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## Sutra Index
**3**
**6**
**9**
## Subject
Penance for transgressions, example of Bhagwan Mahavir Swami's compassionate nature, essence of the sutra presented in Bhagavati Sutra Shatak 15.
## Penance for breaking a vow
Possible faults from breaking a vow, the meaning of the sutra, following the instructions of the Gita, wisdom, inspiration from the elders.
## Penance for eating food mixed with salt, water, etc.
Examples of mixed food, the meaning of the sutra and wisdom, customs of householders, wisdom of penance.
## Penance for using leather with hair
Explanation of the meaning of the sutra, faults of using leather with hair, environmental regulations, reason for prohibition, wisdom of penance, the concept of hairless leather, other books related to non-acceptance, grass, etc., faults of keeping books, four examples of the faults of the five types of grass, acceptance of these tools in exceptional circumstances and penance, the meaning derived from the Agamas, wisdom of using and keeping books.
## Penance for sitting on a covered seat
The broad meaning of the action "Ahittehi", the concept of seats, the meaning of the sutra and faults.
## Penance for getting a bedsheet stitched for a sick person
Types of bedsheets, gradual wisdom and penance, possibility of faults, the context of stitching.
## Penance for harming the five stationary beings
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The location of existence and non-harming in the Agamas, introduction to the conscious and unconscious nature of the earth element and the location of harming in the path and in the field. Introduction to the body element and the location of harming in the path and in the field, harming the fire element in the field or in the shelter, harming the air element in the act of blowing or working with a fan, subtle harming with the ten-fold time and the meaning of the Ayatana, harming the plant element in the path, in the field, in the establishment, different penances for these. Harming the water element in the path, in the field, in the bed, in the shelter, the need for skill in examining substances along with research, wisdom and establishment, wisdom of examining a lifeless house, the two-fold recording of the shelter and applying incense, etc., penance.
## Penance for climbing a tree
Three types of trees and penance, circumstances, the penance mentioned in the sutra for a specific reason, faults of climbing a tree, support from an infinite tree.
**(87)**
## Page Number
**249-250**
**250**
**251-255**
**255**
**255-256**
**256-261**
**261-262**