Uttarajjhayana 15

"I will practice sagehood, having understood the Dharma": knowledgeable, upright, with worldly longings cut, / he should abandon companionship, devoid of desire for pleasures, seeking unknown alms; he who wanders thus is a monk.

Indifferent to passion he should wander, noble, restrained, protected by knowledge of the Vedas, / wise, having overcome [passions], seeing all; he who is nowhere infatuated is a monk.

Enduring abuse and beating, steadfast, the sage should wander, noble, ever guarding himself, / untroubled in mind, not overly delighted; he who endures everything is a monk.

Having accepted a wretched bed and seat, cold, heat, and various biting gnats and mosquitoes, / untroubled in mind, not overly delighted; he who endures everything is a monk.

He desires neither hospitality nor worship, nor salutation, much less praise; / he, restrained, of good vows, practicing austerities, knowledgeable, seeking the soul, is a monk.

Because of which he might lose his life or fall into total delusion, / the ascetic should always abandon that man or woman, nor does he pursue curiosity; he is a monk.

Severed limbs, birds, divination by terrestrial and atmospheric signs, dreams, bodily marks, divination by sticks and architecture, / bodily twitches, voice divination: he who does not live by these occult sciences is a monk.

Mantras, roots, diverse medical thought, emetics, purges, fumigation, eye salves, and baths / for the sick, refuge and treatment: having understood this, he who wanders [without practicing them] is a monk.

Kṣatriya clans, Ugras, princes, brāhmaṇas, Bhojas, and various artisans: / he does not utter praise or veneration for them; having understood this, he who wanders [without flattering] is a monk.

Householders who were seen by him when ordained, or with whom he was acquainted when unordained: / he who does not cultivate acquaintance with them for the sake of results in this world is a monk.

When bed, seat, drink, food, various eatables and chewables belonging to others / are not given and refused to the Nirgrantha, he who does not become angry on that account is a monk.

Whatever food, drink, and various eatables and chewables belonging to others he has obtained: / he who does not long for them in the three modes, well-guarded in mind, speech, and body, is a monk.

Ācāmla, barley porridge, cold water, and sour barley water: / he does not despise food that lacks flavour, but wanders among wretched families; he is a monk.

Diverse sounds exist in the world: divine, human, and animal, / terrifying, frightening, and loud; he who, hearing them, is not perturbed is a monk.

Having understood diverse arguments in the world, knowledgeable, having grasped distress, skilled, / wise, having overcome [foes], seeing all, tranquil, unharming; he is a monk.

Not living by a craft, without a house, without friends, senses conquered, completely freed from all sides, / free from passions, eating lightly and little, having abandoned home, wandering alone; he is a monk. —Thus I say.