Acaranga-sutra
by Hermann Jacobi | 1884 | 71,211 words | ISBN-10: 8120801237 | ISBN-13: 9788120801233
The English translation of the Acaranga Sutra, which represents the first the 12 Angas in Shevatambara Jainism. It is traditionally dated to the 5th-century BCE and consists of two parts containing lectures based on the teachings of Mahavira. Topics include: lifestyle of an ascetic: conduct, behavior, collecting alms, clothes, mode of walking and ...
Lecture 14
One should not be pleased with nor prohibit a reciprocal action, which relates to one’s self, and produces karman.
A mendicant should not be pleased with nor prohibit it, if (he and the other) wipe or rub each other’s feet, &c.
In this way the whole Thirteenth Lecture should be repeated here.
This is the whole duty, &c. Thus I say. (1)
End of the Second Part, called the Seven Lectures.