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(xvi) Control over speech. (xvii) Control over body.
(b) Second set of Seventeen divisions of self-control
(ii) (iii)
Control over five senses (indriyas)
(iv)
Control over sense of touch Control over sense of taste Control over sense of smell Control over sense of sight Control of sense of hearing Renunciation of violence Renunciation of non-truth Renunciation of theft Renunciation of non-chastity Renunciation of accumulation )
(vi) (vii) (viii) (ix) (x)
Renunciation of five sins or means of influx (ashrava)
(xi) Victory over anger (xii) Victory over pride (xiii) Victory over deceit (xiv) Victory over greed (xv) Control over mind (xvi) Control over speech (xvii) Control over body
Victory over four passions (kashaya)
Control over three medias (yoga)
42. The above analytical classification of self-control only highlights the wide coverage accorded to it in Jain ethics. Virtually no aspect of spiritual or material life is left out of its scope. E.g. earlier it was stated that self-control is necessary for abjuring violence, but in the above analysis it is seen that non-violence is essential for proper exercise of self-control. Thus all aspects of spiritual conduct are inter-related-one supporting the other and in turn being supported by the other. The main emphasis all through for practice of the self-control is upon regulation and disciplining of the senses, the speech, the body and the mind and to control desires. However, it is an ardous task and the seers realizing the difficulty of the practitioners of sanyam-the senses and the mind defying restraint inspite of all efforts-have provided recourse to
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