Gupti means restraining or concealing. The inner meaning of this Gupti is to keep off the inauspicious and impure propensities and actions of the mind, voice and body and to have pure and auspicious propensities and to act according to them.
- Manogupti- Restraint of the mind: One should guard one’s mind from impure thoughts such as anger, hate, curse, greed, jealous, ego, etc. Always be forgiving and devote the mind to pious meditation.
- Vachan Gupti- Restraint on speech: One should guard his speech so that it might not utter harmful, harsh, careless, foul, senseless, embarrassing, or bad language
- Kaya Gupti- Restraint on the body: One should guard movement of his body, so as not to hurt others, walking with an eye on the path so as not to harm, or kill an innocent life such as ants, bugs, etc. One should not daydream while doing any activity. Develop decent behavior and manners..
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