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Bhagavati Sūtra Bk. 2 Ch. 5
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They knew well soul and non-soul ; they had the knowledge of righteousness and non-righteousness; they were thorough in their knowledge of karma fetters, of checking karma influx, of throwing out karma bondage, activities, instrumentalities, bondage and liberation ; they were never covetous of help even from the gods, nor were they to be shaken in their faith in the śramaņa path either by devas, asuras, nāgas, jyotişkas, yakşas rākşasas, kinnaras, kimpuruṣas, gārudas, gandharvas, mahoragas or by any other; they had never had any doubt of, expectation from, or confusion about, the nirgrantha tenets ; they knew well the implications of the nirgrantha tenets, had complete faith in their implications, and if they had any doubt, they got them duly resolved or clarified ; they had realised the meanings and secrets of the holy texts ; their covotion to the nirgraniha tenets was, so to say, a part of their very bones and marrows, and they would declare--these words of the nirgranthas are truths, they are great truths, all else being false. They were so generous that the latches behind their doors were always raised up. Their doors were always open to seekers. So restrained were they in their sex behaviour that even if they walked in another's household, or even stepped inside the king's harem they would incur displeasure of none, nor would anyone question their honesty or integrity... They observed all the vows, viz., sila, guņa, viramaņa, and pratyākhyāna. They performed pauşadha with fasting on the eighth and the fourteenth days (of the fortnight) and on the full-moon and new-moon days -six fasts each with a pauşadha per month. They offered to the śramana monks, as per their needs, objects, pure and uncontaminated, like food, drink, dainties, delicacies, cloth, vessels, blankets, dusters, cushions, drugs, herbs or any other. Thus they lived on, enriching their soul by the practice of austerities and penances courted as per their capacity.
ते णं कालेणं ते णं समए णं पासावच्चिज्जा थेरा भगवंतो जाइसम्पन्ना कुलसम्पन्ना बलसम्पन्ना रूवसम्पन्ना विणयसम्पन्ना णाणसम्पन्ना दंसणसम्पन्ना चरित्तसम्पन्ना लज्जासम्पन्ना लाघवसम्पन्ना ओयंसी तेयंसी बच्चंसी जसंसो
