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PÂTIMOKKHA.
14. Whatsoever Bhikkhu who has put out, or got another to put out to air, a bedstead, or a chair, or a mat, or a stool', the common property of the Samgha; and when going away shall not put it back, or have it put back, but shall depart without saying anything to anybody—that is a Pâkittiya.
15. Whatsoever Bhikkhu has put out, or got another to put out, a bedstead in a dwelling-place common to a Samgha; and when going away shall not put it back, or have it put back, but shall depart without saying anything to anybody—that is a Pâkittiya.
16. Whatsoever Bhikkhu, in a dwelling-place common to a Samgha, shall lie down where he knows that he is encroaching on the space occupied by) a Bhikkhu who arrived before him, thinking, 'If he become inconvenienced he may go away'-if he does it for that object, and for no other2_that is a Pâkittiya.
17. Whatsoever Bhikkhu, being angry or displeased with another Bhikkhu, shall drive him out, or get him driven out of a dwelling-place common to a Samgha-that is a Pâkittiya.
18. Whatsoever Bhikkhu shall hurriedly sit down, or lie down, in the upper story of a dwelling-place common to a Samgha", on a bedstead or chair with removable legs—that is a Pâkittiya.
1 Kokkham, the meaning of which is not quite clear. The Vibhanga says there are four kinds, made of bark, of usîra roots, of muñga grass, and of bulrushes. It is apparently therefore of wickerwork.
That is, according to the Vibhanga, the rule does not apply to an invalid, or to one suffering from the heat, or the cold; and so on.
. Because if he does so, he might unwittingly upset the furniture,
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| SR No. | 007674 |
| Book Title | Dhammapada |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | Max Muller |
| Publisher | Oxford |
| Publication Year | 1881 |
| Total Pages | 2540 |
| Language | English |
| Classification | Book_English |
| File Size | 45 MB |