Early Monastic Buddhism v2.c40.13

v2.c40.13

¹ By *bhāvasuddhi* Aśoka perhaps had in mind *cittasuddhi* (mental purification), a discipline which Buddhism and all other religions insist immediately after *brahmacarya* (physical purity) which is attained by *kāyika* and *vācasika saṃyama*. Bhikkhus attain *cittasuddhi* by means of meditation whereas the laity have it by love (*mettā*) and toleration.