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The spiritual activities to be carried out during the Chaturmas, 166
annually and throughout one's life vows to minimise such activities as washing clothes, pounding grinding and digging etc. drinking only boiled water and discarding totally all Sachitta (living substances). Apart from this, he should keep the verandah of his house, walls, pillars, roof, iron bars, the vessels in which ghee, oil, water etc. are stored, and the places where they are kept etc. in a clean condition. He must also keep in a clean condition foodgrains, coal, cowdung cakes etc, so that in those things no jivas might rise. Therefore, cleanliness should be maintained regarding these things. For keeping clean the walls etc., substances like limestone or ash have to be used.
In a day, water should be filtered and cleaned 2 or 3 times. He must cover the rooms and the places where he sleeps, takes a bath and cooks or takes his food, with a canopy. In the same manner he should also keep the Mandir (God's room) Paushadashala (the room where the austerities of Paushad are performed) clean.
Moreover he must also observe the following principles. He should observe the principle of celibacy; he should give up going to other places. He should discard such things as shoes, sandals, tooth-brushes etc. He should discard during this period the occupations of digging ground or colouring things, running carts etc. He should discard during this period all these sinful activities.
Moreover, he must also discard during this period taking papad, etc. (spicy food) etc., dry vegetables in which jivas might be produced and he must also discard such things as betel leaves, cloves, dates etc.
During this period the Shravak should discard 15 prohibited occupations (Karmadan) and those who are engaged in exhausting activities should refrain from arduous tasks. They should also place a limit on their activities of taking a bath, using oil, massaging etc. They should also carry out such austerities as Upadhan Tap, Vardhaman Ayambil Tap, Samsar Taran, Tap, Upavas etc., according to their ability. The other
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