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living water, Care is also taken to dispose off the microorganisms in the filter cloth by washing it properly, so that these organisms are not killed. Making dhovana by washing the morning kitchen utensils with this filtered living water is considered as an essential activity of the kitchen for the household sustenance. As such Sãdhakas do not become the cause to provoke or induce this activity. Hence, loss of living-beings in this activity can be considered for the householder as Årambhjã himsã i.e. minimum life disturbing activity to sustain the prudent householder's life. In doing his chorus or routine kitchen activity i.e., washing, dhovana is generated as a side-product only. It is not an intentional standalone activity. This is the ideal non-violent process to generate dhovana However, making dhovana by other means or boiling the filtered water purposely for drinking, cannot be considered as side-activity. Nevertheless, a wise householder uses the technique very judiciously to achieve his objective of minimum possible life-disturbance. Following two methods can be adopted to get non-living water:(a) First Method (Path of least Himsā): Making dhovana by
use of repugnant foreign materials, or boiling the water in Sun-cooker/heater. Here a minimum possible himsã of water-life is involved, because the prudent house holder, first estimates his day's requirement & then takes that much of quantity only for this operation. That means, he judiciously limits his requirement. This is a kind of Tapa/Penance, which inculcates in one's mind, the habits of limiting or budgeting the requirement. Use of sun-heater for boiling also avoids the direct use of firebodied agnikãya. Thus boiled water can be obtained without the killing (himsã) of agni-kãya. Minimization of himsã is a trait of Arambhjā-Himsã, (under compulsion) which differentiates it from
Sankalpjã-Himsã. (b) Second Method is boiling the water by use of furnace
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