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PATII OF LIBERATION
(447) The purity (of self) achieved by one who is wellversed in scriptures, though regularly takes food, would be many times more than the purity of a person who is ignorant of scriptures, though he may fast for two, three, four or five days.
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(448) A person, who takes food less even by a morsel than his usual diet, is said to practise penance called formal únodarī (partial fasting).
(449) If one procures alms after having taken various sorts of decisions as to their amount, their donor,their containingvessel or as to their various types of contents, one performs the penance called vṛttiparisankhyāna i.e.limiting the things begged
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(450) A monk who avoids delicious food like milk, curds, butter and taking his food on leaf, practises the penance of rasaparityāga (renunciation of delicious dishes).
(451) The penance of having his bed and seat in a solitary and unfrequented place, shunned by women and animals, is called Viviktasayyāsana (i.e. solitary residence).
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(452) Adapting harsh bodily postures like vīrāsana etc.which cause bliss in a soul, constitute the penance called kāyaklesa (mortification of body).
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