Dasaveyaliya Suttam

SR No.: 022603
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: K V Abhyankar
Publisher: K V Abhyankar
Publication Year: 1938
Total Pages: 190
Language: Sanskrit
Classification: Book_Devnagari & agam_dashvaikalik
File Size: 15 MB

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DASAVEĀLIYA SUTTA
[Ch. IX-2
necessary things by means of the various causes. (21). That pupil gets the proper training who knows both these things--that an uncontrolled man suffers, and secondly, that an obedient man prospers. (22). A monk, who is furious, keen on prosperity and fame, backbiting, adventurous, obedient to mean fellows, irreligious, undisciplined and ignorant, is only a monk in name; never indeed can he get Release. (23). On the other hand, those monks, who obeyed the orders of their preceptors, and who were conversant with the meaning of scripture and religious practices, were able to cross this current of worldly life difficult to be crossed and went to the Highest condition, having annihilated all their Karma. (24). So I say.
CHAPTER IX-3 Just as a Fire-worshipper would do in the case of fire, so, a monk, waiting upon his preceptor, should be wakeful to everything the preceptor requires ; having marked his look and gesture, the pupil who does as the preceptor wills, is a worthy one. (1). A monk should bebave with humility for learning proper practices; when waiting upon his preceptor, he should listen to his word and should show perfect obedience while executing the word; a pupil who never despises his preceptor is a worthy one. (2). One should be full of humility before monks superior in religious merit although they be young or old in age ; & pupil who remains in a lowly position, speaks the truth, bows down and obeys the order, is really & worthy one. (3). A monk, who always moves in high and low families and collects pure and proper food merely, for the sake of bare maintenance of the body, who does not lament if he does not get, nor is elated if he does get, is really a worthy one. (4). Although a monk be in a position to get much of bedding, residence, seats, food and.