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## Fourteenth Uddeshak]
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The order of these 6 sutras is available in different ways and there is also variation in the number of sutras. Here the order is kept according to the commentary.
It is not possible to keep fire in a wooden or earthen vessel. Therefore, this statement of atonement for fire should be understood only in relation to an earthen vessel.
In taking such vessels, those beings are transferred and their composition and compression also takes place. Therefore, atonement has been stated for taking such vessels.
Atonement for polishing the vessel
37. Je bhikkhu padiggaham korei, koravei, koriyam ahattta dejjamaanam padiggahaei, padiggahaentam va saijjai.
_37. A monk who polishes a vessel, causes it to be polished, or takes a polished vessel while it is being given, or approves of the one who takes it. [He incurs a minor Chaturmasik atonement.]
Discussion - In the first Uddeshak, there is a statement of atonement for correcting the mouth of the vessel and for making the uneven one even. Atonement has been stated for other actions in this Uddeshak and here in this 37th sutra, atonement has been stated for polishing the vessel. Polishing the vessel is done by digging. The main purpose of doing this is decoration and decoration is prohibited for monks in the Dasha Vaikalik etc. sutras. The commentator has called it "Jhushira dosha" because in the place dug for polishing, the living beings or the food paste cannot be properly cleaned. Therefore, atonement has been stated for doing this.
Atonement for begging for a vessel on the path
38. Je bhikkhu nayagam va, anayagam va, uvasagam va, anuvaasagam va gamantaransin va, gaampahaantaransin va padiggaham obhaasiya-obhaasiya jayai, jayanta va saijjai.
38. A monk who begs for a vessel from his relatives or from others, from an Upasaka or from an Anupasaka, in the village or on the village path, or approves of the one who begs. [He incurs a minor Chaturmasik atonement.]
Discussion - A vessel can also be begged from householders who are related or unrelated. Such householders can be Upasakas or Anupasakas. Therefore, to make it clear, this sutra mentions four types of people, including relatives.
If you want to beg for a vessel from any householder, you should first see if he is in his house or in any other place of his own, then you should beg for the vessel from him at that time. But if he is out of the village or in another village, then you should not beg from him and in the village