Agam 30 Prakirnak 07 Gacchachar Sutra

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

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GACCHĀCĀRA PRAKĪRNAKA : 21
64.
Even if an old, austere, canon-learned and true monk keeps the company of the nuns, he certainly earns a bad name.
65.
Then, will a young and ordinary monk not undertaking severe penance who keeps the company of the nuns not come to be defamed? Meaning that such a monk will certainly earn a bad name.
66.
Even if a monk is of stable mind, his inner self melts (his thoughts become lustful) in the company of the nuns just as the butter melts in the vicinity of fire.
67,
Only that person can observe true celibacy that is always alert while in the company of women. One who is not so alert cannot be a true celibate.
68.
Only that monk is said to be independent who is detached from all mundane objects. However, one who remains in contact with the nuns is certainly slavish.
69.
As a fly that falls in the sputum cannot take itself out of it, so does a monk that keeps company of the nuns cannot liberate himself.
70.
For the monks there is no bondage like the nuns and for staying firm in the practice of the faith there is nothing like the right-knowledge.