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That is, - Refraining from inauspicious activities in respect of the living and the senses is restraint. Refraining from inauspicious activities in respect of one-sensed living beings and senses such as eyes, etc., is absolute restraint.
Jantukspārdritamanasaḥ samitișu sādhoh pravrttamānasya | Prāņendriyaparihāraṁ samyamamāhurmahāmunayah ||
- Padmanandi Pañcavimsatikā, 1-96. That is, – The comported dispositions of the monks whose hearts melt with mercy for the living beings is called restraint by the great monks. This restraint results in getting away from violence towards the living and attraction for the sensory subjects
Tatra samyamah prānidayā 1 Prāņātipātanivstirupaḥ samyamaḥ ||
- Yogaśāstra Svopajña Viva., 4-93. That is, - Where there is mercy for the living, there is restraint there. Restraint is in the form of refraining from hurting or compromising the vital energies of the living. Uddham ahe ya tiriyaṁ disāsu,
tasā ya je thāvara je ya pāņā | Hatthehi pāņeh ya sañjametā, adinnamannesu ya no gahejjā ||
- Sūtrakrtānga, 1.10.2. That is - (The monk) ought to restrain his hands and feet so that he does not hurt any immovable or moving creatures in upper, lower or middle universe and he ought not to accept anything that is not offered to him.
Nigganthe nigganthim duggamsi vā, visamamsi vā, pakkhalamāņim vā pavadamāņim vā, ginhamāṇe vā, avalambamāņe vā, nātikkamati |
Nigganthe nigganthim seyamsi vā, pangamsi vā, paikasi vā, udagarsi vā, uvuijamānim vā, ginhamāne vā, avalambamāne vā, nātikkamati
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