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Jaina Acāra : Siddhānta aura Swarūpa and treated with condiments. All fall prey to temptations and treat it lightly, but all these are violations of the vow.
There are five transgressions of this vow:
(1) Itvāikaparigrhitagamana, i. e. the householder keeps a woman temporarily, offers her money or puts forth other temptations to make her his own. She cannot be like a wedded wife. Such women are just for self-gratification.
(2) Aparigrhitagamana, i.e. to have sex with not married women but with maids, widows, prostitutes and the deserted ones. Such freedom means unbridled licence which cannot be permissible. To have freedom with a betrothed girl is reprehensible.
(3) Anangakrida, i.e. masturbation, homosexuality and such other unnatural ways of cohabitation
(4) Paravivāhakarana, i. e. taking interest in arranging others' daughters marriages for ulterior ends. Some people think that giving away a daughter in marriage is a meritorious deed, even if the dauthter is somebody else's. Such actions are rarely selfless and hence censurable.
(5) Kamabhogatīvrābhilasa, i.e. irrepressible yearning for sexual intercourse. To satisfy such lust they take stimulants from physicians.
Sthulaparigrhaparimanavraa, i.e. vow of limiting possessions. Possessiveness is the root cause of sins. The 'Prašnavyäkarana' clarifies it saying that people indulge in violence, falsehood, theft, adulteration, deception, insulting others and the like for the sole purpose of adding to their possessions. It caused ‘Malaiutakantaka' great war. This has embittered family relations. This has caused dastardly murders. It causes rift in families and society. Householders have got to earn for the upkeep of their families and for other sundry expenses. Some limit, however, has to be fixed by them which they should observe in letter and spirit. Money must not be kept for the sake of money. Money causes devastation. Happiness lies in contentment.
External Possessions : Gold, silver, diamonds, pearls, land, grain, cloth and the like are limited. When an individual garners too much, there ensues the engulfing horror of divisions in society. The Jaina scriptures have made nine divisions of external possessions. They are (1) Terriotry—This includes fields, barns, pastureland, gardens, mountains, mines, forests, and all other land. (2) Vastu, i.e. houses, shops, godowns, guest-houses, bungalows, factories and the like. (3) Hiranya, i.e. utensils and ornaments of silver. (4) Suvarna, i.e. utensils, ornaments, watches etc. made of gold. (5) Dhana, i.e. coins, currency notes, drafts, cheques, bank balance etc. (6) Dhānya, i.e. grain wheat, rice, blackgram, green lentil, sesamum, pea nut etc. (7) Dvipāda, i.e. twolegged ones viz, men, women, parrots, black Indian birds famous for their musical note and the like. (8) Catuspada, i.e.
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