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brother engaged in talk and takes him to the monastery.
Here the former declares falsely that his brother has
accompanied him with the intention of becoming a monk.
The younger brother, though stunned, does not let him
down. After the elder's death the reluctant monk returns
In yet another instance a
to the house-holder's life 1.
god in the form of a physician asks for the services of an
ailing boy. He treats him, and as his fees makes him carry
the surgical box. Tired sheerly by its weight, the boy is
relieved only when he agrees to enter the monastic order 2.
Yet another example is more interesting as it throws light
on the contemporary organization of the Jaina church. In
this case, after the death of his wife a brahmin becomes a
Jaina monk along with his very young son (岣峚haraga davaga) 鲁.
The child, as he grew in age, did not like the hard life of
a Jaina monk which made him eat stale food and use hard bed.
He discontinues his life as a monk and becomes a house-
holder (agarav膩sa) 3.
1. Vh(P), 20-22.
2. Ibid, 87. Enlightenment by gods (devasannatti)
the
one of causes of renunciation; Th膩峁嘺mga,
p. 473 b.
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3. Vh(P), 22. 'Nisithacurni gives pers mission six types of
children which could be ordained.' Among which is
included 'a child all the relatives except the father monk
of whom were dead', Deo, S.B., Op.cit., P.367.