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BOOK 2, LECTURE 2.
355 possessed of all (virtues), abstain from all (sins), cease from all (passions), conduct themselves well in every way, and reach final beatitude. (59)
Such a monk searches the Law, knows the Law, and endeavours to gain Liberation; as it has been said: 'He may get the white lotus, the best of Nymphaeus, or he may not get it. Such a monk knows and renounces actions, worldly occupations, and the life of a householder; he is free from passions, possesses the Samitis, is wise, always exerts himself; he is to be called: a Sramana, a Brâhmana, calm, a subduer of his senses, guarding himself, liberated, a seer, a sage, virtuous, wise, a monk, living on low food, desiring to get to the shore (of the Samsâra), fulfilling the general and particular virtues ?. (60)
Thus I say.
SECOND LECTURE,
CALLED
ON ACTIVITY 2.
O long-lived (Gambasvâmin)! I (Sudharman) have heard the following Discourse from the Venerable (Mahâvira). We now come to the Lecture called 'on Activity. The contents of it are as follows:
1 Karanakaranapâravid. Karana is explained by malaguna, karana by uttaraguna. The mûlagunas consist in the observance of the five vows, the uttaragunas are the five Samitis, the three Guptis, &c., in short, the duties of a monk.
* Kiriyâthânê = kriyâsthânam, literally, the subject of activity.
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