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“In the first Paurushî [period of three hours] (of the night), he, [a monk], should study; in the second, he should meditate; in the third, he should leave off sleep; and in the fourth, he should study again.” TWENTY-SEVENTH LECTURE REFLECTIONS “There was a Sthavira, [leader of Jainism school and Ganadhara [one who is well versed in the righteous path], the learned sage Garga. This leader of the Gana [schools of Jainism] once made the following reflections: ‘Some [pupils] attach great importance to their success; some to their good fare; some to their comfort; some nurse their anger.’ ‘Some [pupils] are averse to begging; some are afraid of insults and are stuck up; (how can) I convince them by reasons and arguments (?)’ ‘(A bad pupil) makes objections and points out (imagined) difficulties; he frequently acts in opposition to the words of the superiors.’ ‘(He will say if sent to a lady): “She does not know me, she will give me nothing; I suppose she will be gone out; send some other monk there.”’ ‘If sent on an errand, they do not do what they were bidden, but stroll about wherever they like; or deporting themselves like servants of the king, they knit their brows (when speaking to other people).’ ‘After they have been instructed, admitted into the order, and nourished with food and drink, they disperse in all directions like geese whose wings have grown.’ Now […] Garga […] thought: ‘What have I to do with bad pupils? I am disheartened.’ […] Thus I say.”
