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(407 & 408) Just as a bee sips the sap of a tree flowers without injuring the flowers and pleases itself,similarly in this world the monks who properly observe the monastic code of conduct and are free from all possessions are engaged in begging for meal and other things heeded (from householders without being burden on them) as the bees procure nourishment from flowers.
(409) A monk who entertains in his mind the idea of having a violently prepared meal;binds down karmas even if he is actually having a non-violently prepared meal. On the other hand, a monk who always looks for a pure (non-violently prepared) meal is pure (blameless) even if perchance he gets a violently prepared meal.
(410) If a monk attentively undertakes the required visual inspection and cleaning while receiving or placing down things, he always practises the concerned two-fold samiti (i.e. samiti in respect of receiving and placing things).
(411) A monk should answer his calls of nature at a place which is solitary, free from insects and grass, concealed, spacious, free from objection-this is observance of Utsarga Samiti.
I. Self-Control:
(412) An attentive monk should prevent his mind from indulging in evil thoughts (samrambha), collection of impliments which cause harm to. others (samārambha) and evil actions (ārambha).
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