Summary of the Eighth Observance Embrace religious vows, rules and observances and never waver in fulfilling them. Honour vows as spiritual contracts with your soul, your community, with God, Gods and guru. Take vows to harness the instinctive nature. Fast periodically. Pilgrimage yearly. Uphold your vows strictly, be they chastity, marriage, monasticism, non-addiction, tithing, loyalty to a lineage, vegetarianism or non-smoking. The Eighth Observance Sacred