To a naked monk the thought occurs: I can bear the pricking of grass, the influence of cold and heat, the stinging of flies and mosquitos; these and other various painful feelings I can sustain, but I cannot leave off the covering of the privities. Then he may cover his privities with a piece of cloth. (1)

A naked monk who perseveres in this conduct sustains repeatedly these and other various painful feelings: the grass pricks him, heat and cold attack him, flies and mosquitos sting him. A naked monk should aspire to freedom from the bonds of this world. Self-denial suits him. Knowing what the Messenger has declared, one should thoroughly and in all respects conform to it. (1)

A monk who has come to any of the following resolutions,—having collected food, &c., I shall give of it to other monks, and I shall eat what they have brought; (or) having collected food, &c., I shall give of it to other monks, but I shall not eat what they have brought; (or) having collected food, &c., I shall not give of it to other monks, but I shall eat what they have brought; (or) having collected food, &c., I shall not give of it to other monks, nor eat what they have brought; (2) (or) I shall assist a fellow-ascetic with the remnants of my dinner, which is acceptable and remained in the same state in which it was received, and I shall accept the assistance of fellow-ascetics as regards the remnants of their dinner, which is acceptable and remained in the same state in which it was received;—that monk should keep these vows even if he should run the risk of his life (3)—aspiring to freedom from bonds. Self-denial suits him. Knowing what the Messenger has declared, one should thoroughly conform to it. (4)

(The last two paragraphs of the last lesson are to be reproduced here.)

Thus I say. (5)