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KARMA PHILOSOPHY
6.1?
Highest Degree of Partial Self-control.
1. He would give up all kinds of food which are animated at the time of eating (fruit, raw vegetables].
2. He would eat only once a day (a Jain eaţs only twice a day or rather no Jain eats more than twice a day, some eat only once, and some not that).
3. He would practise absolute chastity.
4. He would have the desire to adopt the vows of the monk: he may not be able to adopt them, but still he has the desire to adopt them.
5. He retires from business. This gives the vounger men a chance to come in).
Six daily Activities. Spoken of under the heading of the middle degree of self-control these are the daily activities.
1. He would worship the Arbat; ar in the absence of the Arhat he would worship the image of the Arhat. This reeds a little explanation in order that it may be understood. One might ask “What is the use of worshipping an image ?” The methods used in cognizing any insentient thing or living being are of four kinds, namely, Dana, sthapang (or akriti), dravya, and bhava. Nama
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