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should put an end to all sexual desires also. He should desist from being alone even with his wife and recalling to his mind past experiences of sexual life. He should not take food which is likely to strengthen his sexual desires; he should not use such dress and other scents etc that are likely to attract the attention of women. He should not read books containing stories about immoral women, attend dancing shows or witness pictures that are likely to affect his mental purity. The aspirant at this stage is called Brahmacarya Prati madhāri.
According to the Svetāmbara texts, abrahna-varjana-pratimā is the sixth stage requiring similar restrictions on sexual life.
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Arambha-tyāga-pratimā
All activities like agriculture, commerce, trade, service, have to be avoided. He should have limitations on his own possessions and keep for himself just what is essential for his plain living. If he has children, he must give them all their shares; what is left with himself must be used for maintenance and charity in relieving others from their misery. He should efface all thoughts of attachment from his mind and remain pure and contented. The Śvetāmbara texts do not seem to prohibit "activity exercised indirectly through agents or servants for the sake of livelihood." The house-holder who has reached this stage is known as Ārambha-tyāga-pratimādhāri or Arambhavini vịtta Srāvaka.
9) Parigraha-tyaga-Pratima
This stage contemplates the abandonment of all kinds of attachment and becoming firmer in the conviction that there is nothing that he could call his own. He should give up ten kinds of worldly possessions : land, house, silver, gold, cattle, grain, clothes, utensils, maid-servants and male-servants. Even in matters like food, shelter and clothing, he should have no anxiety, finding contentment in the thought that everything happens according to his Karma. He should keep with himself such simple clothing as is just enough and sleep in a room or any other solitary place. He should accept food, clothing, medicine
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