Jainism and Democracy

Author(s): Indra Chandra Shastri
Publisher: I A S S Jain Conference New Delhi

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which may harm the listner or the concerned. The untruth is mainly elaborated as follows:
(i) The untruth about a girl at the time of betrothe i.e. exaggeration of her merits and concealments of her demerits.
(ii) The untruth about cattle at the time of their selling.
(iii) The untruth about land.
(iv) To embezzle or speak untruth about the trust. (v) False evidence.
The five transgressions of the vows are as follows:(i) Allegations without proper thought and investigation.
(ii) Allegations on persons talking secretly.
(iii) To disclose private talks held with wife or some other lady.
(iv) False instructions or preaching.
(v) To forge documents.
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Non-stealing
The third vow is related with honesty or abstinence from theft. The gross form of theft is elaborated as follows:
To acquire the wealth of other person(i) by digging it out from the earth,
(ii) by breaking open the lock or by opening it with a key i.e. burglary.
(iii) Robbery and
(iv)
to take up anything without the permission of the owner when the latter is within the know
ledge.