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## Eighth Group ]
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Thus, this eighth group of the Bhikkhu-pratima, with sixty-four nights and two hundred and eighty-eight Bhikshas, is completed. After completing this, the Bhikkhu-pratima enters the ninth group. - In the first nine, one takes one Datti of food and one Datti of water. In the second nine, two Dattis of food and two Dattis of water. In the ninth nine, nine Dattis of food and nine Dattis of water.
Thus, this ninth group of the Bhikkhu-pratima, with eighty-one nights and four hundred and five Bhikshas, is completed. After completing this, the Bhikkhu-pratima enters the tenth group. - In the first ten, one takes one Datti of food and one Datti of water. In the second ten, two Dattis of food and two Dattis of water. In the tenth ten, ten Dattis of food and ten Dattis of water.
Thus, this tenth group of the Bhikkhu-pratima, with one hundred nights and one hundred and fifty-six Bhikshas, is completed. After completing this, the Bhikkhu-pratima enters the stage of many months, where one practices various types of Tapas, such as the fourth, sixth, eighth, tenth, and twelfth months, and the half-month, with the intention of self-development.
Then, that virtuous one, through that Tapas, becomes perfected. End.
Aryachandana, having received the order, began to practice the Ashta-Ashtamika Bhikkhu-pratima. The form of the Ashta-Ashtamika Bhikkhu-pratima is as follows:
For the first eight days, Arya Sukrushna took one Datti of food and one Datti of water. In the second Ashtaka, she took two Dattis of food and two Dattis of water. In this way, she continued to increase the number of Dattis, taking three in the third, four in the fourth, five in the fifth, six in the sixth, seven in the seventh, and eight in the eighth Ashtaka.
This Ashta-Ashtamika Bhikkhu-pratima took sixty-four days to complete and involved two hundred and eighty-eight Bhikshas. After completing the Ashta-Ashtamika Bhikkhu-pratima according to the Sutra, Arya Sukrushna began to practice the Nava-Navamika Bhikkhu-pratima.
While practicing the Nava-Navamika Bhikkhu-pratima, Arya Sukrushna took one Datti of food and one Datti of water each day in the first Navaka. In this way, she continued to increase the number of Dattis, taking nine Dattis of food and nine Dattis of water in the ninth Navaka.
This Nava-Navamika Bhikkhu-pratima was completed in eighty-one days. It involved four hundred and five Bhikshas and eighty-one days. After completing the Nava-Navamika Bhikkhu-pratima according to the Sutra, Arya Sukrushna began to practice the Dasha-Dashamika Bhikkhu-pratima. While practicing the Dasha-Dashamika Bhikkhu-pratima, Arya Sukrushna took one Datti of food and one Datti of water each day in the first Dashaka.
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