Sannyasa Dharma

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

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SANNYASA DHARMA
în always acting only in accordance with the guidance of the Head of the Order. This purification is the true ornament of a saint; it is the cause of saintly glory, and is the boat which is to take one to the other shore !
Iryăpatha suddhi is the purification, that is to say, perfection in the observance carefulness, as regards the saint's movements.
of the rule of
Bhiksha suddhi, is the purification of bhikshā (obtaining of food). This signifies the observance of all the rules of the eşana samiti without faltering. The sadhu should not allow himself to be disappoint. ed if no food is obtained, or if he has to go without it for any other reason. He should not accept food at a house in which singing or dancing is going on, or a child is born, or death has taken place; nor in one which is used for the sale of wine, which is a prostitute's residence, or which is used for any other sinful purpose. The house of a lowly person or an orphan, the place which is an almshouse, or where sacrifices are offered, or where some kind of a ceremony is being performed, is also for. bidden to be visited for the obtaining of food. That which implies the moon like visiting* of all sorts of houses--those of the rich and poor alike,which avoids disreputable households, which does not involve the lowering of one's self-respect, but is the seeking of pure sustenance with a feeling of indiff erence, and taken only to prevent the body from he coming unfit for spiritual progress-that is termed
The Moon visits all the constellations, big and small, alike.
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