an3.70:3.1 And what is the sabbath of the Jains?
BAGIAN 3
an3.70:3.2 There’s a kind of ascetic belonging to a group called the Jains.
an3.70:3.3 They encourage their disciple:
an3.70:3.4 ‘Please, my man, don’t hurt any living creatures more than a hundred leagues away to the east.
an3.70:3.5 Don’t hurt any living creatures more than a hundred leagues away to the west.
an3.70:3.6 Don’t hurt any living creatures more than a hundred leagues away to the north.
an3.70:3.7 Don’t hurt any living creatures more than a hundred leagues away to the south.’
an3.70:3.8 So they encourage kindness and sympathy for some creatures and not others.
an3.70:3.9 On the sabbath, they encourage their disciple:
an3.70:3.10 ‘Please, my man, take off all your clothes and say:
an3.70:3.11 “I don’t belong to anyone anywhere! And nothing belongs to me anywhere!”’
an3.70:3.12 But their mother and father still know,
an3.70:3.13 ‘This is our child.’
an3.70:3.14 And they know,
an3.70:3.15 ‘This is my mother and father.’
an3.70:3.16 Partner and child still know,
an3.70:3.17 ‘This is our supporter.’
an3.70:3.18 And they know,
an3.70:3.19 ‘This is my partner and child.’
an3.70:3.20 Bondservants, workers, and staff still know:
an3.70:3.21 ‘This is our master.’
an3.70:3.22 And they know,
an3.70:3.23 ‘These are my bondservants, workers, and staff.’
an3.70:3.24 So, at a time when they should be encouraged to speak the truth, the Jains encourage them to lie.
an3.70:3.25 This, I say, is lying.
an3.70:3.26 When the night has passed they use their possessions once more, though they’ve not been given back to them.
an3.70:3.27 This, I say, is stealing.
an3.70:3.28 That’s the sabbath of the Jains.
an3.70:3.29 When the Jain’s sabbath is observed like this it’s not very fruitful or beneficial or brilliant or bountiful.