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any circumstances; he will retain nothing of the worldly goods (not even the loinstrip), except a little gourd of water for the purposes of purification (not drinking), and a soft feather brush to gently remove small
insects from his person or seat. (6-10) Five kinds of vigilance. He will avoid
causing hurt to any form of life even by his reflex activity. He will be careful in walking, in speech, in food, in handling books and in the disposal of his bodily products, so as to avoid injuring and causing pain to the lowly forms of life that are destroyed in thousands by one's carelessness. Bodily appetites and automatism cannot be controlled otherwise than by the observance of these five forms of spiritual
vigilance. (11–13) Three forms of control, that is, the con
trolling of the mind, the speech and the
body. The saint will naturally be required to observe the death-bed' rule of conduct if death intervene before nirvāṇa is attained by him.
The above is the briefest outline of the saintly conduct. The saint is required to be ever-ready to face
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