When a Jain monk or nun hears that there is to be a festival (perhaps to the gods, to Indra, Skahda, Rudra, Vishnu,[25] or the demons, as in [=A]c[=a]r[=a]nga S[=u]tra, ii.1.

2) he must not go thither; he must keep himself from all frivolities and entertainments.
During the four months of the rainy season he is to remain in one place,[26] but at other times, either naked or attired in a few garments, he is to wander about begging.

In going on his begging tour he is not to answer questions, nor to retort if reviled.

He is to speak politely (the formulae for polite address and rude address are given), beg modestly, and not render himself liable to suspicion on account of his behavior when in the house of one of the faithful.
Whatever be the quality of the food he must eat it, if it be not a wrong sort.

Rice and beans are especially recommended to him.