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Dasha Shruta Skandha Sutra
He who is endowed with all the qualities that the Shraman Upasak has described, and who wanders about giving food, water, etc., to the Shraman and Nirgranthas, and who, wandering about in this way, for many years, observes the Shraman Upasak's Paryaya, and having observed it, rejects the offerings of many devotees, does he, when disease arises or does not arise, break the fast of many devotees, and having broken it, criticizes it, and then, turning away from sin, attains Samadhi, and having attained Samadhi, in the Kalmas, by means of time, is born as a deity in one of the Devalokas? The Guru says, "Yes, he rejects the offerings of many devotees, and when disease arises or does not arise, he breaks the fast of many devotees, and having broken it, criticizes it, and then, turning away from sin, attains Samadhi, and having attained Samadhi, in the Kalmas, by means of time, is born as a deity in one of the Devalokas."
O Ayushman! Shraman! Thus, indeed, this is the fruit of the sin of that nidana, by which he who performs that nidana karma, being a monk, is not able to leave his home and accept the life of an Anagari.
Dashami Dasha
Meaning - He is a Shraman Upasak who knows both the Jiva and the Ajivas. As long as he wanders about giving food, water, etc., to the Shraman and Nirgranthas, then, wandering about in this way, for many years, he observes the Shraman Upasak's Paryaya, and having observed it, he rejects the offerings of many devotees (food), and when disease arises or does not arise, he breaks the fast of many devotees, and having broken it, he criticizes it well, and then, turning away from sin, he attains Samadhi; having attained Samadhi, in the Kalmas, by means of time, he is born as a deity in one of the Devalokas. Thus, O Ayushman! Shraman! this is the fruit of the sin of that nidana, where...