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LECTURE XVI.
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4. A Nirgrantha should not look at, or contemplate, the charms and beauties of women. (The rest similar as above.)
5. A Nirgrantha should not, behind a screen, or curtain, or wall, listen to the screeching or screaming or singing or laughing or giggling or crying of women. (The rest similar as above.)
6. A Nirgrantha should not recall to his memory the pleasure and amusements which in the past he enjoyed together with women. (The rest similar as above.)
7. A Nirgrantha should not eat well-dressed food. (The rest similar as above.)
8. A Nirgrantha should not eat or drink to excess. (The rest similar as above.)
9. A Nirgrantha should not wear ornaments. The preceptor has explained the reason for this. If he wears ornaments, or adorns his body, he might become an object of desire to women. When he is an object of desire to women, then, &c. (the rest as in i).
10. A Nirgrantha should not care for sounds, colours, tastes, smells, and feelings. (The rest similar as above.)
Here are some verses (to the same effect)?:
A monk should take up a detached lodging, free from, and not frequented by women, to preserve his chastity. (1)
A chaste monk should avoid talking with women, which delights the mind and foments love and passion. (2)
1 The preceding part of this lecture is in prose.
