Jainism

Author(s): Vallabh Smarak Nidhi
Publisher: Vallabh Smarak Nidhi

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injury; in such cases it recommends us to go by the rule of minimum of injury.
OTHER ETHICAL VOWS.
The other Jain ethical vows are truthfulness. abstention from stealing, and sex-fidelity which need no comments here. They, together with Ahimsa, it might be said in passing. constitute such a nice and simple code of good conduct that roasonable observance of it would leave no scope for the application of any of the sections of the Criminal Procedure Code.
The fifth and last vow requires some exp. lanation here. It is called "Parigraha Parimana Vrata" or the vow of setting a limit to the maximum wealth that one would possess. As said above more than once, the aim of Jainism is to avoid, as far as possible, undesirable clashes, in life and consequent disharmony in society. Under the present vow. a householder is recommended to fix beforehand the limit of his worldly belongings which he would never try to exceed. If and when he has reached that limit, he will either try to earn no more, or, if the earnings come inspite of itself, he would devote the surplus to charitable purposes the recognized forms of which are medical help,