ABSTENTION      Viarati

0d&wd –- raumif;rSkrS a&SmifMuOfjcif;/
0d&wd oHk;rsdK;&Sdonf/
1) orm'ge0d&wd -oDvaqmufwnfxm;vsuf raumif;rSkrS a&SmifMuOfjcif;?
2) orÜwå0d&wd - oDvaqmufwnfrxm;bJ jyKvkyf&ef tcGifhqdkufaomfvnf; raumif;rSkrS a&SmifMuOfjcif;?
3) orkapä'0d&wd- tukodkvfw&m;rsm;udk r*fjzifh tMuGif;rJh y,fowfNyD;jzpfí a&SmifMuOfjcif;/

Abastaining or refraining from evil There are three kinds: abstention from evil through observance of moral precepts; samadana virati;
1. abstention from evil even through not under a vow to observe the moral precepts; sampatta virati;
2. abstention from demeritorious action thropugh eradication of all roots of evil by attaining Path-Knowledge; samuccheda virati.