Sannyasa Dharma

Author(s): Champat Rai Jain
Publisher: Champat Rai Jain

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SANNYASA DBARMA (a) ahimsa (literally, non-injuring,
hence mercy and love), (6) truthfulness, (©) non-stealing, (d) chastity,
i and
(e) the limiting of worldly possessions; (ii) three yuņa-vratós that aim at the
restraint of (a) earthly ambitions, (1) purposeless ill-will, and
(c) sense-indulgence ; (iii) four siksha-vrata,, that is, (a) further limiting of the field of
activity, periodically, (b) equanimous meditation (adoration
of the ideal, repentance for sins, and non-attachment to
worldly ties and relations), (c) fasting, and (d) charity, service of saints, and the
like;
3. the raising of the vows to the degree of flawlessness in respect of equanimity, fasting, ahimsū and sex-passion ;
4. the adoption of the rule of celibacy ;
5. the renunication, i.e., the giving away, and distribution, of wealth, and of the wearing apparel, excepting the barest langoti (loin-strip) ;
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