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(333) The pious householders who are prudent and have good conduct as per scriptures, do not take food in a house where no charity of any kind is ever given to a monk.
(334) He, who eats which is left after a monk has taken food, enjoys the best worldly happiness and will gradually obtain the bliss of emancipation. This is the preaching of the Jina.
(335) Know that giving protection always to living beings who are in fear of death is known as abhayadāna, supreme amongst all charities.
24. PRECEPTS ON RELIGION OF MONKS
(A) Equanimity
(336) Śramaņa, Samyata, Rși, Muni, Sadhu, Vītaraga, Anagăra, Bhadanta and Dänta - these are designations used for nionks with ideal behaviours.
(337) Monks who are in search of the supreme path of liberation resemble a lion (in fearlessness), an elephant (in dignity), a bull (in strength), a deer (in uprightness), a beast (in freedom from attachment), the wind (in being companionless), the sun (in brilliance), an ocean (in serenity), the Mandara Mountain (in firmness) the moon (in coolness), a diamond (in lustre), the earth (in patience), a serpent (in being houseless) and the sky (in not being dependent).
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