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Dharma-Mārga ( Ācāra-Saṁhitā)
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Forty Three Non-stealing
1. Attraction for other's property, attachment, greed, non
restraint, desire, stealing, malpractices in trade and commerce and taking other's articles without their permission form part of various types of stealing.
--- Praśna. 1.3.10
2. As theft is the cause of disrepute, noble people do not
indulge in it. It is decried by all saints. It creates enmity amongst friends and relatives. It procures much attachment and avarice.
- Praśna. 1.3.9 3. A mendicant should not take anything animate or inani
mate, whether cheap or expensive, not even a toothpick without the permission of the owner.
— Daśa. Sū. 6.14
4. Under the influence of greed, a man fails to discriminate
between good and evil and indulges in theft without caring even for his own life.
— Bha. Ā. 857
5. Buying stolen property, smuggling goods, disobeying the
rules of law, use of false weights and measures and adulteration - all these are classified as theft.
- Sāvaya. 268
6. Only when a person falls prey to greed, he is tempted to steal another's property.
--- Utta. Sū. 32.29
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