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verses and should learn their meaning from his preceptor every day, with the object of increasing his knowledge.
2. He should write down at least five verses for teaching others, and should teach them the five verses in their due order.
3. He should revise five hundred verses daily in the rainy season, eight hundred in winter, and three hundred verses daily in the summer.
4. Every Sadhu should carefully repeat Nava Paha Namaskāra Mantra (Navakāra Mantra) every day
5. He should do Déva-vandana (uttering of hymns in praise of Tirthankaras) composed with five Sakra-stavas at least once or twice or thrice or during every quarter of day, every day.
6. He should visit all the temples the in town for darsana and do respectful salutations to all the Sådhus on the Eighth and Fourteenth day of the fort-night On other days, he should visit at least one temple for darsana.
7. He should do vandana (respectful salutation) to his elders thrice during the day, and he should render service to diseased Sādhus and to ege Sädhus according to his strength.
8. With the object of preserving careful walking so as to avoid treading on vermins, insects etc, he should abstain from holding conversations on the way, while going out for voiding urine or foeces or while going out for bringing alms and water.
9. If he carelessly walks about on the ground without cleaning the ground at a time when he ought to do, or sits on a seat without carefully cleaning his body or the seat, or if he sits on the ground without a woollen asana (a piece of woollen cloth used for sitting purposes) or a woollen shawl, he should carefully repeat Namaskāra (Navakāra) Mantra five times.
10. Por preserving carefulness in speech, he should not speak without keeping Muhapatti in front of his mouth Por the
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