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UTTARADHYAYANA.
Giving up the life in a house, and taking Pravragyâ, a sage should know and renounce those attachments which take hold of men. (2)
A restrained monk should abstain- from killing, lying, stealing, carnal intercourse, from desire, love, and greed. (3)
Even in his thoughts a monk should not long for a pleasant painted house filled with the fragrance of garlands and frankincense, secured by doors, and decorated with a white ceiling-cloth1. (4)
For in such a dwelling a monk will find it difficult to prevent his senses from increased desire and passion. (5)
He should be content to live on a burial-place, in a deserted house, below a tree, in solitude, or in a place which had been prepared for the sake of somebody else. (6)
A well-controlled monk should live in a pure place, which is not too much crowded, and where no women live. (7)
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He should not build a house, nor cause others to erect one; for many living beings both movable and immovable, both subtile and gross, are seen to be killed when a house is being built; therefore a monk should abstain from building a house. (8, 9)
The same holds good with the cooking of food and drink, or with one's causing them to be cooked. Out of compassion for living beings one should not cook nor cause another to cook. (10)
Beings which live in water, corn, or in earth and
1 Ullôva
ullôka.
2 Parakada parakrita, explained parair âtmârtham krita.
