Executive Briefing: Non-Attachment
Aparigraha demands limiting material possessions and emotional greed, recognizing that unbridled consumption inflicts violence on the earth and binds the soul to material matter.
1. Voluntary Limits on Wealth
Lay Jains practice Parigraha Parimana (setting vows on the maximum property, clothes, and money one can own), redistributing excess wealth to animal shelters (*Gaushalas*) and community hospitals.
2. References
- Chapple, C. K. (2002). Jainism and Ecology: Nonviolence in the Web of Life. Harvard University Press.