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**Discussion**
There are three types of sentient trees:
1. **Trees with a countable number of living beings**, such as the palm tree.
2. **Trees with an uncountable number of living beings**, such as the mango tree.
3. **Trees with infinite living beings**, such as the **Thura** tree.
Climbing a tree with a countable or uncountable number of living beings incurs a **Lahu-Chaumasi** penance, while climbing a tree with infinite living beings incurs a **Guru-Chaumasi** penance.
The fifth **Uddeshak** also mentions penance for standing near a sentient tree.
If one has to climb a tree due to a flood, a wild animal, or a thief, then the penance mentioned in the **Sutras** is incurred. If the situation demands, the penance can be increased.
**Consequences of Climbing a Tree:**
1. **Violation of the plant body.**
2. **Scratches on hands, feet, etc., while climbing.**
3. **Violation of other living beings if one falls.**
4. **Self-violation due to injuries on hands, feet, etc.**
**[Nishita Sutra]**
5. **Seeing a monk climbing a tree can raise many doubts in someone's mind.**
6. **It can also lead to disregard for Dharma.**
**Penance for Eating from a Householder's Vessel:**
It is not possible to climb trees like **Thura** and **Graak** which have infinite living beings, so one should understand the penance for taking support from them.
10. **A monk who eats from a householder's vessel or approves of someone doing so, incurs a Lahu-Chaumasi penance.**
**Discussion:**
A monk can accept food from a householder and eat it, but they cannot eat from the householder's plate, bowl, etc., and they cannot drink water from their glass, jug, etc. This is the practice of a monk's life.
The tenth **Prashna**, **Gatha 51-52-53**, prohibits this, stating: "A monk who takes food or drink from a householder's vessel made of bronze, clay, or any other material, becomes corrupt in their practice."
The householder's vessels are violated when the monk eats or drinks from them, and when the water is thrown away, many living beings are also violated. **Jineshwara Deva** has called this **Asanyam** (uncontrolled behavior).
**Washing the vessels leads to violence against the body, therefore...**