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SRI RAPASANYA SUTRA
questions about the real form of substance worth knowing with definition cannot benefit merely by hearing the sermons given by omniscients.
3. Those human beings who do not come forward to welcome śramanās
mahanās (saints) who are out to seek alms saying "Dharmalābha" politely, those who do not offer them with suitable food that is permissible under their regulations in the form of cooked consumable food, boiled water, sweets, mouth cleaning items (mukhvās-khaiman) dry fruits etc. do not ask
inquisitive question on the subject of live substance etc. fails to get blessed
with the benefit of spiritual discourses propagated by omniscient.
Those human beings who try to hide themselves by keeping cover with an umbrella or cloth across their face in the event of śramanās mahanās appear before them in usual course and do not satisfy their curiosity by asking question on live substance etc. and do not come forward for the
purpose before them, do not get advantage of spiritual sermons.
