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Jain monks and nuns observe celibacy in nine prescribed ways: Not looking at a person of the opposite gender with the sense of sensual pleasure. Not thinking of the past sensual pleasures of one's own life. Not being alone with a person of opposite gender. Not talking about a person of the opposite gender with pleasure. Not sitting at the same place where a person of opposite gender has been sitting until certain amount of time has lapsed. Not staying nearby where a couple might be staying. Not consuming intoxicants, such as alcohol or drugs. Always eating less than one's hunger. Not decorating the body.
Mental Penanaces: Mahavira said, “Even religious person, a spiritually raised soul, can fall into the endless cycle of birth and death because of passion. Passion creates a slope that leads the soul to the lower life forms."
Every day one faces numerous inconveniences, irritations and situations that are beyond one's control. If one can change them, that is fine, but this is not always possible. One must learn to put up with such things and accept them cheerfully. Learn to be more patient and tolerant with people and events but one may lose control and indulge in many inappropriate and unethical thoughts and actions. Maha vira said, “A revengeful person creates enmity and then takes delight in being revengeful. This chain continues and brings in its wake endless misery." The process of concluding resentment, indignation or anger as a result of a perceived offense, difference or mistake, set up barriers that deprive a person of peace, happiness, fulfilment, can corrupt the body, leave a lasting effect on the mind, and affect personal or social
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