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134: JAINS TODAY IN THE WORLD 5th the step of avoiding various foods (sacitta-tyāga-pratimā)
In addition to the previous commitments, the layman (laywoman) now has to refrain from: eating raw or insufficiently cooked vegetables or serving them to others, crushing plant shoots, plucking fruits from the trees, and drinking unboiled water.
61h the step of complete fasting after sunset (rātri-bhojana-tyāgapratimā)
Arrived here, the devotee must not eat or drink at night for fear of swallowing small living beings that are invisible in the darkness and which are numerous in India, especially during the monsoon.
7th the step of sexual abstinence (brahmacarya-pratimā)
Now, the devotee must observe a total abstinence, practice continence and suppress all sexual desire. Women should no longer use adornings to provoke such feelings. For the Švetāmbara, this step is the sixth.
gth the step of ending working life (āramba-tyāga-pratimā)
Arrived at this stage, the Jain householder must stop his professional activity, like trade, tilling fields, employment, etc. practiced directly or indirectly. He must divide what he (she) possesses between his (her) children if he (she) has any and only keep for him (her) what is strictly necessary to stay alive. If he (she) is able, he (she) should also do charities and support Jain religious activities.
9th the step of detachment (parigraha-tyāga-pratimā)
At this step, the Jain devotee must renounce nine or ten kinds of worldly possessions like: land, house, money, gold, cattle, fancy clothes, implements, servants, etc. For food, lodging, and dressing he (she) shall use only what is absolutely necessary. It is also the right
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