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monks who are not troubled for serving householders ; thus, his monkhood would not suffer. (9). . If, perchance, he fails to get & monk-companion who is clever ( in the monk's observances ) and who is superior to him in merits or equal, he should move alone avoiding sins, and not sticking to objects of enjoyment. (10). The maximum time limit for stay at one place is one Samvatsara i. e. the four months of the monsoon (lit. year); he should not stay there again next year ( for one year or four months) where he has once stayed. The monk should walk by the path of the Sacred Texts, that is, he should behave in accordance with what scriptures have laid down. (11). A monk should, in the first and the last watch of the night, think by himself about himself, regarding-what he has done, what has remained to be done, what he is not doing although possible to be done, whether somebody sees him (committing fault) or he himself sees him doing it, so also, what fault he is not able to avoid ; & monk looking to these things carefully would not commit in future the breach of Samayama. (12-13). Wherever, a brave monk sees some fault of his indeed, word or mind, he should check himself (from going by wrong path ) and go by the right one like a horse of noble breed who follows the direction of the bridle. (14). The good monk, who practises the things laid down above, who has conquered his senses and who is courageous, is in fact the monk whom people call possessed of enlightened life; it is he who lives a life of self-restraint. (15). Self is always to be protected with all the senses kept well-within bounds; if unprotected, the soul goes to the circle of transmigration ; if well-protected, the soul becomes free from all misery. (16). Thus I say.
