Book Title: Primer of Jain Principles
Author(s): Kirit Gosalia
Publisher: Kirit Gosalia

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________________ 4. Four perfect conduct preventing passions (Sanjvalan kashay) of anger, pride, deceit and greed. Chapter # 3.12 Soul quest of the knowledge. 404. How many different types of knowledge are there? There are eight types: Empirical, scriptural, clairvoyance, telepathy, omniscience, wrong empirical, wrong scriptural and wrong clairvoyance. Chapter # 3.13 Soul quest of the restraint. 405. What is meant by restraint? (Sanyam) When one accepts five vows (vrat), observs five carefulnesses (samiti), discards ones passions (kashay), controlls ones mind, speech and action and conquers the five senses, restrain (Sanyam) is demonstrated. 406. How many types of different restraint are there? There are seven as follow: 1. Initiation (Samayik). 2. Ordination (Chedopasthapan). 3. Purification through service (Parihar vishudhdhi). 4. Self-restraint with subtle flickering greed (Sukshma sampraya). 5. Perfect conduct (Yathakhyat charitra). 6. Partial restraint/partial nonrestraint (Sanyamasanyam). 7. Nonrestraint (Asanyam). Chapter # 3.14 Soul quest of the perception. 407. How many types of different perceptions are there? There are four:

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