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3. Ege ātaveyāvaccakare vi, paraveyāvaccakare vi 4. Egeņo ātaveyāvaccakare, ņo paraveyāvaccakare That is - There are four kinds of people, such as - 1. Some serve themselves but do not serve the others, 2. Some do not serve themselves but serve others, 3. Some serve themselves as well as the others, 4. Some neither serve themselves nor serve others,
- Sthānānga sūtra, Ch.4, Uddeśaka 3 Comments - These four types of servants quoted above from the Sthānānga sūtra have been mentioned with reference to monastic life.
THE IMPORTANCE OF VAIYĀVẶTYA (SERVICE)
"Kim Bhante! jo gilāņam padiyarai se dhanne udāhu je tumam damsaņeņa padivajjai?”
“Goyama! je gilāņam padiyarai I” Se keņattheņam Bhante! evam vuccai?”
Goyama! Je gilāņam padiyarai se mam damsaņeņa padivajjai | Je mam damsaņeņa padivajjai se gilāņam padiyarai tti |Āņākaraņasāram khu Arahantāṇam damsaņam | Goyama! evaṁ vuccai - "Je gilāņam padiyarai se mam padivajjai | Je mam padivajjai se gilāņam padiyarai l”
- Avaśyakasūtra, Haribhadra (comm.), Agamodaya Samiti, Surat, 1917, folio 661-62.
"Lord! Who is blessed, the one who serves the ill and the miserable or the one who serves you?"
"Gautama! The one who serves the ill and the miserable.” “Lord! Why do you say so?”
"Gautama! One, who serves the ill and the miserable, serves me and the one who serves me, serves the ill and the miserable. This is the essence of the Arihanta's teaching. Therefore, O'Gautama! I say that
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