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## Āgama Sūtra 39, Cheda Sūtra-5, 'Mahānishīth'
The study/purpose/sūtra number had become lax. From behind, abandoning the fear of loss in this world and the next, embracing the world for a long time, they, in the same monastery and temple, became excessively attached, with intellect, delusion, attachment, ego, etc., and after being defeated in the path of restraint, they began to strive to worship the gods (like householders) with various garlands of flowers, etc. And then they abandoned the word of the omniscient, which is the essence of the scriptures, the best, from a great distance. According to it, one should not kill all beings, all souls, all creatures, all entities, nor cause them pain. One should not give them distress, nor capture them, nor restrain them. One should not oppose them, nor insult them, nor harass them. Whether they are subtle, mobile, immobile, sufficient, insufficient, one-sensed, two-sensed, three-sensed, four-sensed, or five-sensed beings, one should not kill them, nor cause them to be killed, nor consider the killer to be good, nor approve of them. They forget even the vow of the great vow, which they themselves have not adopted. And then, O Gautama! The muni himself should completely abstain from sexual intercourse in solitude or with certainty and firmness, and from the initiation of water and fire. This kind of dharma is firm, eternal, and constant, as the omniscient Tirthankara Bhagavan, who knows the sorrow and suffering of people, has declared. Sūtra-838
O Bhagavan! What should be said to a sādhaka or sādhvi or a nirgrantha who commits dravyastava? O Gautama! Whoever commits dravyastava, whether a sādhaka or sādhvi or a nirgrantha, is called an unrestrained, improper, enjoyer of divine wealth, a worshiper of the gods, a promoter of the wrong path, one who abandons virtue from a distance, a deceitful, self-willed person. Sūtra-839
Similarly, O Gautama! Among many ācāryas and gacchanāyakas who were engaged in misconduct, there was a great ascetic nirgrantha named Kuvalayaprabha, who was like a shining emerald gem. He had a great deal of knowledge about the sūtras and the meaning of the scriptures concerning the great beings, etc. He was afraid of wandering in those wombs in this ocean of the world. At that time, despite the prevalence of such unrestraint and misconduct, and even after some sādharmikas continued to indulge in unrestraint and misconduct, that nirgrantha Kuvalayaprabha did not violate the command of the Tirthankara.
Now, at some point, he, who did not hide his strength, vigor, heroism, and prowess, along with his entire family of disciples, wandered around, preaching the beautiful dharma story that liberated many noble souls from the prison-like world, according to the omniscient, the Āgama Sūtra, its meaning, and both, free from attachment, aversion, delusion, false belief, sense of possession, and ego, with non-attachment to all things, in terms of substance, space, time, and state. He described their many virtues in this way, in special places like mines, cities, fields, heaps, pavilions, and droṇamukhas. His days passed in this way.
Now, one day, while wandering, he came to the place where he had always resided in one place. Recognizing him as a great ascetic, they honored him with appropriate humility, offering him worship, a seat, etc. He sat there comfortably. After entertaining them with dharma stories, etc., he tried to leave. Then, that great soul, Kuvalayaprabha, was addressed by a deceitful, wrong-sighted, greedy person who earned his livelihood by means of an evil, wicked, and corrupt character, who promoted the wrong path, saying, "O Bhagavan! If you decide to stay here for the rainy season, the Chaturmas, then, by your command, we will build as many Jina temples as you wish. Please stay here for the Chaturmas."
O Gautama! At that time, that great soul, Kuvalayaprabha, said, "Oh, speaker of sweet words! Even though it is a Jinalaya, it is still like sin. I will never approve of it, even with words." Thus, the scriptures...
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