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Dharma-Marga ( Acara-Samhitā)
6. As a large tank, when its supply of water has been blocked, gets gradually drained by consumption and evaporation so do the karmas of a self-restrained monk accumulated over millions of births get annihilated by austerities, if there is no fresh influx of karmas.
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Utta. Sü. 30.5,6
7. A person who controls his intake of food, by consuming at least a morsel less than his appetite, performs Dravya Unodarī.*
Utta. Sū. 30.15
8. Internal austerities are (of six kinds): 1. expiation of sins, 2. reverence, 3. service, 4. scriptural study, 5. meditation and 6. renunciation.
Utta. Sū. 30.30
9. Persons who tread the path of knowledge, faith, conduct and austerity get higher existence.
Utta. Sū. 28.3
10. The importance of austerity is obvious but what is the importance of caste?
Utta. Sü. 12.37
* Ūnodarī ( eating less than normal diet) is a type of fasting which is gradually intensified by fixing a decreasing number of morsels of food to be consumed.
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