Agam 30 Prakirnak 07 Gacchachar Sutra

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

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GACCHACARA PRAKĪRṆAKA : 17
O' Gautama! that monastic group is not really a monastic group where the disciples are so given to attachment, aversion and pride that their anger rises even as they are reconciled by their guru.
O' blessed one! it is possible to ensure maximum separation of accumulated karma while staying in a (good) monastic group because, there, one is shielded from vices by constant reminder, correction and motivation.
52-53. (In a good monastic group the humble disciple humbly obeys the instructions of the spiritual master and bears the monastic hardships patiently. There, he neither prides, nor lusts, nor is given to vanity, nor does he argue. There, he is forgiving sense conquered, protector of the self (virtues) and the others' and remains engaged in the pursuit of the detached monastic path. He observes ten fold monastic codes and restrains himself to the observance of essential monastic practices./
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54-55. That monastic group is the real monastic group where the disciples do not envy, where they do not condemn the guru even when they are at the end of their tether, where they do not defame the group, where they do not do anything undoable and do not decry the precepts preached by the Lords Jina, even when they are exiled from the group by the guru after seven tongue lashing and harshly worded admonitions.
O' Gautama! that monastic group is the real monastic group where the disciples accept the most harshly worded, bitter and hard to obey commands of the guru by uttering 'taha`tti (it is so, O Master!).