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(378) If in connection with his eating and touring, a monk acts taking into consideration the place, time, needed labour, his own capacity, requisite implements; there would be little bondage of karmas.
(379) Jñataputra (Bhagavan Mahāvīra) has said that an object itself is not possessiveness; what that great saint has said is that attachment to an object is possessiveness.
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(380) A monk should not collect anything,not even as little as a particle of food sticking to his alms-bowl,as a bird flies away only with its wings so he should wander alone without having any means.
(381) Even when blankets,beds, seats, food and drink are available in plenty,a monk who desires only a little and remains self-contented is worthy of adoration.
(382) A monk should not desire even in his mind for food,after sun-set and before sun-rise.
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(383) There are innumerable subtle living beings,mobile as well as immobile,which are invisible in night; how can a monk move around for food at such time?
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