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3. The five vigilances ( Samitis ) are : to be vigilant while
walking ( Iryā samiti), conversing ( Bhāṣā samiti), begging for alms ( Eşaņā samiti), upkeep of things necessary for religious conduct ( Ādāna samiti) and careful disposal of wastes ( Uccăra samiti). The three restraints ( Guptis ) are : perfect mind control ( Mano-gupti), ideal restraint of speech ( Vāk-gupti ) and exemplary control over body ( Kaya-gupti ).
– Utta. Sū. 24.2
4. A self-restrained aspirant eats, drinks and talks less.
— Sū. Kr. Sū. 1.8.25
5. Just as a bee gathers honey from many flowers and satis
fies itself without harming them, so also the detached monks, who are free from all possessions, get their food from different householders without being a burden to them.
- Daśäśru. Sū. 1.2.3
6. Absence of attachment, absence of egoism and freedom
from passions enable the detached monk to obtain the supreme knowledge and eternal liberation.
- Utta. Sū. 35.21
7. The body is called the boat, the soul is the oarsman and the
cycle of birth and death is the ocean which is crossed by the great sages.
- Utta. Sū. 23.73
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