Dhammapada

SR No.: 007674
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

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MAHÂVAGGA.
1, 25, 13.
robe and put it aside, give him the powder and the clay. If he is able', let him also enter the gantâghara. When he is going to enter the gantâghara, let him besmear his face with clay, cover himself from before and behind, and thus enter the gantâghara.
13. “Let him not sit down so as to encroach on senior Bhikkhus, nor let him dislodge junior Bhikkhus from their seats. Let him wait upon the upagghầya in the gantâghara. When he is going to leave the gantâghara, let him take up the chair belonging to the gantâghara, cover himself from before and behind, and thus leave the gantâghara. Let him wait upon the upaggha ya also in the water. When he has bathed, let (the saddhivihârika) go out of the water first, let him dry his own body, put on his dress, then wipe off the water from his upagghầya's body, give him his under garment and his upper garment, take the chair belonging to the gantâghara, go before the upagghầya, prepare a seat for him, and get water for the washing of his feet, a foot-stool, and a towels. Let him offer to the upagghầya (water) to drink.
14. 'If (the upagghầya) likes being called upon to deliver a discourse, let him call upon (the upagghầya to do so). If (the upagghầya) likes questions being put to him, let him put questions (to the upagghầya).
'If the Vihara, in which the upagghầya dwells, is dirty, let him clean that Vihâra, if he is able to do so. When cleaning the Vihara, let him first take away the alms-bowl and the robe (of the upagghầya)
* I.e. if he is not prevented by indisposition (Buddhaghosa). · See Chap. 6. 11, with the note.
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