Vinay Sutra And Auto Comentary On Same

SR No.: 002451
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: P V Bapat, V V Gokhale
Publisher: Kashi Prasad Jayaswal Research Institute
Total Pages: 134
Language: Sanskrit, Hindi, English
Classification: Book_Devnagari
File Size: 13 MB

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of hair on private parts, while he is jumping up to take off his clothes from an ivory peg (naga-dantaka), or from a suspended bar (on which they may be resting). He need not be asked to climb up a tree, or go beyond the limit of his place of initiation (S. 368-372). Authority (niśraya) and bis Dependant (niśrita)
(S. 374ff.) A householder should not be declared an authority for Bhikṣus, nor should that position be denied to one who has taken an upasampad. No one should rest without an upasampad for more than two months. If one does not find, for such a purpose, a fairly advanced person, one may take recourse to an elder among the younger ones 26 (S. 380). The latter becomes an upadhyaya who gives him the necessary reliance (upaniśraya).
He may have to wait for five days. He may accept him on the second or third day. If there is no one fitting in the company, he may take permission from one who is dependant on him (S. 388). The authority is to be selected after testing his life, knowledge, accompaniments and his capacity to interpret. There should be feelings as between a child and parents and no means of expectation among themselves (S. 395). If there is no upadhyāya, one should select one on his own authority (S. 399). One should wait upon him, visit him three times a day if he is living in the same monastery. If he is-living in a forest at a distance of one krośa (2 miles), then every day. If he is living at a distance of five krošas, then once in five days. And if he is living at a distance of two and a half yojanas (about 20 miles), then once on the uposatha day. A dependant who has no faith, who is lazy, who shows no respect to others and who is accompanied by evil friends deserves to be rebuked. To accompany such a Bhikṣu is a gross fault (sthala-atyaya) (S. 410). To keep him on proper lines, it may be necessary to take him to a wise man who may set him
26. Also see sūtras 99-100.