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(143-144) Attachment of possessiveness is of two kinds; internal and external. The internal possessiveness is of fourteen kinds (1) Wrong belief, (2) Sexual desire for women (3) Sexual desire for man (4) Sexual desire for both, (5) Laughter, (6) Liking, (7) Disliking, (8) Grief, (9) Fear, (10) Disgust, (11) Anger, (12) Pride, (13) Deceit and (14) Greed.
The external possessions are ten: (1) Fields, (2) Houses, (3) Wealth and food-grains, (4) stock of house-hold goods. (5) utensils, (6) male or female slaves (7) Animals, (8) Vehicles, (9) Beddings and (10) Seats,
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(145) One who is completely free from all possessiveness, is calm and serene in his mind and attains bliss of emancipation which even an emperor cannot obtain.
(146) The renunciation of attachment is useful for controlling the sense-organs as the driver's hook is useful for controlling an elephant and the ditch for protecting a town. Certainly, the control of sense-organs is the same thing as freedom from all possession.
12. PRECEPTS ON NON-VIOLENCE
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(147) It is the essential trait of a wise man that he does not kill any living being. Certainly, one has to understand just two principles namely non-violence and equality (of all living beings).
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