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Aparigraha

Aparigraha

Extracted from the Wikipedia article Non-possession.

Aparigraha is the opposite of parigraha. It means keeping the desire for possessions to what is necessary or important, which depends on one's life stage and context. The precept of aparigraha is a self-restraint (temperance) from the type of greed and avarice where one's own material gain or happiness comes by hurting, killing, or destroying other human beings, life forms, or nature.