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There are many types of clothes and threads, even due to color differences. Therefore, when a monk joins or sews pieces of cloth, he should be mindful that the joined pieces of cloth and the stitching thread do not appear different.
Regarding the excessive joining of clothes, the commentator Charnikar has connected "Aireg Gahiyan" to the "Gahei" (knotting) topic in the 52nd, 53rd, 54th, and 55th Sutras above, and also connected it to Sutras 50 and 51. He has stated that if monks and nuns keep clothes with excessive joining and knots for more than a month and a half, they are liable for atonement. Just as the atonement Sutras discuss the matter of keeping a vessel with excessive binding for more than a month and a half, the same meaning should be understood here.
If even one joining is done after the limit, after performing Sutraporisi and Arthaporisi, the other cloth should be examined. If two or three joinings are done, only Sutraporisi should be performed and the cloth examined. If more than three joinings are done, neither Sutra nor Arthaporisi should be performed, and the cloth should be examined first. The meaning of Sutra-Arthaporisi is 'porisi of self-study and meditation'.
Summary - The essence of the aforementioned 6 Sutras related to vessels and 10 Sutras related to clothes is that monks and nuns should avoid, as much as possible, activities like attaching a thegli (patch) to clothes, knotting, joining pieces of cloth, and attaching a tikdi (patch) or binding to vessels.
If it is necessary to perform the aforementioned activities related to clothes and vessels, they should not be performed more than three times.
If a situation arises where these activities are performed more than three times, instead of performing Sutraporusi and Arthaporusi, one should request a new cloth during that time. This should not violate the limit of one and a half months.
Home Smoke - Excursion - Atonement
57. Je Bhikkhu Gihadhum Annautthiyen Va Garathien Va Parisadavei, Parisadavetam Va Saizjzai.
57. A monk who removes home smoke from another non-Jain or a householder, or approves of the one who removes it, (receives Guru-masik atonement).
Discussion - This Sutra lays down the atonement for removing home smoke. The accumulated smoke from the stove on the wall of the kitchen or under the roof is called 'home smoke'.
If a monk, after obtaining permission from the owner of the kitchen to enter the kitchen, takes a tool that can reach the height of the roof and removes the smoke, he does not incur any atonement.
If a monk cannot remove the home smoke himself due to not getting permission to enter the kitchen or due to physical inability, and gets it removed by someone else, he incurs Guru-masik atonement.