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IV, 3, 5.
THE PAVÂRANÂ CEREMONY.
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O Bhikkhus: the fourteenth and the fifteenth (of the half month) 1; these are the two Pavâranâ (days), O Bhikkhus.'
2. Now the Bhikkhus thought: 'How many Pavâranâ services are there ?'
They told this thing to the Blessed One.
There are the four following Pavâranâ services, O Bhikkhus, &c. 2
3. Then the Blessed One thus addressed the Bhikkhus: 'Assemble, O Bhikkhus, the Samgha will hold Pavâranâ.' When he had spoken thus, a certain Bhikkhu said to the Blessed One: “There is a sick Bhikkhu, Lord, who is not present.'
'I prescribe, O Bhikkhus, that a sick Bhikkhu shall declare (lit. give) his Pavâranâ. And let him declare it, О Bhikkhus, in this way: Let that sick Bhikkhu go to some Bhikkhu, adjust his upper robe so as to cover one shoulder, sit down squatting, raise his joined hands, and say: "I declare my Pavâranâ, take my Pavâranâ, perform the Pavâranâ for me.” If he expresses this by gesture, or by word, or by gesture and word, the Pavâranâ has been declared. If he does not express this by gesture, &c., the Pavaranâ has not been declared.
4-5. 'If (the sick Bhikkhu) succeeds in doing so, well and good. If he does not succeed, let them take that sick Bhikkhu, O Bhikkhus, on his bed or his chair to the assembly, &c. 3
1 Comp. II, 14, 1, and the note on II, 34, 1. ? This passage is exactly identical with II, 14, 2. 3, replacing Uposat ha service' by Pavaranâ service.'
This passage is a repetition of II, 22, 2–4, the words, 'Hold Uposatha,'' Declare the Pârisuddhi,' &c., being replaced respectively by Hold Pavârana,' Declare the Pavaranâ,' &c.
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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 |