Tulsi Prajna 2004 07

SR No.: 524620
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Shanta Jain, Jagatram Bhattacharya
Publisher: Jain Vishva Bharati
Publication Year: 2004
Total Pages: 114
Language: Hindi
Classification: Magazine, India_Tulsi Prajna, & India
File Size: 5 MB

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food; one for liquid, one for air. The measure of food is not the same in all the seasons. It differs from season to season. The measure is also determined by the nature of food-material, it changes according to the nature of food stuff. For instance, in a balanced diet, there is discrimination of measures.
[4] He knows the place fit for begging. He knows the proper place where the food is to be obtained from.
[5] He knows the proper moment for begging. He knows what to speak and what not to speak, when the proper moment for begging arrives.
[6]
He is familiar with the code of conduct. He does not tresspass; he duely controls his senses and does not intently look at the private parts and ornaments of the donors.
[7]
He knows the doctrine. He knows the doctrines of his own and those of the heretics. A monk, not properly conversant with the doctrines cannot clarify the question asked by the donors.
[8] He knows the donor's intention. He knows the favourable and unfavourable dispositions of the donor.
[9] He does not have any sense of 'mine'-ness' for the alms.
[10] The monk exerts himself for the discipline enthusiastically at the proper time. Under item one, the proper time for begging was identified. Here the proper time for exertion is intended.
[11] The monk is free of all selfish motives and prejudices. He does not accept alms only for himself, but for the order as a whole.
In the Curni (pp.79,80), the phrase 'free of selfish motives and prejudies is explained thus: 'I shall not use the alms alone but share it with tile fellow monks'. He does not beg only for himself This is freedom from prejudices.
'Free of prejudices' also means freedom from any pre-meditation about the selection of houses for the alms tour.
In this connection, the case of the monk wandering alone is also mentioned in the Curni. Such monk is also free of any selfish motives and prejudices, but begs for a life of self-restraint devoted to increasing his knowledge, fortifying his faith and so on.
The sutras that follow illustrate the application of the above principle by the monks in his begging tour.
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तुलसी प्रज्ञा अंक 125-126