Agam 30 Prakirnak 07 Gacchachar Sutra

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

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GACCHĀCĀRA PRAKĪRNAKA : 33
105.
Therefore, O' Gautama! one must properly scrutinise the monastic group for its righteous conduct and only then live in it for a period of a fortnight, a month or life-long.
106.' What can be said about the limit of restraint of a monastic
group in which a half-monk (Ksullaka) or an old monk or a newly ordained monk is the guardian of the monastery? That is, that monastic group is unrestrained.
DESCRIPTION OF THE NUNS' CHARACTERISTICS 107. O'Gautama! what can be expected of the standard of
celibacy in the seminary in which a half-nun (Ksullikā) or a young nun lives alone?
108.
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What is the limit of restraint of the monastic group in which a lone nun goes out of the seminary/ even for a distance of two hands? That monastic group is corrupt.
109.
O gentle Gautama ! the monastic group in which a lone nun talks to a lone monk, even if he is her brother, is devoid of the virtues of a monastic group.
110.
The monastic group in which a nun indulges in amorous talk with a householder, that nun, surely, pushes herself in the ocean of four-destinied worldly wanderings.
111.
О' Ocean of virtue (Gautama)! know, the monastic group in which an angry nun, speaks in the loud manner of the householders, is devoid of monastic virtues.
112.
O'Head monk Gautama! the nun who discards white clothes and wears various coloured clothes cannot be called a nun.