十二法人

Those who follow the twelve practices of the ascetics:

(1) live in a hermitage;　

(2) always beg for food;

(3) take turns at begging food;

(4) one meal a day;

(5) reduce amount of food;

(6) do not take a drink made of fruit or honey after midday;

(7) wear dust-heap garments;

(8) wear only the three clerical garments;

(9) dwell among graves;

(10) stay under a tree;

(11) on the dewy ground;

(12) sit and never lie.