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• If it is obtained by telling someone about his future, etc. • If it is obtained by describing one's high linkage or occupation • If it is obtained by flattering the giver • If it is obtained by giving medical advice or medicine • By showing anger
By showing pride • By deceit
By showing greed By praising the giver in anticipation By praising the giver afterwards By imparting occult powers
By imparting mantras for snake bite etc • By imparting secrets for winning over one's love
4.4.3 The Third Category of Faults It consists of the following ten faults concerning the manner of giving. The food becomes condemnable:
If there is any doubt about its purity If it is offered by hands or in utensils which are besmeared with oil or ghee If it has been placed on unsterilized water or green leaves If it is covered with unsterilized water or green leaves If the pots are not handled carefully by the giver If it is unclean
If it is mixed with earth, insects or unsterilized things • If it is not sterilized so as to make it incapable of breeding any living creature • If it is offered from pots or hands besmeared with flour, chalk, and the like • If it has been thrown away
4.4.4 The Fourth Category of Faults While taking the food, the monk should be free from the following four faults: • Mixing up hot things with cold, which have ceased to be sterilized
Over-eating Having attachment to food Condemning food while eating it
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