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MAHÂVAGGA.
IX, 7, 1.
upasam pada ordination ought to be conferred, the decree of abbhâna,-in such case, O Bhikkhus, this act is performed unlawfully against Dhamma and Vinaya, and in such case this Samgha trespasses against the law.'
End of the second Bhânavara, which contains
the questions of Upâli.
1. 'In case, O Bhikkhus, a Bhikkhu be litigious, contentious, quarrelsome, disputatious, and constantly raise questions before the Samgha. And the other Bhikkhus say among each other : “ This Bhikkhu, friends, is indeed litigious, contentious, &c.; well, let us proceed against him with the tagganiyakammal.” And they proceed against him with the tagganiyakamma unlawfully? with an incomplete congregation, and he then goes from that district to another district. There the Bhikkhus say among each other : "Against this Bhikkhu, friends, the Samgha has proceeded with the tagganiyakamma unlawfully with an incomplete congregation; well, let us proceed against him with the tagganiyakamma.” And they proceed against him with the tagganiyakamma unlawfully with a complete congregation, and he then goes from that district again to another district. And there the Bhikkhus again say among each other (&c.,
* See Kullavagga I, 1-8. 3 See above, chap. 3, $ 5.
? See above, chap. 3, § 3 seq.
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