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DASAVEALIYA SUTTA
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extremely difficult to practise, being in fact such as has not been anywhere previously prescribed or will not be prescribed in future. (5). Hear from me in their real aspect those meritorious actions which are to be observed without any breach or violation by all monks whether they be weak or strong, diseased or healthy. (6).
• Hear those eighteen topics in respect of which an ignorant monk commits errors; if error be committed in any of these topics, the monk falls down from monkhood. (7). They are :--the Six vows; the Six groups of living bodies, the faulty course of action, avoidance of the pot of the householder and avoidance of cot, of seat, of bath and of decoration. (8). The first item among them as proclaimed by Mahåvīra, is complete non-injury which is characterized by self-restraint with regard to all living organisms. (9). Whatever living organisms there are in the world, whether they be movable or immovable, the monk should never himself consciously or unconsciously injure them, nor cause injury to them through others. (10). For, all living beings without exception desire to live, never they desire to die; therefore, the monks, who are free from worldly ties, avoid injury to living beings which is terrible in its effects. (11). For one's own sake or for another's sake, out of anger or out of fear, never should a monk speak a lie which is (always ) injurious, nor make another speak it. (12). Giving a lie is always condemned in this world by all monks ; it is a thing which causes distrust in the heart of beings; one should therefore completely avoid lies. (13). Self-restrained monks do not accept anything-not even a tooth-brush without begging it of a householder, whether the thing be animate or inanimate, small or big; they never make another accept it, nor they approve of another accepting it. (15) Monks carefully avoiding any cause leading to
