Buddha: His Life, his Doctrine, his Order c10.t3.6

c10.t3.6

∗ Certain business pursuits were regarded as unallowable for a lay-disciple, for instance, dealing in arms, in intoxicating liquors, in poison (“Anguttara Nikâya,” vol. ii, fol. cam.).—As a counterpart to the confessional celebration observed by the monk on the first day, there is also enjoined on the laity the observance of an “eightfold abstinence;” the refraining from killing living creatures, from the appropriation of another’s property, from lying, from the enjoyment of intoxicating liquors, from unchastity, from eating after midday, from perfumes and garlands; and the sleeping on low, hard couches or on the ground (idem, vol. iii, fol. ghau’).