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Jaina Acara : Siddhanta aura Svarūpa
there is a dialogue between Indra and Nami. Their walking with discrimination has been likened to a bow-string.
(5) Bhasāsamiti-.Anger, deceit, pride, greed, fun, fear, gabbiness and irreligious things must be avoided in speaking. What you speak should be brief and to the point and unambiguous. A monk uses words suitable to the occasion and the person spoken to. The words should be tactful, not bitter or harsh such as to create friction and division, or which should cause pain to the hearer. Walking and talking should not go together. A monk should not speak loudly three hours after evening so as to disturb others. The words should always be sweet and pleasing.
(6) Eşanāsamiti—Many things concerning monks' diet have already been related. A monk accepts food which should not suffer from 42 and 96 other defects.
(7) Ādānabhāndamatraniksepanasamiti--It is to accept with circumspection cloth. utensils, book etc. and place them on clean ground or floor. Nothing should be used without looking closely into things lest vermin should be done away with. Non-injury must never be lost sight of. There are insects visible and invisible. The visible ones should be removed without causing injury to them, Pratilekhanā is to look into cloth, utensils etc. Pramariana is to clean everything with one's broom. The first thing to do is to look closely and the next is to cleanse things of all dirt, vermin etc. All this must be done with the perfectest care. Oghaniryukti says that body, convent, equipment, bare ground for excretion and urine, resting upon support and paths etc. should be properly inspected. First the filter for the mouth and broom should be inspected. Afterwards the broom should be taken hold of with fingers and then the pots should be looked into. Uttaradhyana says that first the cloth should be held up with legs joined together and head upwards. It should then be looked into but never in a hurry. Then the cloth should be shaken so as to ensure its perfect cleanliness.
Neither the body nor the cloth should be twisted. The cloths should be separated into three parts and watched closely from both sides. It should be shaken slowly and whatever vermin be there should be carefully removed and set aside at some lonely place.
Sthānanga notes the kinds of careless scanning: (1) To inspect reversely or hastily and to take up another cloth before
finishing with the first. . (2) To leave wrinkles without straightening them or to sit on
equipments and then to look into them. (3) When paddy is harvested the pounder goes up, down and oblique so
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