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all such lies. As long as I live, I will not tell myself lies, and so on (like the first vow). Thus, I have taken this vow and I know the five faults I will not commit concerning it which are: harsh speech, revealing secrets, speaking ill of my spouse, giving bad advice, falsifying accounts or forging documents".
c) Vow to not take what is not given (Adattādāna viramaṇa vrata)
"I take the vow not to thieve, especially from a house, a bundle, on the highway, not to open another's lock, not to appropriate lost property. I will abstain from such forms of thieving. As long as I live I will not myself thieve, and so on (like in the first vow). Thus, I have taken this vow and I know the five main faults I will not commit concerning it: encouraging others to thieve, committing offences against Government, using false weights and measures, adultering or selling goods false to sample".
d) Vow of chastity (Maithuna-viramaṇa vrata)
"I take the vow to be chaste and faithful to my wife (my husband). As long as I live, I will not myself be unchaste and so on (like in the first vow). Thus, I have taken this vow and I know its five main faults I will not commit concerning it: to fail to be chaste before marriage, to consume marriage with a too young girl, to frequent prostitutes, to indulge in excessive sexual activity and to have evil talks".
e) Vow to not possess to much goods (Parigraha-parimāṇa vrata)
"I take the vow not to possess more of the following things than I consider as enough: a certain fixed quantity of houses and fields, of money and grain, of creatures, of furniture and useless objects. Beyond this limit I will regard nothing as my own possession. As long as I live, I will not have things beyond these as my own... and so on (like in the first vow). I know the five main faults concerning it: transgressing the limits fixed in houses and fields, money and grains, two-footed or four-footed creatures, furniture and useless objects".
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