Some Jaina Canonical Sutras c7.16

c7.16

When a monk or a nun knows that in a village or a town there is no large place for religious practices or for study, he or she should not remain there during the cold season. He or she may circumspectly wander from village to village. He or she on the pilgrimage whose road lies through a forest should not choose this road. A monk or a nun on a pilgrimage, if there is some water-course on the way which must be crossed in a boat, should not ascend such a boat which plies up or down or across the river. A monk or a nun in entering a boat should not choose the stern or the prow or the middle of the boat. If a monk or a nun sees that water enters through a leak in the boat which becomes dirty all over, he or she should not approach the boatman and inform him of it. A monk or a nun swimming in the water should not touch another person's foot, hand or body with his or her own hand. He or she, swimming in the water, should not dive up and down, lest water should enter into his or her eyes, ears, nose or mouth. If a monk or a nun swimming in the water is overcome by weakness, he or she should throw off his or her clothes, either all or a part of them. A monk or a nun should not wipe or rub or brush or dry, or warm or heat his or her body. If a monk or a nun on a pilgrimage comes across a sheet of shallow water, he or she should first wipe his or her body from head to feet. He or she should wade through the shallow water on a straight line. A monk or a nun wading through shallow water should not plunge in deeper water for the sake of pleasures. If a monk or a nun perceives in his or her way waggons, cars, a friendly or hostile army, he or she should not walk on straight. A monk or a nun, wandering from village to village together with the master or a teacher, should not touch the hand of the master or teacher with his or her own. While sleeping a monk shall take care that his bed is kept at such a distance from that of the next person that he does not touch his neighbour's hand or leg or body with his own.¹ A monk or a nun should not use speech whether truth or untruth or truth mixed with untruth, if it be sinful, blamable, rough, coarse, and hard. A monk or a nun seeing any kind of disease should not talk thus 'He has got boils or leprosy. His hand is cut, or his foot, nose, ear or lip is cut.'² A monk or a nun seeing a man or a cow should not speak about them thus: 'His body is well grown, well compacted, his flesh and blood are abundant.' A monk or a nun wanting to get clothes may beg for cloth made of wool, silk, hemp, palm leaves, cotton, etc. He or she should not resolve to go farther than half a yojana to get clothes. He or she should not accept clothes which a layman has bought, washed, dyed, rubbed, cleaned or perfumed. A monk or a nun should not accept clothes made of fur, fine ones, beautiful ones, etc He or she should not accept plaits of fur or other materials He or she may ask for clothes which he or she has well inspected from a householder or his wife. He or she should not accept clothes which are full of eggs or living beings, for they are impure. He or she may accept clothes which are strong, lasting and are fit for a mendicant. He or she should not wash his or her clothes because they are not new.