Non-Stealing (Sthul-adattadän-virmanvrata)

Third partial Vow (Anuvrat): Sthul-Adattadän-Virmanvrata is abstinence from gross stealing. Stealing is to take what is not given, what is not earned legitimately or what is not inherited. Stealing is due to the presence of greed (lobha) and causes Himsä. I might have cheated on the quantity and quality of the goods that I sold, I might have bought stolen goods, or helped thieves, taken them for good men. I might have divulged someone’s confidence. I might have caused pain or even death to someone whom I deprived of his/her own property. I might have instigated other to commit theft, I might have broken the Government rules relating to customs, taxes and imports and exports, I might have used false weights and measures and wrong balances, and I might have tainted commodities. I might have sold to a person or country that was illegal. I might have shown a good article, and then sold an inferior one. I might have practiced deceit, or committed fraud, or breach of trust or similar acts. If I have indulged in any of the above faults or lapses by physical, verbal or mental activities, directly or indirectly, then I pray that my such faults be dissolved. TASSA MICHCHHÄ MI DUKKADAM.