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If somebody entered the monastery with the intention of stealing the requisites of the monk and said that he wanted to listen to a 'dharmakathā', then the occupant-monk refused to do so on the pretext of headache.
If an army occupied the monastery, the monks requested the king or the general to evacuate it, or allow them to take out the requisites. If it was not possible to take out the whole luggage in one round, three or four monks stood in a line and threw out quickly their requisites by the system called the 'Kollūka paramparā', which has been ascribed by the commentator as peculiar to the country of Mahārāştra.126
If, in the absence of the majority of monks, the owner wanted to get the house coated with cowdung or paint, then those who were left in the monastery were to see that their requisites were not besmeared with the cowdung. If the workers for that job were males, then young monks could be asked to remain in the monastery. If, on the other hand, they were females, then only old monks were to be left behind.127
The Time for Going Out:
The Jinakalpikas who had separated themselves from the 'gaccha' for the performance of the 'padimā', etc. could go out of the monastery only in the third 'porisī' of the day. The 'gacchavāsins', on the other hand, could go out without any special reason in the same period. For the purposes of bringing medicine for the ill, carrying out the work of the superiors, easing nature, study, returning requisites and for performing 'caityavandana' they could go out at any time.128
Residence and Nuns:
Normally, the monks were not to come in contact with the nuns. They were advised to go to the forests if they did not get a proper residence.129
If, however, while on tour, the monks happened to come at a place with one gate and reached the place where nuns were living, they were asked to move on to the village if the time for begging had not set in by that time. If the monks were very much tired then they waited outside the village and an elderly 'gītārtha' was sent to the nunnery. The 'sthavira' going there performed the 'naişadhikī outside the lodge, hearing which either the nuns or the owner of the house came out. When the nuns came
126. Ibid. 571-79. 127. lbid. Vol. II, 1691.
128. Ibid. 1670-73; Vim. 16, 7, however, forbids a pupil to go beyond a limit of hundred hands from the lodge.
129. Byh. kalp. bhā. Vol. III, 2163.
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