might have tried to get my right by denying the right of others, or deprived someone of his livelihood in order to achieve my self-interest. I might have accumulated wealth

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