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the bee remain dissatisfied. In the same way the Sadhus take food from the hou seholders little by little. It can very easily be seen from this that there cannot be any possibility of things that become burdensome to others when even the most ordinary thing like food is restricted by such a chain of beautiful prohibitions laid down with such a sharp foresight. Really the exposition of the rules of conduct laid down by Lord Mahavir for the sake of Sadhus is unparalleled in any other religion of the world. We have not got space enough to deal with the rules of conduct of the Sadhus in great detail Still here is given a bird's eye view of the fundamental rules.
There are five fundamental rules of conduct for the Sadhus (1) Ahimsa Mabavrata (2) Satya Mahavrata (3) Asteya Mahavrata ( 4 ) Brahmacharya Mahavrata ( 5 )Parigrahatyaga Mahavrata.
( 1 ) Ahimsa (Non-violence) Mahavrata:-Not to give or cause any other person to give or connive at any person giving any sort of trouble, bodily or mental, to any living or immovable, guilty or innocent creature, with speech, body or mind. This is the Ahimsa rule of conduct. To follow it to the very letter the Munis (nionks) never use earth, water, vegetables etc with living organisms.
(2) Satya (Truth) Mahavrata:-Never to utter a falsehood or half-truth whether in body, mind or speech. To follow this tho Munis use language which is wholesome, reserved, sweet involving no voilence truthful and meaniogful They never speak words which are harsh, angry, voitent oto.
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