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(ii) The keeping of the vows, and the samadhimarana (the last vow taken on death-bed).
(iii) The observance of the sāmāyika vow three times a day. (iv) The observance of the eleventh vow at least four times a month. (v) Refraining from eating uncooked vegetables, plucking fruit from a tree, and the like.
(vi) Abstaining from food after sunset.
(vii) Sexual purity now assuming the stricter aspect of celibacy; also not decorating one's person.
(viii) Abstaining from all kinds of occupations and trades.
(ix) Divesting oneself of wealth, that is, dividing one's property among one's sons or heirs, and otherwise training oneself generally to bear the hardships incidental to a life of asceticism.
(x) Reducing one's wants still further, restricting the number of articles of raiment to an upper and lower garments, eating only what is permissible, and that only if offered at mealtimes and without special invitation; refraining even from giving advice on matters relating to family honour, business, and the like.
(xi) The complete renunciation of the householder's life, retiring into a forest and adopting the rules laid down for the guidance of munis, retaining only a strip of cloth to cover one's nudity.
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The Jaina layman is required to be a model of virtue. He should possess sweet speech, and be devoted to the service of all living nature.' He should not disclose the faults of any one, nor betray the confidence of men. Charity, trustworthiness, equanimity, gratitude and cheerfulness are amongst the virtues he is required to cultivate. His life should be characterized by profound thoughtfulness, and he should be always eager to copy the virtues of others. He should be devoted to dharma (religion), and detached from irreligion and false doctrines. In the performance of the six-fold daily duties of his class-worship of the Tirthamkara (God) and the Preceptor, the study of the Scripture of Truth, and the
