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violence are inevitable, viz, violence despite utmost care, violence in business activity and violence in defence. These are the permitted forms of violence; the rest are to be discarded, especially determined violence. So the four forms are as follows:
(1) Determined violence
(2) Business violence
(3) Violence despite carefulness
(4) Violence in defence
The first is prohibited and the other three permitted because they are inseparable from the householders' life, the content of the 'lesser' vow of non-violence The householder does not consider them worthwhile or palatable; but still they are there.
Likewise about the other four vows of truth, non-theft, celibacy and non-accumulation For running the household, if necessary, the householder is permitted to utter minor falsewords, but he is not permitted to make a wide use of false statements and even to think of using them Such is the content of the 'lesser' vow of truth
Leaving aside earth and water, the non-acceptance of anything else, not even in mind, without the express permissions of its earthly master is the content of the 'lesser' vow of non-theft. Non-indulgence in sex except with one's own wife in the case of a man, and except with her man in the case of a woman is the content of the 'lesser' vow of celibacy.
In the same way, leaving aside the accumulation for the present which may be essential, giving up any other, accumulation or the idea of it is the content of the 'lesser' vow of nonaccumulation.
If we can court these five ideals given by Bhagavan Mahavira in our life according to our ability and capacity and make use of them, we can ensure peace not only for ourselves, but also for the world at large
