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through careleshness of body, mind, and speech. It is, therefore impossible for him to be a layman.
2. His speech is actually truth in fact, and is spoken in a pleasant way, and is spoken only when the teacher (guru] thinks that it is beneficial to the person to whom it is spoken.
3. He does not take anything which is not given to him by its owner. And he only takes those things which are necessary for the maintenance of the body. That is a general statement. Now we have a more detailed one. Things which are given to him by the owner and which he accepts may be either:
(1) Inanimate. He does not accept any inanimate thing that is not given to him by its owner, such as books, clothes, needles, cotton, drugs, etc. etc.
(2) Animate. He would not accept an animate object even if the owner offers it, such as a bird, or a dog. In the case of animate objects, it is true that the owner may be willing to give or part with it, but then “Is the animal willing to give his body over to me?" would be the question that would arise, and if the animal were willing, still it would not he right, the animal would be insa ne in not claiming its freedoms. Teerefore the teacher dos not accept animate objects eren is offered by the owner.
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