Motif
Bodily grooming marks renunciant boundary
bodily_grooming_marks_renunciant_boundary
A motif of the Mystical Quest and Interior Journey family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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1 traditions
buddhist
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Vinaya Texts, Part III: The Kullavagga IV-XII (Sacred Books of the East, Vol. 20) Y, 20, 7. / Y, 21, 2. / KULLAVAGGA. / J36 JTU L LAV AGG A. V, 27, 1.; lines 6274-6419 confidence: high
The monk reports the matter; other monks question his long nails, moderate monks report to the Blessed One, and he prohibits long nails with a dukka/a offence.
Long nails, polished nails, long hair, and several beard or body-hair practices are regulated or prohibited, and polished nails are criticized as resembling worldly pleasure-seekers.
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