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appropriation of goods of another, non-hoarding of worldly objects, and sexual purety in thought, word and act. He shall observe for life all the five vows himself, he will not abet their transgression, nor will he approve of their transgression by another.
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"This practical adoption of Jain discipline in daily conduct has almost been ignored. In practice, at the present time distinctive characteristics of a Jain consist of mere outward forms or external observances which entail no mental effort, such as drinking water which has been strained through cloth, refraining from taking meals after sun-set, abjuring root-vegetables or vegetables which grow under-ground, abstention from taking green vegetables on certain days of the week, performing worship in a temple, saying prayers, reading or hearing the sacred scriptures and telling the beads which are usually 108 in number.
"We feel genuinely gratified to learn that Acharya Tulsiramji Swami, the 9th Pandit of the Swetamber Terapanthi community, has, for the first time during the last 6 or 7 decades, inaugurated a session of the Anuvrati Sangh in Delhi in May last.
"Acharya Tulsiramji has thought out and prescribed rules in consonance with the present social and economic circumstances of the country. The vows recommended by Acharya Maharaj tantamount to a practical
Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat
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