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[Nishīthasūtra]
"He who engages in the activity of beautification binds himself with smooth karmas, causing him to fall into the deep and difficult ocean of the world."
"Knowledgeable ones consider even thoughts of beautification, like tendencies, to be the cause of karma-binding and the world. From this attitude of beautification, many wrong tendencies arise. This is not worthy of the conduct of a muni who protects the six bodies."
3. In Daśa. A. 8 Ga. 57, the attitude of beautification is compared to the poison of a snake.
4. In Uttarā. A. 16, it is said:
"A monk who engages in beautification
should not do so.
A monk should abandon beautification and body-care, and a celibate monk should not wear clothes or other adornments for the sake of beauty."
From these Āgama passages, it becomes clear that the attitude of beautification is completely harmful for celibacy, is a cause of karma-binding, and is worthy of atonement. Therefore, monks should abandon the thoughts of beautification, that is, they should not try to beautify their bodies or make their utensils look beautiful. They should wear utensils only for the sake of restraint and the protection of the body, and they should wash them only when necessary.
Summary of the Fifteenth Uddeshaka
1-4
5-12
13-66
67-75
76-97
98
He who engages in the activity of beautification is not free from karmas, therefore a monk should not engage in beautification.
5-12 13-66
To cause discomfort to another monk through harsh words, etc., to eat raw mangoes or their pieces with awareness,
99 - 152 To perform the 54 acts mentioned in the sūtras related to body-care with the thought of beautification, to keep clothes and other utensils with the thought of beautification, to wash clothes and other utensils with the thought of beautification,
153
154
etc., these activities incur the minor four-month atonement.
To have a householder perform one's bodily functions,
To defecate and urinate in inappropriate places,
To give food, clothes, etc., to a householder, to exchange blows, clothes, etc., with a companion, etc.
To not fully investigate the avoidance of faults like origin, etc., in accepting clothes,
The topics of the 127 sūtras of this Uddeshaka are mentioned in the following Āgamas: the prohibition of eating raw mangoes, etc., with awareness, the prohibition of having a householder perform one's bodily functions,
- Prā. Śru. 2 Pr. 7 U. 2
- Prā. Śru. 2 A. 13