The Truth

Author(s): O P Jain
Publisher: Veer Nirvan Granth Prakashan Samiti

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THE SEVEN TATTVAS
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Eight fundamental virtues : The eight virtues of a householder include the above five vows and refraining from use of wine, flesh and honey. Honey is objectionable because not only it is unclean containing the excrement and other bodily products of bees, its procurement is like stealing the wealth of others. During its extraction from the bee-hive, there is a massacre of eggs and young bees causing extreme himsa...
5.12.2.2 Guna Vratas : These are meant to increase the merit of the five anuvratas. These are Digvrata, Anarthadandavrata and Bhogopabhoga parimana vrata.
Digvrata aims at placing the limits on travel for the whole life. This is with a view to limit commission of sins within narrow boundaries of one's action.
Anarthadandavrata is the refraining from purposeless activity likely to cause injury to others. These are (i) narrating accounts of evil activities like cruel trades, swindling feats, barbarous exploits etc. (ii) giving weapons of himsa to others (iii) wishing evil for others (iv) study of books dealing with sex-passion, crimes, false doctrines, hatred, pride etc. (v) unnecessary destroying of plants or digging earth etc. Indulging in lewdspeech, assuming ridiculous postures of the body, prattling away in a senseless manner, surrounding oneself with objects of sensual pleasures or other purposeless acts are the transgressions of this vow. .
Bhogopabhoga parimana is the putting of daily limits, within the limits of aparigraha anuvrata, on one's requirements with a view to reducing the sense of attachment. Thinking of past pleasures and bherishing of future indulgences and going through sensuous experiences in imagination are the transgressions of this vow.
5.12.2.3 Siksa Viatas : These are four in number. Desavakasika : It consists of limiting one's activity still further with respect of space and time within the bounds of Digvrata. Its transgressions are sending an agent, or communicating by acting, by making sounds or by other means beyond the limits. Limits of time may be hours, days or years etc. Limits of space may be the house, locality, province, country etc. Samayika : It is the total refraining from the five sins of himsa, falsehood, stealing, unchastity and parigraha for specified periods every day-usually three times for 48 minutes each. During