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15. KARMADAN: Shravaks should not carry out highly sinful occupations. They are the following: 5 occupations; 5 kinds of business; 5 ordinary ones; these fifteen are to be discarded.
The five occupations : (1) Occupations relating to burning coal etc. blacksmith, goldsmith, potter, parcher and keeping a hotel etc. (2) Occupations relating to vegetation : cutting a forest; the occupation of gardening etc. (3) Occupations relating to vehicles; the occupations of making a bullock-cart, and of manufacturing motor-cars etc. (4) Hire business: Giving for hire vehicles like a bullock-cart etc. (5) The occupations relating to breaking etc. digging ground or a well, tunnel etc.
The five kinds of business : (1) The business relating to killing elephants etc; selling ivory, selling feathers, hair etc., of animals and birds. (2) Dealing in wax, resin, coal, fuel etc. (3) Selling honey, ghee, oil and such sticky and oily substances. (4) Dealing in human beings, animals etc. (5) Dealing in acids, arsenics, etc.
The five ordinary ones (1) Occupations relating to machines, grinding with pestles, grinding machines etc., using such machines for pounding, powdering etc. of such things as foodgrain, seeds, cotton etc. (2) Nirlanchankarma i.e., the occupation relating to cutting the organs of animals etc. (3) Davadan burning a forest etc. (4) Draining and drying up lakes, ponds etc.
(5) Asati poshan; rearing or bringing up slaves, birds, animals etc., and using them for ignoble purposes; selling them etc., for earning money. These fifteen Karmadans or very sinful karmas should not be carried out.
Questions : (1) Why should we not eat honey and butter ? (2) Which are the 15 occupations that should not be pursued ? (3) Explain these terms :
(1) Samdhan (2) Spoilt Juice (3) Pulses, (4) How many jivas are there in Anantkai compared to others?
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