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UPOSATHA CEREMONY, AND PATIMOKKHA. 253
before the Samgha: "Let the Samgha, reverend Sirs, hear me. If the Samgha is ready, let the Samgha, as the landmarks have been proclaimed all around, determine an uposathapamukha by these landmarks. This is the ñatti. Let the Samgha, &c. Thus I understand."'
II, II.
10.
At that time in a certain district on the day of Uposatha the young Bhikkhus, who had assembled first, thought: 'The Theras do not come yet,' and went away. The Uposatha service was held after the right time.
They told this thing to the Blessed One.
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I prescribe, O Bhikkhus, that on the Uposatha day the Theras ought to assemble first.'
11.
At that time there were at Râgagaha several residences (of Bhikkhus) within the same boundary. Now the Bhikkhus quarrelled: (some of them said), 'The Uposatha shall be held in our residence ;' (others said), 'It shall be held in our residence.'
They told this thing to the Blessed One.
'There are, O Bhikkhus, several (Bhikkhu) residences within the same boundary; now the Bhikkhus quarrel: (some of them say), "The Uposatha shall be held in our residence;" (others say), "It shall be held in our residence." Let those Bhikkhus, O Bhikkhus, assemble in one place all of them and hold Uposatha there, or let them assemble where
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