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DASAVEALIYA SUTTA
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by prophets such as stopping the influx of Karma etc. which is the fourth item. To explain this there is the following verse. (11). The monk who experiences spiritual ecstasy from right conduct, becomes devoted to the words of Jina, free from complaint, replete with learning, directed towards Liberation, self-restrained and proximate to perfected mental condition. (12). Having obtained the four spiritual ecstasies, being clean and contented in the mind, the monk secures for himself the auspicious place which is extremely beneficial and full of happiness. (13). He becomes free from birth and death and abandons everything mundane; he becomes eternally liberated or a god of little impurity and much prosperity. (14).
CHAPTER X
Having left the house in accordance with the order (of the Prophet) that monk, who always fixes his mind in the precepts of the enlightened, who does not go into the clutches of women and who does not retake what is abandoned, is the real monk. (1). One, who does not himself dig, nor make others dig the earth, who does not himself drink nor make others drink cold water, and who does not himself kindle nor make others kindle the sharp weapon viz. fire, is the real monk. (2). One who does not himself fan nor make others fan to get cool air, who does not himself cut nor make others cut green vegetation, who always avoids seeds and does not eat anything containing living organism, is the real monk. (3). One, who does not himself cook nor make others cook nor eat anything meant for him, as thereby there occurs the destruction of movable and immovable lives residing in grass and fuel, is the real monk. (4). Having liked the words of Mahavira, he should look upon all the six groups of living beings as upon himself; he should observe
