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Flaws Of Right-Vision – • Śarikākāriksāvicikitsaanyadrstipraśanisāsamistavāḥ
||18|| The five flaws that go to tarnish the right view or right inclination
of a believer are - Doubt (Sarkā), Longing (Kāriksā), Inconsistency of belief (Vicikitsā), Praise for the alien view (Paradrstipraśamisā) and communion with the alien view (Paradrsti samistava). (18)
Flaws Of The Vows – • Vrataśīlesu pasca pañca yathākramami || 19 || The excesses of the minor vows and supplememtary vows (to
ensure righteousness) are five for each vow, in the laid down order (mentioned earlier) - (19)
1. Vow Of Non-violence • Bandhavadhachavicchedāatibhārāropanāannapāna
nirodhāh | 2011 The five flaws of the first minor vow of non-violence are - Tying
up or penning to prevent free movement (Bandha), To beat or kill (Vadha), To cut or pierce any organ (Chaviccheda), To overload (Atibhārāropana) and Not to feed and water adequately (Annapāna nirodha). (20)
2. Vow Of Truthfulness - • Mithyopadeśarahasyābhyākhyānakūtalekhakriyānya
sāpahārasākāramantrabhedāh || 21 || The five flaws of the second minor vow of truthfulness are -- False
instruction, telling of secret, forgery, embezzlement and to expose the deliberations done in confidence. (21)
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