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Acharya Shri Kailassagarsuri Gyanmandir
BOOK II, LECTURE 5, LESSON 2.
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he should collect himself for contemplation; then he may circumspectly wander from village to village. (6)
If the road of a monk or a nun on the pilgrimage lies through a forest in which, as they know, there stroll bands of many thieves desirous of their clothes, they should not from fear of them, and to save their clothes, leave the road or go into another road, &c. (all as in § 6). (7)
If these thieves say: 'O long-lived Sramana ! bring us your robe, give it, deliver it! he should not give or deliver it. He should act in such cases (as prescribed in II, 3, 3, 00 15 and 16).
This is the whole duty, &c. Thus I say. (8)
End of the Fifth Lecture, called Begging of
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