He acquires good qualities, and leaves off bad qualities; a monk, who vigorously practises austerities, avoids anger and pride. (35)

The Buddhas that were, and the Buddhas that

will be, they (as it were) have Peace as their foundation, even as all things have the earth for their foundation. (36)

And if any accidents whatever befall him who has gained that (foundation), he will not be overpowered by them as a mountain by the storm . (37)

A restrained, very learned, and wise (monk) should accept such alms as are freely given him, being free from passions and waiting for his end. This is the doctrine of the Kevalin. (38)

Thus I say.

Footnotes

^310:2 See note on IX, 1.

^311:1 The same simile occurs also in I, 3, 4, 18, above <page 271>.

^311:2 The same verse occurred above, I, 1, 4, 10, <page 247>.

^311:3 We have had the same verse above, I, 3, 4, 20, <page 271>.

^312:1 This is the meaning of the phrase putikarma na seveta.

^312:2 When well-meaning people sink a well, offer a sacrifice, or feed persons, &c.

^312:3 Literally, wish.

^313:1 Silanka quotes the following Sanskrit verse to show the application of the maxim to the digging of a well: satyam vapreshu sitam sasikaradhavalam vari pitva prakamam vyukkhinnaseshatrishnah pramuditamanasah pranisartha bhavanti | sosham nite galaughe dinakarakiranair yanty ananta vinasam teno'dasinabhavam vragati muniganah kupavapradikarve || 'Forsooth, when living beings drink to their hearts' content the cool water of ditches, which is white like the moon, their thirst is completely allayed and their heart is gladdened; but when all the water is dried up by the rays of the sun, numberless creatures must die; therefore the sages decline every interest in the construction of wells and ditches.'

^313:2 The commentators connect sahu as adjective with divam, and supply Tirthakara, &c. as subject.

^313:3 See above, <page 55>, note .

^313:4 Samadhi.

^313:5 Viodaga = bigodaka.

^314:1 Comp. I, 3, 3, 12.

^314:2 Verses 30, 31 a = I, 1, 2, 31, 32 a.

^314:3 The first line of this verse occurred in I, 9, 36.

^314:4 Here Buddha is a synonym for Tirthakara.

^315:1 Silanka says that by exercise the power of resistance will be increased, and in confirmation of this he relates the well-known story of the herdsman who daily carried a calf from its birth till it was two years old.

TWELFTH LECTURE,

CALLED

THE CREED .

There are four (heretical) creeds which the disputants severally uphold: 1. the Kriyavada, 2. the Akriyavada, 3. the Vinayavada, and 4. the Agnanavada. (1)

The agnostics , though they (pretend to) be