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SAYA XII
Sankhel Jayanti2 pudhavīz poggala“ aivāya5 Rāhub loge? ya nāge8 ya deva? āyālo bārasama-sae das' uddesā. Read pudhavi.
1. SANKHA.
ia (552b) At the sanctuary Kotthaya near Sāvatthi Mv. teaches Sa n k h a, his wife Uppalā, Pokkhali and the other laymen of that town; ref. to XI 12, i.e. the preceding udd. Sankha and the other laymen agree upon taking a complete meal (asaņa 4) before the fortnightly fast (pakkhiya posaha). Sankha, though, does not partake of the meal but goes to the fasting hall (posahasālā), fasts (posahiya) and practises chastity (bambhacāri), having abandoned all ornaments and weapons (nikkhitta-sattha-musala, cf. VII 18) and waking (padijāgaramāna, further on dhammajāgariyam jāgaramāna) alone (ega abiiya) on a bed of darbhagrass. Pokkhali, who is delegated by the other laymen, does not succeed in dissuading him. Mv. forbids the laymen to blame Sankha, because he practised the laic vigil (sudakkhu-jāgariyā).
15 (554b) Mv. explains to Goy. that there are three kinds of vigil (jāgariyā), viz the Arhat's (buddha-j.), the monk's (abuddhaj.) and the layman's (sudakkhu-j.).
2 (556) Mv. teaches Sankha that he who gives way to one of the four passions (who is koha-vas'atta etc.) binds all eight kinds of karman except quantity of life, ref. to I 110. The other laymen ask Sankha's forgiveness. Sankha's future, ref. to XI
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Note (uva)ciņāi for common (uva)cinai.
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