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kind (words]. 57. [He who] speaks after consideration, controls his senses well, has overthrown the four passions, [and] is without [worldly] support, purges [his soul] of the dirt resulting from previous evil deeds [and] is sanctified in this world and the next. Thus I say.
..8. Restriction of Conduct. 1. That which a monk must do after having become capable of the restriction of conduct, I shall explain to you in due order, listen to me. 2. The Great Sage has proclaimed earth, water, fire, wind, trees, and seeds, and the moving animals as [having) souls. 3. One must always, with mind, body, and word, perform non-violence towards these, in this way one becomes self-controlled. 4. A self-controlled [and] careful [monk) should not dig into [or] scratch the [level] ground, a slope, a stone, [or] a clod by the threefold kind of action. 5. He should not sit on the bare ground [and] on a dusty seat, - (but) only after he has wiped it, having asked the permission of him who [is concerned). 6. He should not use unboiled water, nor hail nor snow; he may accept warm water which is pure, because it has been boiled. 7. When his body is wet, he should neither wipe nor rub it; having become aware that it is wet, he should not touch it. 8. A monk should not kindle, stir up, or extinguish [the fire) in a glowing (piece of] coal, a [burning] fire, a (small] fire made up of separate parts, or a burning torch. 9. He should not fan his own body or any substance outside it, with a whisk or by waving a branch. 10. He should not cut off a [blade of] grass [or] a tree, nor the fruit or root of any living plant; he should not even think of obtaining unprepared seeds of any kind. 11. He should never stay in thickets.or among seeds or green plants, nor in the water or among (organic] dust [as found in cracks] and mould. 12. He sho'ıld not injure moving beings by word or deed. Non-violent towards all living beings, he should consider the world [in its] manifold [appearance]. 13. There are eight subtle things with which having become acquainted by consideration you, a monk, should sit, stand, or lay down as
