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The Unknown Pilgrims
. On the correct observance of the rules of precedence.138
- On favourable and unfavourable conditions for svādhyāya.139
- How to dispose of the body of an ascetic whose death takes place unexpectedly at night or in the course of a vihāra.140
- A number of organisational rules: for example, the procedure to be followed in the case of a change of gana141 conditions to be met when one takes up office, 142 or when one is re-admitted to the gana after having left it.143
- Detailed directives concerning certain very severe types of austerity; 144 on the study of the Āgamas by progressive stages.145
Such rules as apply specifically to the nirgranthis are concerned for the most part with the vow of brahmacarya; they enjoin prudent precautions, good sense that sees to it that they are not placed in dangerous or difficult situations, their daily contacts with local society being a constant factor.146 It is also carefully stipulated what type of
138
Ibid., IV, 24-32.
139 lbid., VII, 14-18.
140 Cf. Brks IV, 29; VS VII, 21.
141 Cf. Brks IV, 20-28.
142 Cf. VS III, 1-10.
143 Ibid., I, 23-32.
144 Ibid., X, 1.
145 Ibid., X, 24-38.
146 Cf. Brks V, 13-44.
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