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It is the deer who are bound, not the hunter. Similarly, the householder cooks and eats, he is not bound, the customer is bound. (Responding to this doubt) The Guru says - Just as a foolish and unskilled deer is bound in a snare, in the same way, a monk who is bound by evil thoughts is bound in the realm of emotions. Therefore, one should diligently avoid evil thoughts. 67/5. It is agreed that a monk neither performs nor causes the performance of an act of violence, but even knowing about it, if he accepts it, he promotes the act of violence by accepting food. He who does not accept it, prevents it. 68. The monk assimilates the act of violence through serving others, etc. (In verse 61) Among the four terms - serving others, etc., the first term - serving others is the most important, the most significant, the rest are progressively less important. (For example, compared to serving others, listening to others is less important, listening to others is less important than living with others, and living with others is less important than approving of others.) 68/1. I will explain the nature of the doors from serving others to approving of others, with examples, as much as possible. 68/2. One who eats the food brought by another monk, also becomes bound by the sin of serving others. When such a monk is told this, he replies that there is no sin in it, because one who pulls hot coals from another's hand does not get burned himself. 68/3. The monk who eats the food of violence, thinking, "I am pure," is a fool, the one who gives the food of violence is guilty. Not knowing the meaning of the scriptures through this false analogy of hot coals, he serves others. 68/4. The Guru who uses the word "benefit" for the mental concentration of the monk who eats the food of violence at the time of showing alms, and when criticized for saying that such and such a devotee has given this food of violence with devotion, says "good - it was obtained," then such an Acharya is also a participant in the sin of listening to others. 68/5. The well-known meaning of living with others is - to live with those who enjoy the food of violence. Praising the eater of the food of violence is approval. One should know these examples in order. 68/6. The example of a thief should be known in serving others, the example of a prince in listening to others, the example of a merchant living in a village in living with others, and the example of a wicked king in approving of others.
1. This verse mentions a special belief, but it is against the Jain teachings because the householder who initiates the action is bound by karma as a matter of course. If the monk is foolish, then he too is bound by sin by accepting the food of violence, only by using another's action, one is not bound by karma (Mavri P. 45).