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KARMA PHILOSOPHY
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Lending dangerous weapons gups; or impliments which in life; -fishing tackle, garden tools.
gratuitously, like their use destroy
Sheer Carelessness of thought, word and action such as drinking; excessive sensuous indulgence; things done, said or thought through extreme anger, pride, deceitfulness. or greed; excessive sleep; and also talk about matters which do not concern us, such as wars between other countries; talk about woman's bodily charms; about good dinners; and about kings.
By taking this eighth vow we use a means of guarding ourselves against many evils which we might otherwise incur to no purpose.
Transgression.
1. Gestures that arouge the sex-passion (Kandarpa).
2. Antics, tomfoolery (Kautkuchya).
3. Obtaining and keeping things that are not necessary for our wordly welfare (Bhogopabhoga Atireka).
4. Opertalkativeness [Maukharya),
*Tattvarth, S. VII. 27. Yogasastra, III, 114.
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