Vajrakavach

Author(s): Dharnendrasagar
Publisher: Jain Sahitya Prakashan Mandir

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of a living being without its consent and cutting etc.it(3) taking against the sanction of the Tirthankaras and (4) taking without the consent of the preceptor:
Several transgressions of the non-stealing vow also need to be mentioned here.
To discuss illegal transactions of wealth, to buy illegitimate goods at half price and sell them at full rates, to induce thieves to steal the golds in order to buy it from them and sell them at exhorbitant rates, to do smuggling of goods, to give less than the actual measurement etc. are all violations of the vow of non-stealing. Continence or Celibacy
Self-denial, renunciation and asceticism are the hallmarks of the Indian culture. It emphasizes detachment and non-enjoyment. Among the personal virtues such as modesty, character, penance, restraint, continence that the Indian sages extol the continence reigns supreme and appear's incomplete. Great sages of the Vedic culture categorically state that even gods conquered death by continence or celibacy.
This vow of continence imparts health to the body and strength to the soul and render's the mind pure. On the other hand, lust and sexual enjoyment deprive our body of its luster and strength. Moreover, overindulgence in sex render's your soul weak and wraps your thinking.
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