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GENERAL OBSERVATIONS
calculated to help bim in udding himself of liis lack of composuie Wenkly persons should be given what is helpful in regaiping strength or at lenst what will not constitute a drain on then already poor store of energy; those who are deficient both in regard to physical strength and mental composure should be treated even more lightly than the above.'
No one is immune from penance-not even the highest saintly dignitary, nor the achārya (Leader of saints) himself. But their faults (confessions) are not to be published to the world? Where the Leader bas himself been guilty of a fault he should undergo the penance secretly if bis evil action was not noticed by any one, otherwise publicly, as in the case of the ordinary saints:
If the achārya is himself required to undergo penitential expiation he should convene a conference of his sangha, and instruct them as to the rules applicable to his case and invite them to determine the amount of the penance for him, or he may determine the penalty himself, if the sangha be untrained.
It is not possible to frame a handy code of penances that will actually cover every case The general rules, if applied discriminately, will, however, be found to meet all cases that arise in the lives of the truly pious people, and would present suffident
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