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(361) Renunciation of external possessions is the cause of mental purity. Renunciation of external possessions is futile if it is not combined with internal resolve of non-attachment.
(362) If a monk who is of impure mentality renounces all extemal possessions, what can such renunciation do to one who is devoid of appropriate mental condition?
(363) One, who is unattached to his body, is entirely free from passions like pride etc. and possessed of a soul which is engrossed in itself, is a real monk.
25. THE PRECEPTS ON VOWS
(364) A wise monk, after adopting the five great vows of non-voilence, truthfulness, non-stealing, celibacy and nonpossessiveness, should practise the religion preached by the
Jina.
(365) A monk, who is free from the thorns of character (šalya) really observes (five) great vows; the vows become ineffective due to three thorns of character i. e. desire for worldly return for one's good acts, wrong faith and deceit.
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