History and Doctrines of the Ajivikas: A Vanished Indian Religion c10.s1.t2.1

c10.s1.t2.1

A nigaṇṭha is surrounded by the barrier of fourfold restraint. How is he surrounded? . . . He practises restraint with regard to water, he avoids all sin, by avoiding sin his sins are washed away, and he is filled with the sense of all sins avoided.² . . . So surrounded by the barrier of fourfold restraint his mind is perfected,³ controlled, and firm.⁴