Gaina sutras

SR No.: 020334
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Hermann Jacobi
Publisher: Clarendon Perss
Publication Year: 1884
Total Pages: 385
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 15 MB

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AKARANGA SUTRA.
Looking a little sideward, looking a little behind, answering little when spoken to, he should walk attentively looking on his path. (20)
When the cold season has half-way advanced, the houseless, leaving off his robe and stretching out his arms, should wander about, not leaning against a trunk. (21)
This is the rule which has often been followed by the wise Brahmana, the Venerable One, who is free from attachment: thus proceed (the monks).
Thus I say. (22)
SECOND LESSON.
Whatever different seats and couches have been told, whatever have been used by the great Hero, these resting-places are thus detailed1. (1)
He sometimes lodged in workshops, assemblingplaces, wells, or shops; sometimes in manufactories or under a shed of straw. (2)
He sometimes lodged in travellers' halls, gardenhouses, or towns; sometimes on a burying-ground, in relinquished houses, or at the foot of a tree. (3)
In these places was the wise Sramana for thirteen long years; he meditated day and night, exerting himself, undisturbed, strenuously. (4)
The Venerable One, exerting himself, did not seek
1 Silânka remarks: This verse has not been explained by the author of the old fîkâ. Why? Either because it offers no difficulty, or because it was wanting. Yet it is found in the MSS. of the text alone. We do not exactly know the reason.' Which old fîkâ is meant by Silânka we cannot tell with certainty. It scarcely can be the Kurni, for in the Bombay MS. of it the text of the verse in question is given, but no explanation beyond the words: esâ pukkhâ, this is (given as an answer to) a question.