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Ācārāṅga Sūtra

Ācārāṅga Sūtra 0.7.7

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English · Hermann Jacobi

To a naked monk the thought occurs: I can bear the pricking of grass, the influence of cold and heat, the stinging of flies and mosquitos; these and other various painful feelings I can sustain, but I cannot leave off the covering of the privities. Then he may cover his privities with a piece of cloth. A naked monk who perseveres in this conduct, sustains repeatedly these and other various painful feelings the grass pricks him, heat and cold attack him, flies and mosquitos sting him. A naked monk (should be) aspiring to freedom from bonds. Penance suits him. Knowing what the Revered One has declared, one should thoroughly and in all respects conform to it.

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English · Hermann Jacobi

A monk who has come to any of the following resolutions, having collected food, &c., I shall give of it to other monks, and I shall eat (what they have) brought; (or) having collected food, &c., I shall give of it to other monks, but I shall not eat (what they have) brought; (or) having collected food, &c., I shall not give of it to other monks, but I shall eat (what they have) brought; (or) having collected food, &c., I shall not give of it to other monks, nor eat (what they have) brought;

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English · Hermann Jacobi

(or) I shall assist a fellow-ascetic with the remnants of my dinner, which is acceptable' and remained in the same state in which it was received, and I shall accept the assistance of fellow-ascetics as regards the remnants of their dinner, which is acceptable and remained in the same state in which it was received;-(that monk should keep these vows even if he should run the risk of his life)

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English · Hermann Jacobi

-aspiring to freedom from bonds. Penance suits him. Knowing what the Revered One has declared, one should thoroughly conform to it.

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English · Hermann Jacobi

(The last two paragraphs of the last lesson are to be reproduced here.) Thus I say.

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Gaina Sûtras, Part I: The Âkârânga Sûtra, The Kalpa Sûtra, translated by Hermann Jacobi. Sacred Books of the East, vol. 22, ed. F. Max Müller (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1884). Public domain. Text read from the scan on Wikimedia Commons (digitised by the Internet Archive): English Wikisource's transcription where proofread, OCR elsewhere. · Source ↗

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