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Twelve Vows of Layperson
Five Main Vows of Limited Nature (Anuvratas): • Non-attachment Anuvrat (Aparigraha Anuvrat)
Sthula Parigraha Viraman Vrat One must impose a limit on one's needs, acquisitions, and possessions such as land, real estate, goods, other valuables, animals, money, etc. The surplus should be used for the common good. One must limit the every day usage of number of food items, or articles and their quantity. Non-possession, like non-violence, affirms the oneness of all life and is beneficial to an individual in his spiritual growth and to the society for the redistribution of wealth.
