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5. Aparigraha-Non-possession of the mate
rial things. (This will make for speedy advent of socialism in the country.) In Jainism, these five vows are prescribed for both monks and householders with difference in degrees. A monk at the time of diksha should take a vow of complete renunciation, while a householder should take a vow of believing in the futility and transitoriness of the worldly things. He simplifies his wants by, and according to the circumstances of his life while aiming at the ideal of complete moderation, renunciation and abstention. The quality of the intention of a householder may be equal or even better than a monk's though he is conducting himself as per his partial vows. The householder thus adopts a long and round-about path of spiritual development, while a Sadhu ascends a steep, straight path. Jainism has also evolved a scale of measurement for spiritual progress ot various stages which is known as Gunasthan.
Thus according to Jain ethics, there remains very little occasion for the householders to fight or struggle unjustly after worldly things. For the monks, the cause of the struggle is altogether non-existent as they have entirely renonced
