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

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________________ by sinful means, or in spite of having the means, I might not have helped the blind, the lame, the invalid, the diseased, the old and weak beings, even after seeing them suffer. As a physician, I might have prolonged the patients' illness through greed for money. In spite of all provisions, I might not have extended help to a section of reformers that would add glory to the Jain world. In times of famine, I might not have helped the people who might give up their religion due to starvation. Instead of that, I might have squandered money to augment my prestige and also out of spite. I might have spent my money for undeserving persons and not for the deserving. I might have thoughtlessly wasted my money to indulge my evil habits like gambling, or for arranging performances by female dancers at the time of marriage festivities, or in making others dance, or in sports and amusements, or in dramatic and other activities. SET LIMITS TO DO BUSINESS OR OTHER THINGS IN DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS I reflect on and confess wrongdoings pertaining to set limits to do business or other things in different directions. If I have been guilty of any wrongdoings pertaining to this sixth vow, then I request to be forgiven and my sins nullified. I might have resorted to violence of this vow by sending letters, messengers, telegrams, telephones, or by ordering goods. I might have entertained thoughts in my mind about exceeding the limits. Even though I had set limits, I might have been crazy about and purchased, used, or traded in foreign goods instead of the goods produced in my own country. I might not have restricted the limit related to direction though it was possible to do so, and continued to act against the vow. I might have violated the limits concerning higher or lower spaces, the limits regarding East, West, North, or south spaces, or I might have increased the limit in one direction while curtailing other limits, or gone along the road forward, even after suspecting that the limit was reached. RESTRICTION OF CONSUMPTION AND ENJOYMENT OF THINGS I reflect on and confess wrongdoings regarding the seventh vow of restriction of consumption and enjoyment of things. If I have been guilty of any wrongdoings related to the seventh vow, may my sins be forgiven and nullified. I might have consumed animate things, or used inanimate things which were in contact with animate things. I might have consumed partially cooked things, or things cooked in cruel way, or something in which there was little to eat and more to be discarded, like the stalks of sugar cane, custard apples, and berries, etc. I might have eaten some fruits which are not supposed to be eaten after the designated time, or ! might have made a river, or a lake water muddy by jumping around or swimming in a swimming pool, lake or river. I might have used silk garments, or might have worn for pleasure garlands, wreaths, chaplet of delicate flowers, or sprouted green barley shoots, which provide refuge to innumerable living beings. Also, I might have taken with pleasure and temptation the drinks like tea, soda, lemon, ginger, raspberry, and coke, etc., or consumed very exciting substances like wine, liquor, or meats, and eaten twenty-two type of prohibited things, and also thirty-two type of vegetables abode of infinite beings (like under ground-roots, bulbs, e.g. potatoes, onions, and carrots, etc.). I might have prepared or have gotten prepared dishes of various tastes and flavors for the relish of the tongue and praised them much while eating them. I could have eaten or made someone eat a thing which had lost its color, smell, taste, and texture, or which was mossy or molded. I might have gotten my shoe-soles nailed, tacked, or horseshoe applied. I might not have restrained in any one of these observance, and might have adulterated something, or might have unknowingly used it. WRONGDOINGS RELATED TO FIFTEEN TRADES

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