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CENSURE OF UNACCEPTABLE FROM FEAST
22. A bhikshu or bhikshuni while entering the house of a layman in order to seek alms should find if meat is being cooked or fish is being cooked with the food. Or if meat is being dried after skinning or fish is being dried after skinning. If the feast is being organized on the occasion to welcome newly wedded bride after her marriage or it is on the occasion of a bride returning to her parents house; if it is in connection with honouring a deceased or just in honour of relatives. (Seeing other beggars bringing food from such feasts a disciplined ascetic should not go there to seek alms.) Because by going there, there are chances of committing sin against numerous beings; for example-on the way there may be many beings, a lot of vegetation, many dewdrops, a lot of water, many ant-holes, clusters of dormant life in five types of fungi, sand dampened with sachit water, cob-webs etc. All these could come to harm.
Besides this, many Shramans (Buddhists etc.), Brahmins, guests, destitute, beggars etc. have come, are coming and will be coming there. The place of feast is surrounded by a crowd of beggars and other people, therefore the convention of a wise ascetic entering such place is not right. This is because (due to dance, music and other festivities) he will not be able to indulge in his scholarly activities of listening to a discourse, questioning, contemplating and giving discourse. Therefore, knowing about such faults, that bhikshu or bhikshuni should not think of going to said types of feasts with the intention of seeking alms.
ग्राह्य-संखडि की अनुज्ञा ___ से भिक्खू वा २ जाव पविढे समाणे जं पुण जाणेज्जा-मसाइयं वा जाव हीरमाणं पेहाए अंतरा से मग्गा अप्पपाणा जाव संताणगा, णो जत्थ बहवे समण-माहण जाव उवागमिस्संति, अप्पाइण्णा वित्ती, पण्णस्स णिक्खमण-पवेसाए, पण्णस्स वायण-पुच्छण-परियट्टणा-ऽणुप्पेह-धम्माणुयोगचिंताए। सेवं णच्चा तहप्पगारं पुरेसंखडिं वा पच्छासंखडिं वा संखडिं संखडिपडियाए अभिसंधारिज्ज गमणाए। आचारांग सूत्र (भाग २)
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