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SÚTRAKRITÂNGA.
Nirgranthas, (suppose) there be monks or nuns of other sects, who come to you for instruction in the Law, (all as before, down to) attend to religious instruction.” 'Yes, they should. “Is it lawful to eat with such men ?” “Yes, it is.' “Now (suppose) some of these people who lead such a life, (&c., all as before, down to) return to domestic life. Is it lawful to eat with them then?” “No, it is not?' “ The same man with whom to eat was not lawful at first, was lawful afterwards, and is not lawful now, was no Sramana at first, was a Sramana afterwards, and is no Sramana now. It is not lawful for Nirgrantha Sramanas to eat together with him. This you acknowledge, O Nirgranthas ; this you must acknowledge!" (16)
And the Venerable One spoke thus : “There are some followers of the Sramanas, who have made this declaration : we cannot, submitting to the tonsure, renounce the life of a householder and enter the monastic state, but we shall strictly observe the Pôsaha on the fourteenth and the eighth days of each fortnight, (on the new-moon, and) full-moon days, we renounce gross ill-usage of living beings, grossly lying speech, gross taking of things not given, (unlawful) sexual intercourse, (unlimited) appropriation of property; we shall set limits to our desires in the two forms and in the three ways 2. They will also make the following renunciation: 'neither do nor cause anything (sinful) to be done for my sake.'
1 Nô insatthê samatthê; I think the Sanskrit of this phrase, which is not explained by the commentator, is nô ayam arthah samarthah.
2 Viz. ' I will not do it, nor cause it to be done, either in thought or in word or in deed.' Compare Uvâsaga Dasão, Hoernle's edition, $ 13 ff.
