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3. Service rendered to the senior monks, 4. Service rendered to the monks that undertake penances, 5. Service rendered to the sick monks, 6. Service rendered to the studying and young monks, 7. Service rendered to the monastic family, 8. Service rendered to the monastic group, 9. Service rendered to the religious order, and 10. Service rendered to the coreligionists.
Comments - These various types of services have been mentioned with reference to monastic life. However, some of these types of services are applicable to the householders as well. For example - serving the sick, serving the newly ordained and studying, serving the austere ones, serving the monastic families, groups and orders, etc... For the householders the field of service is very vast.
Tivihe veyāvacce paņņate, tam jahā – 1. Āya-veyāvacce 2. Para-veyāvacce 3. Tadubhaya-veyāvacce That is – Noble service is of three types, such as - 1. Service rendered to self (Ātmavaiyāvrtya), 2. Service rendered to the other (Paravaiyāvrtya), 3. Service rendered to both (Tadubhayavaiyāvrtya),
Comments - The service can be rendered to the self as well as to the other or to both. When we take care of our body realising fully well that it is quite distinct from our soul, it will be self-service. The service to the others can be rendered physically, mentally and verbally as well as through one's wealth, and material belongings etc... Here we get the concepts of both kinds of services.
Cattāri purisajāyā pannattā tam jahā – 1. Ātaveyāvaccakare ņāmamege, no paraveyāvaccakare 2. Paraveyāvaccakare ņāmamege, no Ātaveyāvaccakare
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