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THE BOOK OF THE GREAT DECEASE.
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CHAPTER VI. 1. Now the Blessed One addressed the venerable Ânanda, and said: 'It may be, Ânanda, that in some of you the thought may arise, “The word of the Master is ended, we have no teacher more !" But it is not thus, Ânanda, that you should regard it. The truths and the rules of the order which I have set forth and laid down for you all, let them, after I am gone, be the Teacher to you.'
2. “Ânanda! when I am gone address not one another in the way in which the brethren have heretofore addressed each other-with the epithet, that is, of “Âvuso" (Friend). A younger brother may be addressed by an elder with his name, or his family name, or the title “Friend.” But an elder should be addressed by a younger brother as " Lord” or as “Venerable Sir.”
3. When I am gone, Ânanda, let the order, if it should so wish, abolish all the lesser and minor precepts ??
4. When I am gone, Ananda, let the higher penalty be imposed on brother Khanna.'
But what, Lord, is the higher penalty ?'
1 In Kulla Vagga XI, 1, 9, 10, is related how the brotherhood formally considered the permission thus accorded to them, and resolved to adhere to all the precepts as laid down in the Buddha's lifetime. In his comment on this passage Buddhaghosa incidentally refers to a conversation on the subject between Nâgasena and Milinda Râga, but makes no mention of the work known as Milinda Pañha. Compare Trenckner's edition of that work, p. 142.
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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 |