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because it results in loss of bodily strength but also leads to various other sins. It is a sin against the society as it disturbs code of common ethics so essential for peace in domestic life and mutual trust. A man or woman given to adultery involves himself or herself in various kinds of deceitful acts which result in the destruction of all other virtues.
In the realm of Dharma men are by nature temperate in 1 sexual desires, and one should therefore remain content with one's married wife, and leave alone the wives of others, female relations, and nuns. Study, meditation and practice of virtue are out of question so long as the fire of sexual desire burns in the mind. 31
Aparigraha
Parigraha is insatuate attachment to possessions (mūrcchā parigrahaḥ).32 The desire to acquire and possess a number of worldly things like lands, house, heads of cattle, gold, silver and cash is natural to men and women. This desire should not become insensible. When attachment to such objects of possession becomes uncontrollable or unreasonable, the mind becomes affected by passions of greed and delusion; such mind becomes oblivious to, right faith, knowlede and conduct. Infatution or attachment of any kind becomes a source of evil. In safeguarding property, one is likely to resort to violence and falsehood.
The desire to possess becomes an evil when it is uncontrolled To be free from such evil, one should voluntarily decide upon the extent of property and wealth that one should acquire and refrain from all activities of acquisition after the target is reached; this is called icchāpariņāma-vrata.
Amritacandra Sūri defines parigraha as attachment; it is the result of delusion or operation of the moha Karma. Complete renunciation of all sense of attachment is aparigraha. Parigraha or attachment to possession of property is either external (bahiranga) or internal (antaranga). The former has reference to actual possession of goods or living beings like slaves, servants, heads of cattle etc. Internal parigraha is of
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