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164. Enjoyment of permissible objects should also be limited.
165. And a limit fixed within such limits also.
166. This results in the observance of Ahimsa pár-excellence.
Food offering to unexpected guests.
167. The best guest is a naked saint: and pure food offered to him is for mutual good.
168. Such offering should be of pure food, with respectful welcome, offer of a high seat, washing the feet, worship, and bowing with pure body, speech and mind.
169. And regardless of worldly benefit, with forbearance, sincerity, absence of jealousy, sorrow, joy, or pride.
170. The food offered should be such as is helpful to studies, and to the due observance of austerities, and is not likely to cause fondness, disgust, incontinence, intoxication, pain, fear etc.
The grades of recipients.
171. The recipients may be true believers without vows, with partial vows, and those with full vows.
172. A gift is the antithesis of greed, which is Himsa, and is therefore an act of Ahimsa.
173. One who does not offer food to such a recipient must be a greedy person.
174. And offering of food in the manner stated above, is Ahimsa.
Renunciation of the Body.
175. The last thought should be of a calm renunciation of the body.
176. And this thought should ever be present long before@death supervenes.
177. It is not suicide, when on the certain approach of death, one prepares to meet it calmly.
178. It would be suicide if one were to put an end to his life, under an impulse such as fear, greed, weakness, hallucination.
179. This is Ahimsa, because all passions have been duly subdued.
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