Five Moral Codes

Five Moral Codes

Five Moral Codes

When a person is initiated into Swaminarayan fold, he has to pledge to observe five basic vows – (i) non-taking of intoxicants (ii) non-taking of meat (iii) non-stealing (iv) avoidance from adultery (v) non-defilement. Though these vows are as few in number as five, but when observed, each of them is capable to purify a person¬– externally as well as internally. If understood in their wider and deeper sense, each one of them has tremendous power to purify one''s chitta such that it becomes capab...

Contents

  1. Preface
  2. Five Moral Codes and their Importance
  3. First Moral Code - Renouncement of Intoxicant
  4. Second Moral Code - Not to Eat Flesh - Shunning of Violence
  5. Third Moral Code - Never Commit a Theft (Stealing)
  6. Fourth Moral Code - Shunning Sensuality
  7. Fifth Moral Code - Not to get Defiled, Nor to Defile Others
  8. Conclusion