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## Twelfth Uddeshak
[259] From a subtle perspective, every movement of the body involves the violation of the Vayu-kaya. This violation continues until the time of Yoga-nirodha at the end of the thirteenth Gunasthan. It has no relation to the rules of restraint or this atonement chapter.
It is not permissible for a monk to fan himself to cool down a substance or to calm down bodily heat. Performing essential activities with 'effort' leads to the binding of sinful karma, i.e., it is considered a Savadya activity.
- Dasha. Pra. 4
The meaning of 'effort' - In performing any action, moving the hands, feet, body, or tools with rapid speed, throwing something upwards when placing it down, and not using the hands, etc., in essential bodily processes like sneezing, coughing, etc., should be understood as 'effort'.
**Places of violation of Vanaspati-kaya:**
1. **On the Path:** While walking on the path, in villages or outside villages, walking on green grass, new sprouts, flowers, leaves, seeds, etc., or on land covered with moss, or touching them, violates the Vanaspati-kaya.
Sitting in the shade of a tree, if one carelessly touches its branches, etc., or touches flowers, leaves, seeds, etc., lying there, it violates the Vanaspati-kaya.
2. **In Gochari:** After consuming green vegetables, fruits, flowers, seeds, moss, etc., or touching them, consuming food, fire, etc., consuming unripe mixed or conscious green vegetables, etc., half-ripe sattu, hole, etc., or touching these plants by the giver for the purpose of giving alms, violates the Vanaspati-kaya.
1. Seeds, grains, 2. Green plants, and 3. Food containing moss, if consumed, violates the Vanaspati-kaya. The atonement for which is mentioned in the fourth, twelfth, and tenth Uddeshak respectively.
If any substance, such as pieces of plants, peels, leaves, and freshly ground chutney, etc., is attached to the giver's hand or a shovel, etc., then receiving a blow from them violates the Vanaspati-kaya.
3. **In Parishthapan:** Excreting feces, urine, phlegm, mucus, food, water, and other bodily waste on green grass, on land covered with sprouts and moss, and on seeds, flowers, and leaves, violates the Vanaspati-kaya. At dusk, one should carefully examine the land for the night's rest and choose a place free of plants, etc., for Parishthapan. Failure to do so violates the Vanaspati-kaya.
**Atonement:** If a householder violates the Prithvi-kaya, Ap-kaya, Agni-kaya, Vayu-kaya, and every Vanaspati-kaya in Gochari, then the atonement is Laghu-masik. If one violates the Ananta-kaya, then...