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## The Adipurana, Chapter 6, Verses 160-168:
**160.** A wise Acharya (teacher) does not initiate a seeker into the path of liberation (diksha) on a day that is a *nasta-mas* (a day that is lost due to a lunar month having an extra day), a *san-kranti* (a day of planetary conjunction), or a *kṣaya-tithi* (a day of waning lunar phase).
**161.** An Acharya who disregards this tradition and initiates a seeker on such a day is considered to be disrespectful to the elders and is worthy of being expelled by the community of monks.
**162.** The wise monks have identified twenty-seven key principles (sutra-pada) that define the essence of the monastic life (parivrajya).
**163.** These principles include: *jati* (birth), *murti* (form), *laksana* (characteristics), *sundara-anga-ta* (beautiful body), *prabha* (radiance), *mandala* (circle), *chakra* (wheel), *abhisheka* (consecration), *natha-ta* (lordship), *simhasana* (throne), *upadhana* (garments), *chhatra* (umbrella), *chamara* (fly whisk), *ghoshan* (announcement), *ashoka-vriksha* (ashoka tree), *nidhi* (treasure), *griha-shobha* (beauty of the house), *avagahan* (bathing), *kshetra-jna* (knower of the field), *ajna* (command), *sabha* (assembly), *kirti* (fame), *vandya-ta* (worthiness of respect), *vahana* (vehicle), *bhasha* (language), *ahara* (food), and *sukha* (happiness).
**164.** These twenty-seven principles are considered to be the qualities of the *parameshti* (supreme beings).
**165.** A seeker should not be attached to their own birth, form, or other qualities, but should strive to embody these qualities of the supreme beings.
**166.** Even if a seeker is born into a noble lineage, they should remain humble and serve the feet of the Arhant (liberated being).
**167.** By doing so, they will be reborn into one of the four noble births: *divya* (divine), *vijaya-ashrita* (victorious), *parama* (supreme), and *sva* (self-born).
**168.** The *divya* birth is that of the Indra (king of the gods), the *vijaya-ashrita* birth is that of the Chakravartin (universal monarch), the *parama* birth is that of the Arhant, and the *sva* birth is that of a liberated being who is born from their own self.