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204 RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY OF THE JAINAS known in physiology as "penetration'; and he may vow either :
1. To give up such act with other people's wives whether they are married to the man or only kept.
2. To be satisfied with his own wife,
He may also undertake to try to think no sex passion and to speak no words which mean sex intercourse and to use care in the matter of dreams. Also if he chooses, he may undertake to have no wife other than his present one so that in case of her death he would not be disturbed with passion towards another woman. And he may undertake to observe absolute chastity in the day time. Also to try to observe the following nine rules given below.
The meaning of the vow as far as the words go is : sva means own; dāra means wife; santosa means being satisfied with. This is the first part of the vow. Para means others; dāra means wives; viramana means refraining from, vrata means a choice or undertaking. This is the second part of the vow.
If the person takes the first part, namely, that he will be satisfied with his own wife, then he must not go with any other woman, whether human, deva or female animal. If he only takes the second part, he only undertakes to keep away from the wives of others; he does not then undertake to keep away from prostitutes, etc. Nine Rules
Knowing or being convinced of the usefulness of the restriction placed upon himself, he can help himself to keep the vow by paying attention to the following nine points. They may be called hedges to keep oneself away from self-injury in the direction of sex passion.
1. Try to live in a building where there are no female animals or neuter living beings; and live in such a way that you do not have physical contact all the time with a woman, because it excites the passion.
2. Try not to indulge in lustful stories or conversations or talks about woman.
3. The person who has taken the fourth vow should try to avoid sitting on a seat for at least an hour after it has been
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