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HISTORY OF JAINA MONACHISM
205 (e) Savvāö pariggahāö veramanar:
The renunciation of all possession and attachment, little or much, small or great, pertaining to either living beings or to lifeless things.
This vow was properly followed when the monk refrained from enjoying the pleasures of hearing, seeing, smelling, tasting and feeling. 329
The Daśavaikālika330 adds the sixth vow to this list: (f) Savvāö rāïbhoyaņāö veramanar : ............
Abstaining from taking a night meal.
All these vows were to be practised in the thrice threefold way, inasmuch as, the monk was not to transgress these himself, or cause somebody else to do so, or consent to others doing so, either mentally (maņeņa), vocally (vāëņa) or bodily (kāëņa). Ahiṁsā:
We have already noted that the whole basis of the rules of begging and food was ahimsā. For its practice, monks and nuns were not allowed either in sleep or otherwise, to touch, or break, or scratch, or shake by means of anything either a lump of earth, or a wall (bhitti), or a stone, or a clod, or a dusty garment, or the body 331 For the same reason, the monk cleaned his requisites, 332 did not tour in the rainy season, 333 examined his requisites (paờilehaņa),334 scanned the places of easing nature (uccărapăsavana) 335 used boiled and strained water,336 did not do any fire activity,337 did not fan anything,338 walked carefully, avoided watery regions,339 and covered his face or the place where his sneezing, or yawning, or vomitting was likely to spread.340 Not only that, he had to be careful in not hurting the feelings of others by his speech or behaviour. 341
329. Acar. II, 15; (pp. 202 ff); Smv. p. 44a; Thän. p. 290a; Antg. p. 36.
330. Chapt. 4; Uttar. 30, 2; Thān. 460ab; Smv. 46a; Nāyā. pp. 45, 74; Bhag. 571a; See also Dív. Chapt. 6.
331. Ibid., Chapt. 4; 8, 4-5. 332. Ibid., 8, 17. 333. Ibid., 6, 27-46. 334. Bhag. 139a; Uttar. 26, 22-31; Thān. 361b.
335. Dsv. 8, 18; Thän. 380a; Uttar. 24, 17-18; Acār. II, 10, 1-22 (pp. 180-83); Stkr. 1, 9, 12 (p. 302); 1, 9, 19 (p. 303); 2, 2, 23 (p. 364).
336. Dív. 8, 6-7. 337. Ibid. Chapt. 4. 338. Ibid. 4, 10. 339. Ibid. 8, 10-11; also Chapt. 4. 340. Acar. II, 2, 3, 28 (p. 135). 341. Dśu. Chapt. 7.
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