The Perfect Law

10. Stage of Renouncing Advice Sanskrit: Anumati-Tyāga Pratīmā. At this level, the practitioner would not even offer advice or give consent on any worldly or household matter.

11. Stage of Renouncing Specially Prepared Food Sanskrit: Uddishta-Tyāga Pratīmā. In this final lay stage, he will not accept food that has been prepared specifically for him. He will only accept food that is respectfully offered by a householder at the time when he goes out to seek sustenance. A person following the discipline of this stage may be:

(a) A Junior Ascetic Sanskrit: Kshullaka, who keeps a small sheet of cloth (not long enough to cover the whole body) and a small loincloth Sanskrit: langoti, and dines from a dish, or
(b) A Senior Ascetic Sanskrit: Ailaka, who wears only a small loincloth Sanskrit: langoti and dines using his hands as a bowl.

They both carry a bowl of water for cleaning the body and a peacock-feather brush Sanskrit: picchi; used to gently brush away insects to avoid harming them for harmlessly removing insects.

Every Jain householder is ordinarily required to perform the following six daily duties:
1. Worship of the Divine Sanskrit: Deva-Puja. Worship of the Worthy Ones Sanskrit: Arhats, the adorable enlightened beings.
2. Devotion to Teachers Sanskrit: Guru Bhakti. Devotion to the spiritual preceptors or saintly teachers.
3. Study of Scriptures Sanskrit: Svādhyaya. Self-study and the reading of sacred texts.
4. Self-Restraint Sanskrit: Samyama. Control of the five senses and the mind. In practicing self-restraint, it is necessary to renounce certain objects of enjoyment to develop self-control.
5. Austerity Sanskrit: Tapa. Spiritual disciplines such as meditating upon the nature of the soul every morning and evening for a fixed time.
6. Charity Sanskrit: Dāna. The giving of (a) food, (b) knowledge, (c) medicine, or (d) protection.

As soon as a Senior Ascetic Sanskrit: Ailaka is able to subdue his passions and regards himself as being above passion and emotion, he discards even that small loincloth, much like an infant. He becomes a Naked Saint Sanskrit: nirgrantha; literally "one without knots" or possessions, a monk without any possessions whatsoever, except the bowl for carrying water (used for cleansing, but not for bathing the body) and the peacock-feather brush for carefully removing insects. He may also keep scriptures for daily study.

A saint, while observing the Five Great Vows Sanskrit: Mahavratas fully and without any deviation The original uses "transmigration," likely meaning a lapse or crossing over into worldly behavior, must also observe the following eight rules of conduct:
1. Five kinds of Caution Sanskrit: Samiti; mindfulness in movement, speech, eating, handling objects, and waste disposal.