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MANAV DHARMA / 31 To take away the belongings of others is known as Theft. For a conscious soul, all visible products of this world are different, not his own belongings or belongings of others, but the soul establishes its own attachment with these objects and adopts them unhesitatingly Hence it is essential for the follower of Non-Theft Mahavrata" (3Taip HETDA) to renunciate or abstain from all products. which are needed for food, clothing and wearing purposes, and this all is done gradually one after another. That is why a Jain Monk who is also known as “MAHAVRATI" does not keep any attachment with all worldly objects found on this earth. Like other objects, the Jain Monk does not treat even the cloths as his own possession; for him these are all worldly objects, for which he has no personal attachment. These are used only to hide/cover the vices and immorals of ones own self and this too comes in the category of stealing". That is why it has been laid down that who is refraining from stealing should also refrain from clothing and it is only because of this principle, the Digamber Jain Monks do not wear cloths or they remain naked, the natural state of a child or a man.
The ascetics or Jain Monks who have adopted Mahavratas, generally make their abode in lonely places or houses (not of their own) which are free from insect afflictions. They do not adopt a particular place as their abode but like the wind and like a traveller, they move from one place to another place and generally rest in deserted houses. Regarding food-eating these great vowers do not show any attachment of their own with the food stuffs, not even with the vegetation grown in the forest but they are also aware that for the maintenance of the body properly, taking meals is a must. Hence for fulfilling this need, the Jain monks take a round in the village or town and if a noble house holder is waiting at the enterance of his house and is prepared to offer food to them with all necessary precautions and process after welcoming them with proper nine ways of respects, then the Jain Monks accept the food (that too should be simple and juiceless) in his naked palms in the standing posture.
The second name of Brahmacharya is to go deep in the Eternal Bliss of soul and to keep control on the pleasures of five senses. Efforts should be made to have a complete check on these five senses, so that they may not enter into the individval pleasures of every sense. The pleasures of five senses are of two kinds; one is internal pleasure and the other is external pleasure, which are enjoyed by three senses externally. The sense of touch and taste come under the first category and the pleasues of smelling, seeing and hearing come in the second category.
