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The injunction of the prescribed atonement is based on the fact that "I will take sufficient food, etc., as per the Nishītha Sutra." This matter is prohibited in Prācā. Śru. 2, A. 1, U. 9. The atonement for going on alms-round, etc., with other-than-Jain, etc., is as follows:
40. A monk who goes out or enters a village or town for obtaining alms with an other-than-Jain or a householder, or with a Parihārika or an Aparihārika, or who approves of such going out or entering, incurs a minor monthly atonement.
41. A monk who goes out or enters a vihāra-bhūmi or a viyāra-bhūmi with an other-than-Jain or a householder, or with a Parihārika or an Aparihārika, or who approves of such going out or entering, incurs a minor monthly atonement.
42. A monk who goes from village to village with an other-than-Jain or a householder, or with a Parihārika or an Aparihārika, or who approves of such going, incurs a minor monthly atonement.
Explanation: 1. Other-than-Jain - Ājīvika, Charaka, Parivrājaka, Śākya, etc. 2. Householder - A householder who earns his livelihood by begging, i.e., one who begs on certain days like Saturday, etc. 3. Parihārika - One who is fully aware of the faults of investigation and does not commit them. 4. Aparihārika - One who is aware of the faults of investigation but commits them due to negligence.
It is proper for a monk to be accompanied by another monk who is fully aware of all the faults of investigation during the alms-round. It is completely improper to be accompanied by any other person.
Keeping this in mind, a minor monthly atonement has been prescribed for going with an other-than-Jain, a householder who earns his livelihood by begging, and an Aparihārika of the same gender.
Going with an other-than-Jain, etc., also creates many doubts in the mind of the alms-giver. He thinks - Should I give alms to the Śramaṇa Nirgrantha first or to those who have come with him? What kind of food should I give to the Śramaṇa Nirgrantha and what kind of food should I give to them? Why has the Śramaṇa Nirgrantha come with an other-than-Jain, etc.?
The Śramaṇa Nirgrantha is great himself. If he had come alone, would I not have given him alms? Etc.