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KULLAVAGGA.
V, 20, 1.
You are not, O Bhikkhus, [to do any of these things.] Whosoever does so, shall be guilty of a dukkata.'
20.
1. Now at that time Vaddha the Likkhavi was a friend of the Bhikkhus 'who were followers of Mettiya and Bhummagaka'. Now Vaddha the Likkhavi went up to the place where those Bhikkhus were, and on arriving there he said to them, My salutation to you, Sirs !' When he had thus spoken, the Bhikkhus who were followers of Mettiya and Bhummagaka gave him no reply. And a second and a third time she said the same words, and still received no reply).
Wherein have I offended you, Sirs ? Why do you give me no reply?'
"Therein, that you, friend, sit contented while we are being molested by Dabba the Mallian.'
But what, Sirs, can I do?' 'If you wished it, friend, to-day even would the Blessed One expel Dabba the Mallian.
But what shall I do, Sirs? What is that it is in my power to do?'
Come then, friend Vaddha. Do you go up to the place where the Blessed One is, and when you have come there, say as follows: "This, Lord, is neither fit nor becoming that the very quarter of the heavens which ought to be safe, secure, and free from danger,
1 These are two of the Khabbaggiya Bhikkhus; and the evil deeds of the followers form the subject of Kullavagga IV, 4, 5 and following sections. Our sections 1, 2 are nearly the same as $$ 8, 9 there.
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