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## The Seventh Chapter
**With Hindi Commentary**
Upon arising, he should bear them well. A monk who has taken the vow of non-attachment should bear adversities (sudden misfortunes) in the same way a newly married bride silently endures the words of her in-laws. At that time, he should possess the strength to bear all hardships (afflictions), both favorable and unfavorable, with forgiveness and a spirit of non-attachment. He can bear them. For one who has abandoned the hope of life and the fear of death, bearing hardships is not a difficult task. He should wander, bearing them with a steady mind. Now the sutra-maker describes the same subject again:
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A monk who has taken the vow of non-attachment, who has taken the vow of non-attachment, is eligible to receive one gift of food and one gift of drink. He is eligible to receive these from an unknown person, a pure person, a person who has renounced many bipeds, quadrupeds, ascetics, Brahmanas, guests, poor people, and forest dwellers. He is eligible to receive these from one who eats alone. He is not eligible to receive these from two, three, four, five, or a woman who is a teacher, or a child, or a pregnant woman, or a woman who is carrying a child in her womb and is being crushed by two feet, or a woman who is carrying a child in her womb and is being crushed by two feet outside, or a woman who is carrying a child in her womb and is being crushed by one foot inside and one foot outside, or a woman who is carrying a child in her womb and is being crushed by one foot inside and one foot outside. If she is crushed in this way, she is not eligible to receive these.