11. One thousand merits for having no second sexual partner in one’s
lifetime. (Besides one’s lawful wife, one takes no other women throughout life.)
Demerit Rules Against Licentiousness
1. Boundless demerits for creating and circulating obscene books or
lascivious paintings. (This also includes disseminating all kinds of
pornographic information.) 2. One thousand demerits for causing another’s death through licentious
conduct. 3. One thousand demerits for procuring an abortion arising from illicit
sexual relations. (This refers to intentional abortion outside wedlock, a
grave offence. Women are exhorted to preserve their self‑integrity,
protect their bodies well, and refrain from taking a life.) 4. Five hundred demerits for seducing a young girl into sexual