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अटुंगजोगो
69
Possessing (limited) property is not improper for a householder, while an ascetic will deserve censure if he has property. If the desire for enjoyment of wealth finds place in the heart of a monk, then what guarantee is there that the desire for satisfying lust will not find place in his heart?
70 The acceptance of wealth though made with a good view, becomes the cause of the degradation of the character of Yatikood. Non-covetousness which is the means of subduing the pernicious whirlwind of worldly life, is essentially important for a monk.
71 Householders are not able to practise the vow of non-covetousness, therefore they should set a limit to their holding of property, so that the currents of ambition may be checked. . . . 72
We should bear in mind that greed obtains unlimited hold on the mind of a man if covetousness be uprestrained; and hence he is undone in the ocean of Samsara, just as a boat (overloaded] sinks down in the ocean.
