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SANNYASA DHARMA
(12) fruits, whether big or small, i, e., any thing belonging to the genus fruit.
(13) bulbs, and (14) roots.
With respect to these the rule is that blood, flesh, bone, skin and pus are to be regarded as the most unclean, so that the saint should immediately stop eating on the discovery of any of them in the food, and should also impose some sort of penance on himself by way of prayaschita. A piece of nail also if found in the food will involve the giving up of food and the imposition of slight penance. The discovery of an insect or an hair will also necessitate the giving up of food; but no penance will be necessary in their case. Uncooked grains, seeds, bulbs, roots and pulp, are to be removed with care, which being done the process of eating may be continued. But if this can. not be effected, then the saint must desist from eating.
The householder offering food to a saint should be endowed with the following seven kinds of virtues :
(1) he should have faith in the merit of charity, (2) he should be devoted to the excellent attributes of Right Faith, Right Knowledge and Right Conduct, with which the saints are endowed,
(3) he should love to give charity,
(4) he should possess true discrimination
regarding what is pure and what is impure as article of food for saints,
(5) he should expect no return or reward from charity,
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