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householder prepares food for himself and the sadhu
accepts it, then he is not said to agree to the violence
caused in making of the food.
Q. : Does this mean that the sadhu is allowed to exercise
violence, motivate someone to exercise violence and
agree to the violence done for others ?
A. : No, he has an oath to avoid that too. Hence, he does not
exercise violence or motivate someone to do violence for
him or others. Also he does not consider the violence
done for others to be good. It means that he accepts
the food made by householders for themselves but does
not get delighted by thinking, “Good, he made this for
himself. I got it Nirdosha* (faultless).” A sadhu can
be happy for attaining it Nirdosha but he cannot be
pleased about the householder preparing it. This minute
difference should be understood carefully.
* Nirdosha – Faultless ie. Without exercising violence in any of the
3 ways.
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