How do Jain monks and nuns remove the hair on their heads?
a. They shave it clean, as Buddhist monks do.
b. They cut it very close with special scissors.
c. They cut it in recent times with electric clippers.
d. They pluck it out, often hair by hair.
d. They pluck it out, often hair by hair.
Analysis:
a. Incorrect. Shaving is too easy for this ascetically-minded group.
b. Incorrect. Cutting hair is too easy for this ascetically-minded group.
c. Incorrect. Cutting with electric clippers is too easy for this ascetically-minded group.
d. Correct. Plucking out their hair is fitting for this ascetically-minded group.
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