Real indifference is not to indulge in attachments and aversions, after realising the real nature of the substances. Real abstinence is not to be happy or unhappy in the face of agreeable or unagreeable situations and remain a detached observer only. He regards renunciation of violence etc. as real conduct and observances of the great rules of conduct as desirable. Tattvarthasutra describes observance of great rules of conduct and partial observance thereof, both as influxes. Being instrumental to bondage the great conventional rules of conduct cannot be regarded as conduct.
Real conduct is the state of being unattached without a dint of passion.
Monks observe those great rules as soft passions, but do not regard them, as conducive to the state of liberation. Errors regarding Gradual Dissociation Element 1 . He does not realise that Tapa abstinence lies in complete detachment. Absorbed in outward activities, he considers himself to be engaged in Tapa abstinence and thinks that this would lead to gradual dissociation of bondage. He does not know that the state of detachment is real dissociation.