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## The Sutra Kritanga Sutra
There, to explain the predominance of attachment, it is said: "Not fainting, not fainting" - even if one obtains a beautiful meal, one should eat without greed, and even if one is not eligible, one should not desire that same food again and again, but should eat only for the sake of maintaining the path of restraint. Generally, even for a wise person, excessive desire arises in the presence of special food. Therefore, the two prohibitions, "not fainting" and "not eligible," are stated. It is said:
> "The one who has enjoyed pleasures in the past, who is a scholar of the scriptures, and who is always mindful of the Self, even he becomes quickly desirous of good food." (1)
**Commentary:** The Sutrakar now points out the opposite qualities, saying: If a virtuous person obtains food free from the faults of origin, production, and desire, then he will not defile his character through attachment and aversion. It is said: "O being! You have not been deceived by the forty-one faults, the deep troubles, the darkness. But now, if you are not deceived while eating, you will be successful." There too, attachment is the main thing among attachment and aversion. To explain this, the Sutrakar says: A virtuous person, even when obtaining beautiful, excellent, delicious food, should eat without being even slightly attached to it. He should not desire that same food again and again, but should eat only for the sake of maintaining the path of restraint. Generally, even in the mind of a wise person, intense desire arises when special, excellent food is available. Therefore, it is prohibited twice. It is said: "The one who has enjoyed pleasures in the past, who is a scholar of the scriptures, and who is always mindful of the Self, even he becomes quickly desirous of good food."
The virtuous person should be steadfast in restraint, patient, and stable. He should be free from external and internal attachments. He should not desire to be honored or respected through clothes, vessels, etc. He should not desire praise or fame. He should not perform any action for the sake of fame.
> "Having left the household, he should be desireless, he should abandon his body, having cut off the root cause. He should not desire life, nor should he desire death. The monk should walk free from the cycle of existence." (24)
**Commentary:** Having left the household, the initiated virtuous person should be desireless, free from attachment, and should abandon his body, having cut off the root cause. He should not be attached to his body. He should not desire the fruits of his austerities. In this way, he should be free from the desire for life and death, and should remain separate from the worldly cycle, engaged in the practice of restraint.
**Translation:** Having left the household, the initiated virtuous person should be desireless, free from attachment, and should abandon his body, having cut off the root cause. He should not be attached to his body. He should not desire the fruits of his austerities. In this way, he should be free from the desire for life and death, and should remain separate from the worldly cycle, engaged in the practice of restraint.
**Commentary:** The one who desires to study asks: "Having left the household, even after becoming an initiate, he should be desireless in life, he should abandon his body, he should not perform any action, such as treatment, etc., with a sense of attachment, he should be free from the root cause, and he should not desire life, nor should he desire death."