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## Nishīthসূত্র 5
**Nishīthসূত্র 5**
5. Stars, dreams, methods of controlling others, omens, mantras, and medicines - these are all places where beings are harmed, therefore a Muni should not tell householders about their results.
Telling about omens violates the Jina's teachings.
A seeker becomes agitated by the practice of restraint. He becomes the cause of blameworthy actions.
Telling about omens has the potential to cause many evils.
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**Sūtrakṛtāṅgasūtra A. 12, G. 10** states that "many omens are true at times, and false at other times." This causes the reputation of the Sadhu and the second great vow to be tarnished.
**Penance for Stealing a Disciple**
9. A monk who steals another's disciple, or approves of the stealing.
10. A monk who changes the feelings of another's disciple, or approves of the changing. (He is given the Guru-Chaumasi penance.)
**Discussion:** There are two types of disciples: 1. Dīkṣita (Sadhu) and 2. Dīkṣārthī (Vairaagi). The following sutras refer to Dīkṣārthī, therefore here we should understand Dīkṣita Sadhu.
**Stealing:** To make another's disciple favorable, i.e., to attract him, to give him food, to teach him, and to take him away, send him away, or hide him.
**Changing Feelings:** To criticize the disciple or the Guru by pointing out their faults, and to praise oneself by highlighting one's own virtues. To point out the disadvantages of staying with another, and to point out the benefits of staying with oneself, thereby changing the disciple's feelings.
**Difference between Changing Feelings and Stealing:** 1. **Stealing:** To take away by attracting.
2. **Changing Feelings:** To create faith in oneself and change the disciple's thoughts, so that he leaves his own Guru.
The commentator has elaborated on changing feelings through thirteen doors, and has described in detail how, with the body, speech, and mind, one can criticize and condemn, both when asked and without being asked.
**Penance for Stealing a Direction**
11. A monk who steals a direction, or approves of the stealing.
12. A monk who changes a direction, or approves of the changing.