Book Title: Unknown Pilgrims
Author(s): N Shanta
Publisher: Sri Satguru Publications Delhi

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________________ 512 The Unknown Pilgrims . On the correct observance of the rules of precedence.138 - On favourable and unfavourable conditions for svādhyāya.139 - How to dispose of the body of an ascetic whose death takes place unexpectedly at night or in the course of a vihāra.140 - A number of organisational rules: for example, the procedure to be followed in the case of a change of gana141 conditions to be met when one takes up office, 142 or when one is re-admitted to the gana after having left it.143 - Detailed directives concerning certain very severe types of austerity; 144 on the study of the Āgamas by progressive stages.145 Such rules as apply specifically to the nirgranthis are concerned for the most part with the vow of brahmacarya; they enjoin prudent precautions, good sense that sees to it that they are not placed in dangerous or difficult situations, their daily contacts with local society being a constant factor.146 It is also carefully stipulated what type of 138 Ibid., IV, 24-32. 139 lbid., VII, 14-18. 140 Cf. Brks IV, 29; VS VII, 21. 141 Cf. Brks IV, 20-28. 142 Cf. VS III, 1-10. 143 Ibid., I, 23-32. 144 Ibid., X, 1. 145 Ibid., X, 24-38. 146 Cf. Brks V, 13-44. Jain Education International For Private & Personal Use Only www.jainelibrary.org

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