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FAITH KNOWLEDGE AND CONDUCT
forms of himsă (cruelty), must be given up first of all.
(2) Truthfulness, which includes refraining from foul, offensive and filthy speech.
(3) Non-stealing, including the avoidance of cheating in any form.
(4) Celibacy. The worst form of the sexual license, destroying another's hearth and home and promiscuity, must go at the very outset. Later on when sufficient self-control is acquired celibacy should be practised.
(5) Renunciation of worldly goods. Gambling would have to be given up before any progress can be made under this vow.
(6) The placing of limits on one's activity in respect to distance.
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forms of evil thinking and evil instruction will have to be abandoned under this vow.
(7) The refraining from purposeless evil.
(8) The imposing of limits on the enjoyment of thegood' things of the world.
(9) The restricting of the field of one's activity still further, from time to time.
(10) Meditation to be performed three times daily. (11) Fasting.
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