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1457, the 50th Pa adhara, Somasundara S ri has to propound 36 rules to eradicate the lax conduct adopted by Tap gaccha monks. They are:
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Six verses should be learnt by heart sequentially along with their meanings from the Guru, so as to acquire knowledge.
Always write 5 verses first, before teaching or imparting knowledge to a student.
500 verses in monsoon season, 800 in autumn and 300 in summer should be studied (Sv dhy ya) and contemplated.
9 stanzas of Navak ra Mantra should be chanted 100 times a day.
Obeisance should be paid to Lord (Deva Vandana) by reciting akrastava 5 times a day or at least 2 times or 3 times, depending upon ones' capacity.
One should go regularly to the temple on every 8th and 14th day of the month, and offer veneration to all sages there, and visit at least one monastery every day for the rest of days. Always pay homage to senior monks, and offer services to the old or suffering monk to the extent possible.
Avoid conversations and such other things while defecating, urinating or procuring alms so as to abide by vow of carefulness while walking (ry Samiti).
Recite the stotra of guru of K am rama a or Navak ra Mantra five times if one goes out without cleansing and brushing, defecates without proper examination of body and the place and if defecates without a waist cloth.
To observe the rule 'Bh Samiti' (carefulness in speaking) one should not talk with the mouth wide open. The number of times one commits this mistake, the same number of times, he should perform logassas carefully and steadily without moving the body parts.
Unless the situation demands, one should not talk while eating and drinking, while performing religious confession (pratikrama a) and while contemplating the internal and external qualities of the soul.
To abide by Ea Samiti, (carefulness in seeking alms). If for his requirements, one is able to get pure water, he should not take water, which though without life is entirely pure.
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