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## The Four-Month Festival
**311** Alas! How great is this delusion that people deceived by false doctrines give their wealth to those who are in all states of existence! **69** Shame on those wicked people who have deceived this innocent creature, and by showing greed, have diverted his mind with the discussion of false scriptures. **70** Because it is sweet and forceful, wicked men have declared meat to be edible, and to show their deceit, they have also determined the number of those whose flesh should be eaten. **71** Such cruel and greedy beings, by feeding others meat and eating it themselves, go to hell along with the givers, accompanied by terrible suffering. **72** Many people, who are under the influence of greed, have wicked intentions, and falsely consider themselves to be sages, have also declared the donation of elephants, horses, cows, and other living beings to be virtuous. But those who know the truth have strongly condemned it. **73** The reason for this is that the living being who is given in a living donation has to carry burdens, his body is marked with sharp tools, and he is beaten with sticks, etc. Due to these reasons, he suffers great pain, and because of him, many other living beings also have to suffer greatly. **74** Similarly, land donation is also condemnable because it causes suffering to the living beings living in that land. And to desire merit by accumulating it through the suffering of living beings is like extracting water from a stone. **75** Therefore, all living beings should always be given the gift of fearlessness, as well as knowledge, food, medicine, clothes, etc. **76** Even the donation that is condemned becomes praiseworthy due to the difference in the recipient. Just as water drunk through a conch shell becomes a pearl, for sure. **77** The donation of animals and land, although condemned, if given with the intention of offering to the Jina image, etc., grants excellent enjoyments that last for a long time. **78** The inner intention is the cause of merit and demerit. Without it, giving externally is like raining on the top of a mountain. **79** Therefore, who is capable of diminishing the fruit of the donation given with the contemplation of the Jina, who is free from attachment and omniscient? **80** Except for the Jina, other gods are hateful, attached, and deluded because:
1. In all types of recipients.
2. Wealth.
3. Due to pride.
4. The living beings living in it.
5. Knowledge, medicine, food, etc.
6. Unreleased, released, becomes liberated.
7. Intention.