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(327) While observing the vow of sämáyıka (i, e.. refraining from sinful acts and practice for mental equanimity) a householder becomes equal to a saint, for reason, he should observe it many times (in a day).
(328) If a householder thinks of other worldly matters (than his self) while practising sämāyika, he will become engrossed in distressful concentration; his sämāyika will be fruitless.
(329) Poșadhopavāsa involves abstinence from food, from embellishment of the body, from sexual union and from voilence. It is of two types- viz. partial and total and performing poșadha of the latter type one must necessarily perform sāmāyiku.
(330) A householder who offers pure food etc. to the monks in a proper manner and according to the rules and the needs of place and time, observes the fourth disciplinary vow (called Atithisamvibhāga)
(331) Donation is of four types-viz. that of food, that of mcdicine, that of scriptural teaching, that of assurance against fear. And in the scriptural text 'Upasakadhyayana' this fourfold donation is declared worthy of performance.
(332) A householder, who gives food in charity beconies praise-worthy, what is the good of inquiring about the fitness or unfitness of the person receiving the charity?
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