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drink, if he desires little and keeps himself contented; looking upon contentment as the principal thing, he is, really a worthy one. (5). It is possible for a man of ambition to bear iron darts with hopes about the future but the monk, who, without any hope bears thorns of words piercing the ears, is really a worthy one. (6). Iron darts pain only for a while, and they can be easily extracted; but, injurious words are hard to be extracted ; they result in enmities and are very terrible in consequences. (7). Strokes of bad words confronting us, produce & feeling of enmity in the mind when they enter the ears ; but a monk, who, with controlled senses being really brave, tolerates them thinking it to be his religious duty (to tolerate ), is really a worthy one. (8).
A monk should not use words of censure behind the back of another; he should not use painful language in the presence of another; so also, he should not use determinative expression as well as unpalatable expression & monk who behaves thus, is really a worthy one. (9). A monk, who is neither covetous, nor tricky, nor deceitful nor back-biting, nor miserable, nor eulogizing others, nor eulogizing himself, and is destitute of any curiosity ( to witness dramas etc.,), is really a worthy one. (10). He is a monk who possesses the above mentioned virtues ; he is not a monk who is destitute of those virtues ; therefore, accept virtues, and abandon vice ; having known his own self by his own self, à monk, who remains undisturbed by passion or hatred, is really a worthy one. (11). Similarly a monk, who neither blames nor disdains a young or an old person, woman or man, monk or householder, and abandons selfconceit and anger is really a worthy one. (12). A monk should always respect' his worthy preceptors who, when respected, respect the pupil in return, and place him with great effort in a position of honour just as the father does his daughter; the monk, who does so, being controlled in
