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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VII, 1, 2.
THE KATHINA CEREMONIES.
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who were all dwellers in the forest, all living on alms, all dressed in rags from the dust heap, all having only three robes each, when they were on the way to Savatthi to visit the Blessed One, at the time when the period for entering upon Vassa was at hand, were unable to reach Såvatthi in time to spend the Vassa there, and stayed at Sâketa on the way for the Vassa. And they spent the period of Vassa in discomfort, thinking, 'Our Blessed One is staying near us, six leagues from here, and we are not able to visit the Blessed One.'
And when, after three months, those Bhikkhus had completed their Vassa residence, and had held their Pavarana, they went on to the place where the Blessed One was, at Savatthi, in the Getavana, Anathapindika's Grove, while the rain was falling, and the waters were gathering', and the swamps were forming, and their robes were all drenched, and they were weary. And when they had arrived, they saluted the Blessed One, and took their seats on one side,
2. Now it is the custom of the blessed Buddhas to greet kindly Bhikkhus who have just arrived. And the Blessed One said to those Bhikkhus? :
Do things go well with you, O Bhikkhus? Do
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Kuru, Pankála, &c., which are the last eight of the sixteen kingdoms in the stock list above referred to. Probably the literal meaning of Patheyya is 'western' (Sans. pratyank). In the Suttavibhanga (Pakittiya 34) merchants are mentioned who are travelling from Rågagaha to the Padiyaloka, which must mean the western country,' just as Patiyârâma (Dipav. 17, 11) means 'the western Arâma.'
1 Udaka-samgahe 'ti udakena samgahite ghafite samsalihe thale ka minne ka ekodakibhūte 'ti attho (B.). • Compare IV, 1, 8, and foll.
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