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ok3&euk&xtrh; khkufu{ksi .k&I fer; kykédri ku&Hkkst ukfu i'p VII.4
V m-mano-gupt ry d naniksepana-samity lokitap na-bhojan ni pañca VFk%
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Hkkst u & ;s 'vfgd kor' dh i kp&Hkkouk, i gå Meaning: Control of speech, control of thought regulation of movement, care in
lifting and putting things / own body objects and examining, food and drinks are five.
Q. VII.4.1 A.VII.4.1
What are the contemplations of the vow of non-violence? The two attitudes of restraint (gupti) namely of speech and mind, the three attitudes of carefulness (samiti) namely regulation of movement (ry samiti), care in lifting and putting thing ( d na-niksepa) and examining food and drinks ( lokitap na) are the five contemplations of the vow of non-violence.
Q.VII.4.2 A.VII.4.2
What is meant by attitude of restraint of speech (vacanagupti)? To observe restraint from speaking and observing silence is attitude of restraint of speech.
Q.VII.4.3 A.VII.4.3
What is meant by attitude of restraint of mind (manogupti)? To indulge mental activities in auspicious activities by restraining it from inauspicious activities is attitude of restraint of mind.
Q. VII.4.4 A. VII.4.4
What is meant by regulation of movement (ry samiti)? To walk carefully by cautiously looking four hands ahead so as to avoid injury to others is regulation of movement.
Q.VII.4.5 A. VII.4.5
What is meant by care in lifting and putting (ādāna niksepa)? To be careful so as to avoid injury to others (small creatures) while lifting and putting implements of self-restraint like whisk, water pot, books and other things is called lifting and putting regulation.
Q.VII.4.6 A. VII.4.6
What is meant by examining food and drinkables ( lokitap na)? Examining the food and drinks before consuming them so as to avoid injury to others (small creatures, and self is called examining regulation..
Q.VII.4.7
A. VII.4.7
Why has the attitude of restraint in speech given a place in the contemplations on non-violence? Violence is not just committed by body. Wicked tendencies of the speech are also cause of serious violence. Wounds caused due to speech can never be cured. Thus a person Practising restraint of speech stops violence by speech and hence it is placed as one of the contemplations of non-violence.
Q.VII.4.8
A. VII.4.8
Why has the restraint of the mind given a place in the contemplations on non-violence? The empirical souls suffer more from mental agony than from bodily miseries. Misery's and pleasures of empirical souls are influenced by
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