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There is some relationship between the swelling up of human emotion and the full moon. This is accepted by modern scientists too. 2.100 ņãivāejja kamcaņam.
One should not inflict injury on any being. Bhagyam Sutra 100 A person addicted to sensual objects indulges in violence. The injunction about abstinence from desires is followed by the injunction about abstinence from violence. A person free from sensual desires will not injure any living being.
There is concomitance between enjoyment and violence. There can never be enjoyment without violence, though enjoyment may or may not accompany violence.
2.101 esa vīre pasamsie, je na ņivijjati ādhāņāe.
The hero who does not feel dejected on not getting alms deserves
praise. Bhāśyam Sūtra 101 A person without possession gets food etc. as offered by others as alms for the maintenance of his life. The offer of alms is dependent on the wish of the donor. The donor may be unwilling to offer or the material offered may not be as per rules. In both cases, offering does not materialize.") One who does not feel distressed in such circumstances is a praiseworthy hero. 2.102 ņa me deti na kuppijjā, thovam laddhum na khimsae. padisehio
parinamijjā. He should not be angry, thinking: 'he does not give me alms'. Nor should he condemn the donor on getting meagre quantity. He simply retires, when refused by the householder. Bhāśyan Sutra 102 Here, the behaviour expected of a monk on the occasion of refusal of alms is laid down. The monk should not feel angry, thinking — "he is not offering alms to me." Nor should be speak ill of a person who offers insufficient alms. If refused, he should leave the place2 calmly and quietly. The three occasions that cause agitation in the mind are: lack of offering, meagre offering and refusal. The monk who maintains tranquillity under such occasions is the hero. The hero alone is capable of an equanimous conduct.
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