Hajarimalmuni Smruti Granth

Author(s): Shobhachad Bharilla
Publisher: Hajarimalmuni Smruti Granth Prakashan Samiti Byavar

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२२ : मुनि श्री हजारीमल स्मृति ग्रन्थ
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Speak with deliberation to avoid falsehood. 4. Be not angry. Anger brings falsehood. Be not greedy.
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Fear not.
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Renounce mirth.
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III. Tenets of Non-Stealing35
1. Taking the life of others is thievery.
2. A Nirgrantha does not accept anything without being given.
3. A Nirgrantha begs after deliberation for a limited ground.
A Nirgrantha consumes his food and drink with permission. A Nirgrantha should take ground only for a limited period. The grant should be constantly renewed.
IV. Tenets of Continance36
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1. A Nirgrantha renounces all sexual pleasures.
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There should be no discussion of topics relating to women.
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The lovely forms of women should not be contemplated.
4. Former sexual pleasures and amusements should not be recalled.
5. Eating and drinking too much, eating of highly-seasoned dishes and drinking of liquors is forbidden to a Nirgrantha.
6. A bed affected by women, animals or eunuchs should not be occupied.
V. Tenets of Non-Possessiveness?
1. The Nirgrantha renounces all possessions, all attachments.
2. There should be no attachment to pleasant and unpleasant sounds.
3. There should be no attachment to agreeable and disagreeable forms. 4. There should be no attachment to agreeable and disagreeable smells.
5. There should be no attachment to agreeable and disagreeable tastes.
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There should be no attachment to agreeable and disagreeable touches.
7. A Nirgrantha should not accept food more in quantity then required.
These five tenets or Pancha-Mahāvratas are ordained for a Nirgrantha, a Muni, a Saint. He shall follow the precepts of non-violence, truth, non-stealing, continance and non-attachment in totality without any exception in any condition at any time or place whatsoever. But every member of the society cannot become a Saint. Ordinary householders cannot completely follow this path. They may tread a part of it but the path is the same. A householder follows these tenets in diluted forms. We have seen many more tenets being followed by the Egyptians and the Sumerians. Non-cruelty to cattle, birds and fish; bringing not tear and suffering to others; falsification of avarice and covetousnes; reviling, puffing and blaspheming; and many more such other tenets, followed by Egyptians and the Sumerians, are only lower forms of one or the other of the above five Supreme Tenets or Great Vows. The spiritual precepts were practised in totality without exception in Bharata. The ordinary citizens followed Smaller Vows or Aṇuvratasas just like the Egyptians and the Sumerians.
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