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230 [Brihatkalpa Sutra Tatparya is that a Sadhu incurs atonement for approving the touch of a deformed female form of a god or goddess, and a Sadhvi incurs atonement for approving the touch of a deformed male form of a god or goddess. Duty towards a quarrelsome visiting monk 5. If a monk wishes to stay in another gana after quarreling and without pacifying him, he should be given a five-day-night initiation break and should be returned to the same gana after being completely pacified. Or, it should be done in the way that is perceived by the gana from which he came. 5. If a monk wants to join another gana after quarreling and without pacifying him, he should be given a five-day-night initiation break and should be returned to the same gana after being completely pacified. Or, it should be done in the way that is perceived by the gana from which he came. Discussion The meaning of this sutra is that if a monk goes to another gana due to anger for some reason, then the elders of that gana should pacify him by giving him advice and send him back to his former gana after giving him a five-day initiation break. This will make the nirgrantha monks of that gana believe that the anger of this nirgrantha monk has now subsided. If the Upadhyaya goes to another gana due to anger for some reason, then the elders of that gana should pacify him with gentle words and return him to his former gana after giving him a ten-day initiation break. If the Acharya etc. also go to another gana due to anger, then the elders of that gana should pacify them with gentle words and return them to their former gana after giving them a fifteen-day initiation break. While explaining the widespread effect of kshaya, the commentator said that the character that has been earned by performing penance for crores of years in the past is destroyed by the kshaya done for even a moment. Therefore, a nirgrantha monk should not have kshaya. If kshaya arises by chance, then one should try to pacify it immediately. If a monk etc. who has come to another gana after leaving his own gana does not want to go back to his own gana even after being explained, then the elders of that gana can keep him in their gana after giving a ten-day initiation break to a common monk, a fifteen-day initiation break to an Upadhyaya, and a twenty-day initiation break to an Acharya, but before keeping him, if possible, information and permission should be obtained from his gana. Discussion and atonement provision for excess in night meal 6. If a monk, being greedy, wants to eat more than his quota, he should not accept food until the next day, or he should accept food only as much as he can eat. If he eats more than that, he should know that...