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5. Insect-bite-bearing mosquito and other insect-bites with
equanimity, 6. Nakedness - bearing nudity or discomfort of living with
few clothes only, 7. Distraction - patiently bearing the distraction caused by
hardships, 8. Opposite sex - remaining detached in the presence of
the members of opposite sex, 9. Touring - patiently bearing the discomfort of constantly
touring the country side for spreading the gospel, 10. Uneven seat - patiently bearing the discomfort of uneven
seat, 11. Unsuitable shelter - to bear the hardship of unsuitable
shelter, 12. Wrath – to calmly bear somebody's even uncalled for
wrath, 13. Beating - to bear the beating with equanimity, 14. Begging - not to consider monastic mendicancy as
degrading and bearing the insults, if any, with fortitude, 15. Non-gain - to bear the non-gain of food etc unruffled, 16. Disease – not to despair on falling ill, 17. Grass-touch- to bear the discomfort of getting scratched
when sleeping on grass-beds, 18. Mire – to bear the discomfort of body and cloth mire
when they get soiled, 19. Reverence - not to be proud when revered by important
people, 20. Learning - to bear the discomfort of constant enquiry by
the learners, 21. Ignorance – bearing the curse of ignorance with the
thought that it is due to the effect of the knowledge
obscuring karma, and 22. Faith - to remain steadfast in own right-belief and not
waver by seeing others' name and fame.
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