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owner of the lake, etc., he still indulged in stealing, for he deprived the beings of water-body of their life without their consent.
५९. कप्पइ णे, कप्पइ णे पाउं, अदुवा विभूसाए । 59. Kappai ņe, kappai ņe pāuń, aduvā vibhūsāe. 59. (The Ajivikas and the Saivas assert:) ''We are allowed
by our commandments to consume (raw) water for drinking purposes; quite deliberately we are allowed."
(The Buddhists contend:) "We are allowed to consume water both for drinking as well as for self-adornment purposes (such as bathing)."
ANNOTATION 59: There was a world of difference amongst the various schools of the śra manas regarding the usage of water by monks. The Jain ascetics asserted that usage of animate (or raw) water for any purpose was not free from the sins of violence as well as stealing.
On the other hand, the Ajivikas (i, e, a school of the śramana ascetics led by Makkhali Gosālaka), the Buddhists and some other ascetics contended that water was an inanimate matter and hence its use was free from the sins of violence as well as stealing. Thus some used water for drinking only, whereas others used it for bathing too. 80. gat apate faceifar i 60. Pudho satthehim viuttamti. 60. (Thus, quoting their own authority) they cause violence
(to the beings of water-body) through various kinds of weapons.
ANNOTATION 60: The monks such as Pariyrājakas, etc. used to do violence to a certain extent to the beings of water-body for limited purposes such as bathing, drinking, etc. But causing violence to beings was not totally taboo for them. 1. Cf. Ovõiya Sutta, Sutras, 111-113, 137-138.
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