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Pure Life (Bambhaceräim)
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place:(89) this is the highest practice, superior to the previous one. Without searching far away the pious one dwells standing, but if he has found a place that is free of living beings, then he should adopt a posture there. He abandons his body completely, thinking: 'I do not have any temptations of the body anymore'. Whereas he [previously) thought one would experience temptations and attacks lifelong, he (now) bears them withdrawn [and] insightfully, [because, after all, they contribute) to the destruction of the body.” He should not hang on to the cravings for the transitory, even if they come ever more numerously; he should not cultivate desire and yearning, by aiming at the essence which is constant. [ A god] may offer him (supposedly] 'eternal' things: he should not believe the divine deceit. Recognizing this the pious one should shake off all deception.91) Not deluded by any thing, he reaches the end of his lifetime. If he has recognized only perseverance as the main thing, then (every) such (way to] liberation is proper. So I say.'
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9. The Tradition of Fasting
The distinction of the stanzas into better or less metrical properties (p. 61 of my edition) has been omitted because it no longer appears to be important for the origin of the poem.
Indented are only those stanzas in another metre, prose portions and, finally, those stanzas which according to their content do not seem to belong to the general context.
1. As I have heard it, I want to narrate (92) how the monk [and] Lord, after he moved out 40,10 wandered with deliberation in the winter immediately after becoming a monk. 2. 'I cer
tainly do not want to cover (myself) with this garment in this winter'-[with this (116) rule] he carried on as long as he lived; this was, in fact, in accordance with his doctrine.” 3. For more than four months many animals came, crawled on his body and remained
89 Schubring notes here: from the ascetic posture?, but iriya 38, 20! Cf. also Caillat 1977a, pp. 59. (WB). 9 In line 40, 1f. the words jāvaj-jivam until ya and deha-bheyāe are to be put in single quotes.
On nūma see Norman 1990, p. 254 (WB). 92 See Appendix 4 on the introduction here.
% This restriction in clothing or Mahāvira's fast was apparently the reason to append the poem to the Bambhacerāim.
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