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vow to do this; and only the things which are partaken of by the monk should be eaten at the time. It is things which are necessary for life that are partaken of; and books, clothing, medicines, etc., as well as food, may be offered to the person invited.
This vow, if taken, must be practised at least once a year.
PARTIAL TRANSGRESSIONS*
Offering food with life in it to a monk; fruit, for instance, not cut. After fifty minutes of being cut, fruit becomes lifeless.
Putting living things among food which is free from life; for instance, putting fresh cold water, which has life, with water that has been boiled. In the Jain belief, fresh cold water is a mass of living substance, and not merely the home of minute life or animalculæ.
Giving the food, etc., in a grudging spirit, saying that something which the monk may have asked us for and which we do not wish to give, belongs to a friend.
Inviting the monk at a time which we know to be after he has taken his meal.
That is the end of twelve special rules for helping to change ourselves from what we actually are--ignorant, mistaken, wcak, injurious beings--to what we potentially are, according to the teachings of those Masters who have developed their spiritual qualities to perfection and have attained omniscience in the flesh. The rules are based
* Tattyartha, S. VII, 31. Yogasastra, III. 118. Jain Education International For Private & Personal Use Only www.jainelibrary.org
