Book Title: Agama And Tripitaka Comparative Study
Author(s): Nagaraj Muni
Publisher: Today and Tomorrows Printers and Publishers

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________________ 637 2. Throwing out semens consciously by a monk except in a dream is a lapse for which a monk is to be given atonement called sanghādidesa (27). 3. If a monk with mental perversion touches the hand, hairs, or any other limb of a woman, the monk has to be given an atonement called Sanghādisesa(28). 4. If a monk with a mental perversion speaks indecent words to a woman about sex behaviour, then, the monk has to be given an atonement called sang hādidesa(29). 5. If a monk with a mental perversion advises a woman that the highest service she can tender is to satisfy the sexual passions of such a devout person as himself, then, the monk has to be given an atonement called sanghadide sa(3C). The word sanghādidesa stands for a temporary expulsion from the order. 6. If a monk gives spiritual counsel to the nuns without the prior permission of the order, he is to undergo an atonement called pacittiya(31). 7. Even when a monk is permitted to tender spiritual counsel to the nuns, he is not to do so after sun-set. If he does, he has to undergo an atonement called pācittiya (32). 8. If under very special circumstances a monk goes to a nun to tender unto her spiritual counsel, then, he has to undergo an atonement called pācittya(33). 9. If a monk sits alone with a nun who is also alone, then, he has to undergo an atonement called pācittiya (34).. (Pacittiya is a confession followed by an atonement as per prescription). Sutta has no separate prescription on brahmacarya for the monks and for the nuns. What is prescribed for the monks applies to the nuns. vinaya Pitaka, in contrast, has separate prescriptions for the two called bhikk

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