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then making a false 'document is a breach of the vow, because you have made a false document, but it is only a breach when done intentionally and knowingly. If it is done rasbly and you do not enquire into the matter then it is only atichara.
5. Vishvasta-mantra-bheda; divulging the secrets of friends, wife, etc. This disclosure leads to the shame, perhaps, of the friend, and it is harmful to him; hence there is breach.
As already mentioned under VOW No. 1 these Vows are taken internally and externally, and if the action falls short of the external breach but does not fall short of the internal breach, then it is called a partial transgression or atichara, because the internal part is transgressed. And in the foregoing illustra. tions the fact that the internal part is transgressed is to be seen in the fact of the ta shness and injury that accompany the action; these vows are undertakings to exercise self-control and to refrain from injuring others and when there is rashness or carelessness and injury in an action then the vow is not fully carried out. And because there is both rashness(or carelessness) and injury to others the above mentioned illustrations are aticharas, even if the actual words spoken are true.
Fruits. The fruit that you reap by observing this now is:
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