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of Atthakātha. Needless to add, such was the spirit of the age.
38. Four types of People
"Monks ! There are four types of people in the world, viz., first, those who inflict hard penance on themselves, suffering on themselves; second, those who inflict hard penance on others, suffering on others; third, those who inflict hard penance and suffering on self and others; and fourth, those who impose hard penance and suffering neither on self nor on others. The last one can live on in perfect calm and quiet, being free from attachment, and be happy".
Then Buddha spoke at length on how one particular group of persons inflicted hard penance and suffering on themselves, how they begged, how they ate, how they live and how they tonsured.
Source: Anguttara Nikaya, (Hindi), Part II
pp. 197-99.
Comment
The details given by Buddha of the first type of people tally with the description of the Nigantha like as contained in Dasavaikālika Sūtra 95/1/27-43. Portions of this description may apply to the Ajivikas and the followers of Pūraņa Kasyapa. Important in the descriptior is the following line:
"Not to take meat, not to eat fish, not to drink wine, not to take meraya".
This may be an evidence against meat eating by the Jaina monks.
39. Five Faults of the Niganthas
"Oh monks ! Those Ajivikas....... Niganthas...... senior monks......... Jatilakas..... Parivrajakas ...... Magandikas...... Dandikas...... Ārudhakas
