Agam 30 Prakirnak 07 Gacchachar Sutra

Author(s): D S Baya
Publisher: Agam Ahimsa Samta Evam Prakrit Samsthan

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XXXVI: GACCHĀCĀRA PRAKIRNAKA
corrupt of his basic and subsidiary virtues, who does not follow the monastic routine, who indulges in mundane gossip and who does not practice .expiatory criticism, as the one following the wrong path. Further, he adds that it is only that Acārya who reveals his flaws in front of another Acārya and atones for them according to expiatory penance awarded by him, as the one who follows the correct path. (9–13)
It has been said in this work that the Ācārya must accept the clothes, pots and other monastic equipage, for his monastic group, in accordance with the canonical injunctions as well as according to the prevailing circumstances. One, who does so, is a friend of his disciples and the one who does not, is their enemy. (14-15). It has also been said that the Ācāryas who give monastic ordination to the aspirant lay people but fail to guide them in correct monastic practices and treat them with undue affection at the expense of monastic propriety, are their enemies. Also, that the Ācāryas who are sweet tongued but do not instruct their disciples with spiritually beneficial teaching are not their benefactors but their enemies. On the contrary the Acāryas who ensure their spiritual befit are their benefactors even if they have to beat them with a rod. (16-17)
Mentioning the duties of a disciple, it has been said that the disciple, who does not warn his guru when he succumbs to negligence and sloth and fails to observe his monastic routine properly, is an enemy of the guru. (18)
Further, it has been said that the essence of the teaching of Lords Jina lies in the having of right--faith, gaining of rightknowledge and in practising of right-conduct. The Acārya who avoids the flaws of production, procurement, and seeking of food, and monastic equipage is a righteous Ācārya. On the contrary, the