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## Anugara Bhavana Adhikar 9.311
**862.** Those who are free from carelessness, diligent in austerities, conduct, and thirteen types of actions, are destroyers of sins.
**863.** In the winter, those who are steadfast endure the extremely harsh snow, which falls on their bodies, destroying the lotus forests, and the cold.
**Meaning:** The monks, with their fortitude, endure the extremely unbearable cold of winter, which destroys the lotus and other plants. They do not feel any pain as the snow falls on their bodies.
**864.** Those whose bodies are stained with dirt, scorched by the hot sun in the summer, stand with their limbs relaxed, facing the sun, like brave heroes.
**Meaning:** The great monks, whose bodies are stained with dirt and scorched by the hot sun in the summer, stand firm with their limbs relaxed, facing the sun. They do not feel any pain.
**865.** They endure the fierce wind and rain, which are heavy with darkness, day and night, under the trees.
**Meaning:** In the rainy season, the virtuous men endure the heavy darkness of the water streams, the fierce wind and rain, day and night, under the trees.