Sannyasa Dharma

Author(s): Champat Rai Jain
Publisher: Champat Rai Jain

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SANNYASA DHARMA
(7) nor contract or gather together the bodily
limbs,
(8) nor should he raise himself up and down like a fish on the top of a wave;
(9) he should rid his mind of all cruel thoughts; (10) he should not encircle his knees with hi hands;
(11) he should not become engaged in its perform ance imbued with fear,
(12) or with disgust, or without understanding its aim,
(13) or filled with conceit at his supernatura acquisitions (if any),
(14) nor with pride of birth;
(15) he should not take to it (sāmāyika) sneak ingly, that is as a thief, e.g., behind the back of the guru (preceptor),
(16) nor neglect its proper time,
(17) and should not allow the mind to be filled with unholy thoughts of hatred and the like for others;
(18) he should not excite fear in any one's heart, (19) nor talk to any one at the time,
(20) nor think evil of any one,
(21) nor suffer himself to frown,
(22) nor entertain ungenerous sentiments in his
heart,
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