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who so scruplously avoid causing even the slightest pain to mobile and immobile beings cannot allow themselves to be a victim of delusion. You should realise how very minute is the way of a restrained person.
(He said in conclusion:)
He who feeds 2000 bhiksus everyday is wholly an unrestrained person. A man who has dipped his hand in blood is fit to be chastised in this life; how can he improve his existence in the next life? Even such words that incite sin should never be uttered. Such empty words are devoid of merit. An initiated monk should never use such words
(He addressed these final words to the monks of his own order:)
Oh monks! You have acquired knowledge about objects and you have understood pious and impious results of karma. Perhaps it is because of this superior knowledge that your fame has spread as far as the seas in the east as well as in the west, and you have thoroughly seen the entire world, as if it is in your own hands.
Monk Ardraka and a Vedic Brahmana
Brāhmaṇa
It is revealed in our Vedas that he who ent ains 2000 snātaka Brahmaņas by offering food acquires a great merit and is born in the celestial existence.
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Monk Ardraka He who feeds 2000 snataka Brāhmaṇas who move from door to door like a cat goes to hell which is full of great pain and is peopled by meat-eating birds. A man who decries religion based in compassion and extols another based on injury to life, and who feeds even a single Brāhmaṇa fallen from discipline moves to and fro in a dark hell. How does he attain the celestial life?
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Monk Ardraka and Atmadvaitavadi (9)
Advaitavādī- Monk Ardraka! Our religions are alike. Both existed in the past and both will continue to exist in the future. In both our religions, emphasis is on knowledge and on conduct based upon practices. There is no difference
| SR No. | 022804 |
| Book Title | Agama And Tripitaka Comparative Study |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | Nagaraj Muni |
| Publisher | Today and Tomorrows Printers and Publishers |
| Publication Year | 1986 |
| Total Pages | 804 |
| Language | English |
| Classification | Book_English |
| File Size | 19 MB |