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**Chapter 6: Purity of the Body**
**Verse 493:** While engaging in the practice of begging for food, the monk should observe the three-fold renunciation (of body, possessions, and the world) by practicing the virtues of secrecy, good qualities, conduct, and restraint.
**Verse 494:** One should avoid disobedience, false worship, and the violation of restraint during the practice of begging for food.
**Verse 495:** One should avoid the following obstacles to food: crows, flies, insects, climbing, blood, bad taste, food that has been touched by a dog, food that has been touched by a human, and food that has been touched by a cat.
**Verse 496:** One should avoid the following obstacles to food: entering below the navel, consuming five-sense objects, carrying animals, taking food from crows and other animals, and dropping food into water.
**Verse 497:** One should avoid the following obstacles to food: carrying animals in water, eating meat and other flesh, consuming food that has been touched by the feet, and eating food that has been touched by a dog.
**Verse 498:** One should avoid the following obstacles to food: speaking, looking, putting food in the mouth of a non-eater, falling, sitting, touching the ground, and being touched by the ground.
**Verse 499:** One should avoid the following obstacles to food: the emergence of intestinal worms, taking food that has not been given, and being struck by a weapon or fire.