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## Second Objective
[47. _ Pre-and Post-Praise Fault, is among the sixteen faults of production. The monks and nuns who commit this fault have to perform a minor penance.
Pre-Praise is the fault of praising the donor before accepting alms. The intention behind this is that the monk thinks, "By praising him, he will give better and more delicious food."
Many monks and nuns, instead of praising the donor, praise themselves. They impress the donor by telling them about the miraculous glory of their caste, family, knowledge, meditation, or austerity, so that they continue to receive respectful and sufficient food and maintain a relationship. Post-Praise
Praising the donor after accepting alms is the fault of "Post-Praise." The intention behind this is that the monk thinks, "When I come for alms again, I will receive food with devotion." Thus, praising the donor for the sake of obtaining food is to corrupt the monk's selfless attitude, therefore, do not praise the donor in this way.
Explaining the nature, method, and fruits of a worthy donation for the growth of religious rituals, increasing religious awareness, and fostering devotion is not a fault but a virtue. It leads to the propagation and spread of religion.
Pre-Alms Time Family-Home Entry Penance
39. _ "A monk who is residing permanently, or who is staying for a month, or who is traveling from village to village, or who has arrived in a city, or who has met his former acquaintances, or who has met his later acquaintances, enters the families before the alms time, or approves of those who enter, (he incurs a minor monthly penance)."
Explanation - If a permanent resident monk, a month-long resident monk, or a monk traveling from village to village has relatives or family members on his father's or mother's side, or on his father-in-law's side, in a particular area, then he should not go there for alms before the alms time. If he goes, he incurs a minor monthly penance.
Going there before the alms time and then again during the alms time increases the possibility of incurring faults like "intentional," "bought," etc.
Similarly, if there are householders in that area who are attached to the monks and nuns, then going there before the alms time and then again during the alms time increases the possibility of incurring the aforementioned faults.
If a monk goes to the aforementioned families before the alms time, he has the intention that "By going first, these people will prepare something special for me, and I will go again during the alms time..."