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DASAVEALIYA SUTTA
[Ch. IV
wood, I shall not myself take anything which is not given, however little or much, small or big, animate or inanimate. Never shall I make another accept what is not given, nor shall I consent to another accepting what is not given. As long as I am alive, I would not etc......in the third Great Vow; it is abstinence from taking what is not given i. e. abstinence from theft. (3).
Now another, viz. the fourth Great Vow, abstinence from sexual intercourse. I renounce all sexual intercourse, Divine sir; hence, let it be celestial or human or pertaining to lower animals, never shall I practise sexual intercourse, nor shall I make another practise it, nor shall I consent to another practising it. As long as I am alive, I would not etc.......in the fourth Great Vow; it is abstinence from sexual intercourse. (4).
Now, Divine sir, another i. e. the fifth Great Vow, abstinence from property. I renounce, Divine sir, every possession. Hence, I would never keep any possession, whether little or much, small or great, animate or inanimate; I shall never make another keep any possession, nor shall I give consent to another keeping possession. As long as I am alive, I would not etc..........in the fifth Great Vow. It is abstinence from all possession. (5).
Now Divine sir, the sixth Great Vow, abstinence from night-meal. I renounce, Divine sir, meal by night alt ogether; hence, whatever it might be, eatable, drinkable, ch ewable or tastable,-I shall never myself dine at night, nor make others dine at night, nor shall I consent to others. dining at night. As long as I am alive...I would not etc. in the sixth Great Vow; it is abstinence from all kinds of meals at night. Well, having undertaken these five Great Vows with abstinence from night-meal as the sixth. for the welfare of (my) soul, I shall move. (6).
