Text of Confucianism Part 02

SR No.: 007676
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: James Legge
Publisher: Oxford
Publication Year: 1882
Total Pages: 2405
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 43 MB

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· MAHÂVAGGA.
V, 13, 11.
“The pilgrim finds in sin no pleasure, his delight is in the word, the pure.'
11. Then thought the venerable Sona: The Blessed One is pleased with me. This then is the time which my superior spoke of.' And rising from his seat, and arranging his robe on one shoulder, he bowed down with his head at the feet of the Blessed One, and said :
'Lord ! my superior Maha Kakkâyana bows down in salutation at the feet of the Blessed One. In the Southern country and in Avanti there are (&c., as in $§ 4-7, down to the end of the message).'
Then the Blessed One on that occasion and in that connection, having delivered a religious discourse, addressed the Bhikkhus and said:
'The Southern country and Avanti has but few Bhikkhus. I allow the upasa mpada (ordination) in border countries to be held in a meeting of only four Bhikkhus, beside the chairman, who must be a Vinaya-dhara.'
12. 'In this passage the following are the border countries referred to! To the East is the town Kagangala, and beyond it Mahâsâlâ. Beyond that is border country; this side of it is the Middle country. To the South-east is the river Salalavati. Beyond that is border country; this side of it is the Middle country. To the South is the town Setakannika. Beyond that is border country; this side of it is the Middle country. To the West is the Brâhman district of Thàna. Beyond that is
i Compare Cunningham, Ancient Geography of India,' I, 440; Childers, Khuddaka Patha, p. 20; Alwis, Introduction to Pali Grammar,' XXIX; Lassen, Indische Alterthumskunde, I, 119 (2nd ed.); Rhys Davids, ' Buddhist Birth Stories,' p. 61.
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