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Five evil passions
.
.
In Sikh teaching, passions which typify the
manmukh
(wayward individual) whose
man
is prey to
haumai
(egoism). They result in suffering and rebirth. They are
k
m
(lust),
krodh
(anger),
lobh
(covetousness),
moh
(attachment to worldly things), and
ha
k
r
(pride).
manmukh
(wayward individual) whose
man
is prey to
haumai
(egoism). They result in suffering and rebirth. They are
k
m(lust),
krodh
(anger),
lobh
(covetousness),
moh
(attachment to worldly things), and
ha
kr(pride).
Five faces
(of
iva)
:
(of
iva):
Five fetters
:
:
YOJANAFive great vows
(
mah
vrata
). Vows undertaken by Jain ascetics, accepted as fundamental to
Mah
v
ra's
teaching by both
Digambaras
and
vetamb
ras. They are
mah
vrata). Vows undertaken by Jain ascetics, accepted as fundamental to
Mah
vra'steaching by both
Digambaras
and
vetambras. They are(i).
ahis
(ii)
satya
, speaking and thinking the truth, and avoiding lies;
(iii)
asteya
, not taking what is not given;
(iv)
brahmacharya
, renunciation of all sexual activity, including any kind of contact with women;
(v)
aparigraha
, detachment from all objects of the senses, and from possessions. A later sixth vow forbids eating after dark. For the lay (and less demanding) equivalents, see
ANUVRATA
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