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## Fifth Uddeshak
[373 Sutra 17-18] Do not place the [Sutra] on the [person] nor allow them to wander around as the leader. If someone forgets the Sutra due to illness, they can be given the [Sutra] again after memorizing it upon recovery. For a senior monk, forgetting the memorized Sutra due to old age is forgivable, and there is no penance even if they cannot remember it again. An elderly monk can recite, listen to, or ask about the Sutra while lying down or sitting. Without special circumstances, monks and nuns should not criticize or perform penance for each other. Monks and nuns should not perform any service for each other. They can serve each other in special circumstances as mentioned in the Agamas. If a snake bites, it is permissible for a monk following the [Sthavira] tradition to seek mantra treatment, but it is not permissible for a monk following the [Jina] tradition to seek or provide treatment. There is no penance for a monk following the [Sthavira] tradition for seeking such treatment. A monk following the [Jina] tradition incurs penance for doing so.
**Summary Sutra 1-10, 11-12, 13-14, 15-18, 19-20:** This Uddeshak discusses the number of nuns who wander with the [Pravartini] etc., the necessary duties of the leading nun, the giving of [Sutra] to a designated [Pravartini] or other qualified nun, the memorization of the [Pracharaprakalpa], the prohibition of service and criticism between monks and nuns, the treatment of snakebite, etc.
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