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Q.VII.16.5 A. VII.16.5
Why copulation is called as unchaste? Copulation devoid of virtues involves injury etc as he who indulges in copulation causes injury to mobile and immobile living beings as well as commits other sins. Therefore copulation is called unchaste.
Q.VII.16.6 A.VII.16.6
What is meant by chaste (brhma)? Chaste implies something which develops virtues such as non injury etc.
Q.VII.16.7 A. VII.16.7
Why is unchaste called as sin? Copulation involves performed once causes injury to nine hundred thousand mobile living beings. A person engaged in copulation causes injury to others (mobile and immobile beings), speaks lies, steals and amasses living and non living possessions. Therefore it is called as sin.
Q.VII.16.8 A. VII.16.8
What is meant by perverted unchaste conduct (mithyācāra abrhma)? When a male or a female uses non-living entities or masturbates, for satiating intense lust / sexual desire then such activities are called perverted unchaste conduct.
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ePNKZ “i fj xg' gå Infatuation (clinging) is attachment to possession.
Meaning:
Q.VII.17.1 A.VII.17.1
What is meant by possession (parigraha)? Attachment to any object (living or non-living) is possession.
Q.VII.17.2 A.VII.17.2
What is meant by infatuation (m rcch )? It is another word for attachment. The philosophical meaning of infatuation is any activity related to acquisition and safeguarding an external object.
Q.VII.17.3 A.VII.17.3
How many kinds of possessions are there? They are of two kinds namely internal possessions and external possessions.
Q.VII.17.4 A.VII.17.4
How many types of internal possessions are there? These are fourteen types namely; delusion, anger, pride, deceit, greed, jest, liking for certain objects, dissatisfaction, sorrow, fear, disgust, and hankering after men/women / neutral sexes.
Q.VII.17.5 A.VII.17.5
How many types of external possessions are there? Broadly it can be classified in two categories, namely possessions of living beings and possessions non-living beings. In general possessions are said to be often types which can be grouped in the two classes mentioned. These ten types of possessions are land, houses/
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