Jaina Sutras Part IJainismAccepted ScripturePrakritShareAcharanga Sutra 16Hermann Jacobi / SBE vol. 22 - EnglishMoreVersion - 1 availableHermann Jacobi / SBE vol. 22LanguageEnglishEspañol‹Acharanga Sutra 1Acharanga Sutra 2Acharanga Sutra 3Acharanga Sutra 4Acharanga Sutra 5Acharanga Sutra 6Acharanga Sutra 7Acharanga Sutra 8Acharanga Sutra 9Acharanga Sutra 10Acharanga Sutra 11Acharanga Sutra 12Acharanga Sutra 13Acharanga Sutra 14Acharanga Sutra 15Acharanga Sutra 16Acharanga Sutra 17Acharanga Sutra 18Acharanga Sutra 19Acharanga Sutra 20Acharanga Sutra 21Kalpa Sutra 1Kalpa Sutra 2Kalpa Sutra 3Kalpa Sutra 4Kalpa Sutra 5›Acharanga Sutra: Eighth Lecture - Second Part: Religious PracticesAcharanga Sutra 16ListenPlay this chapter in spoken English.Save chapterListen to chapter1Eighth Lecture 2. When a monk or a nun wishes to perform rehgious postures ^ they should enter a village or a scot-free town, &c. ; having entered it, they should not accept a place, even if it is offered, which is infected by eggs or living beings, &c. ; for such a place is impure and unacceptable. In this way all that has been said about couches (in the Second Lecture) should be repeated here as far as 'water-plants' (II, 2, i, Avoiding these occasions to sin, a mendicant may choose one of these four rules for the performance of religious postures. This is the first rule : I shall choose something inanimate*, and lean against it ; changing the position of the body, and moving about a little, I shall stand there. This is the first rule. (2) Now follows the second rule : I shall choose something inanimate, and lean ^ Sattikao. ^ T'/iawasattikkayaw, sthanasaptaikakam. ^ T/iinam //^aittae. * As a wall, &c. against it ; changing the position of the body, but not moving about a little, I shall stand there. This is the second rule. (3) Now follows the third rule : I shall choose something inanimate, and lean against it; not changing the position of the body, nor moving about a little, I shall stand there. This is the third rule. (4) Now follows the fourth rule : I shall choose something inanimate, but I shall not lean against it ; 2not changing the position of the body, nor moving about a little, I shall stand there. Abandoning the care of the body, abandoning the care of the hair of the head, beard, and the other parts of the body, of the nails, perfectly motionless, I shall stand there. This is the fourth rule. (5) One who has adopted one of these four rules, &c. (see II, I, II, f 12). This is the whole duty, &c. Thus I say. ‹Previous chapterAcharanga Sutra 15Next chapterAcharanga Sutra 17›Similar passagesBy tradition and source labelFind similarCompare selectedCompare with similarAsk Deep ThoughtSelect passages to search for parallels.Tap any verse to select it, then compare selected passages or ask Deep Thought. Public-domain 1884 English translation