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Aparigraha

/uh-puh-RIG-ruh-huh/

Non-possessiveness: owning, and clinging, less.

The fifth vow. For monks it means owning almost nothing. For householders it means setting a personal limit on wealth and possessions, and giving away the excess. The deeper target is attachment: the grip things have on you, not just the things.

You may already know thisMinimalism, 'buy less, buy better', and deleting apps that own your attention.

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