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Soul Science : Samayasara by Jain Acarya Kundakunda
having following seven bad habits: (i) Gambling (ii) meat eating (iii) intoxication (iv) prostitution (v) hunting (vi) stealing in any form (vii) illicit relationship with other's spouse. (2) Pratimā 2 or stage 2: It is called Vrata Pratimā.
At this stage one adopts five Aņuvrata, three Guņavrata, and four Sikşāvrata. A brief introduction of these 12 vows is as follows:
Five Aņuvrata
How to avoid five kinds of sins, described in Appendix-7, leads to five kinds of vows. There are two version of avoidance of sins: (a) Mega version (Mahāvrata) (b) Mini version (Aņuvrata). It is not possible to adopt mega version without renunciation. In other words, mega version is for monks and nuns, and the mini version is for householders.
(i) Ahimsā-Aņuvrata ( vow of adopting mini version of non-violence )
A person takes a vow of not harming any life including oneself with an intention of harming. Even without any intention of harming other lives, in many tasks such as defense, earning, cooking, etc., there happens some violence. A householder having a vow of mini nonviolence leads his life such that he performs such necessary activities; however, he/she takes care that there happens disturbance
to other lives as small as possible. (ii) Satya-Anuvrata (vow of adopting mini version of truthfulnes). (iii) Acaurya-Aņuvrata (vow of adopting mini version of non-stealing). (iv) Brahmacarya-Anuvrata (vow of not having extra-marital
relationship). (v) Parigraha-parimāņa-Aņuvrata (vow of having the possessions
within a pre-decided limit).
Three Guņavrata (vi) Dig-vrata (vow of not travelling beyond a pre-decided boundary in
all ten directions). (vii) Anartha-Danda-vrata (vow of non-indulgence in purposeless
disturbance/harm to other living beings). (viii) Bhogopabhoga-parimāna-vrata (vow of having sensual pleasures
and consumption within a pre-decided limit). Four Śikṣāvrata (ix) Desa-vrata on the top of the limit of the travel set by vow (vi),
under this vow the limit of travel for a specified time is reduced further). Sāmāyika (vow to have a regular period of contemplation and silence everyday).
