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GACCHĀCĀRA PRAKĪRŅAKA : 25
77.
The monastic group in which the monks do not drink even a drop of the untreated live water even when they are dying of thirst in the hottest summer, is the true monastic group.
78.
The monastic group in which the monks drink only the treated lifeless water even while following the exceptional monastic path', is the true monastic group.
79.
The monastic group in which the monks do not llight/fires even when they are afflicted by acute pains, cholera and other difficult to treat diseases, is the true monastic group.
80.
.O'Gautama ! the monastic group in which, even under exceptional circumstances, the monks take the services of the good lay followers of own faith with utmost care, is the true monastic group.
81.
The monastic group, in which the monks neither touch nor torment the live objects like flowers, seeds, grass, etc, is the true monastic group.
82.
The monastic group, in which the monks neither indulge in jocularity, or in amorous talk, or in objectionable talk, or in heresies, or in running, leaping or jumping over, is the true monastic group.
83.
The monastic group, in which, even when there is a special reason, the monks consider touching women's hands as forbidder as touching the poisonous serpent, burning fire and potent poison, is the true monastic group.
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The Jaina tradition prescribes two paths - the renunciational path and the exceptional path. Following the first path is true monasticism. The second path is for very exceptional circumstances.
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