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(world) who have taken a vow that they will not kill any mendicant recluse as long as they live. Now if an ascetic, after leading an ascetic life for four, five, or more years, leaves off his ascetic life and becomes a householder, then if a householder with a vow of not killing a Sâdhu, were to kill that man, will there be a violation of his vow of abstaining from killing a Sådhu ?
Sthavira: No, There will be no violation of his vow.
Indrabhûti Gautama:--Long-lived Sådhus ! Similarly, a house holder with a vow of abstaining from the killing of trasa (moving) living beings, does not create a violation of his vow, when he has been killing sthāvara kıya (immovable) living beings. O Fortunate Ascetics ! If a house-holder or his son renounces the world after hearing a religious sermon and adopts ascetic life taking a vow of abstaining all sinful acts, then, in that case, can he not be called one who has abstained from all sinful acts at that time ?
Sthavira :--Yes At that time, he can certainly be called as one who has abstained from all sinful acts.
Indrabhūti Gau'ama --If the same ascetic became a householder after leading ascetic life for four, five, or more years, can, he be designated as one absolutely abstaining from all sinful acts ?
Sthavira:--No Being a house-holder, he cannot be called an ascetic abstaining from all sinful acts.
Indrabhūti Gautama.--He is the same living being who abstained from all sinful acts before, but becoming a householder he is no longer a samyami (self-controlled). He is a saṁyata (unrestrained) In the same inanner, a living being which has been produced as a sthāvara kāya living being from its previous trasa-kāya existence, is a sthāvara being, and not a trasa living being. O Long-lived sramanas! If a Parivrājaka (a wandering
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