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BOOK II, LECTURE 5, LESSON 1.
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A monk or a nun may ask for clothes which they have well inspected, from the householder or his wife, &c. After consideration, they should say: 'O longlived one! (or, O sister !) please give me one of these clothes !' If they beg for them, or the householder gives them, they may accept them; for they are pure and acceptable.
This is the second rule. (7) Now follows the third rule :
A monk or a nun may beg for an under or upper garment. If they beg for it, &c. (see § 7).
This is the third rule. (8) Now follows the fourth rule:
A monk or a nun may beg for a left-off robe, which no other Sramana or Brahmana, guest, pauper or beggar wants. If they beg, &c. (see § 7).
This is the fourth rule.
A monk or a nun who have adopted one of these four rules should not say, &c. (all as in II, 1, 11, § 12, down to) we respect each other accordingly. (9)
A householder may perhaps say to a mendicant begging in the prescribed way: 'O long-lived Sramana! return after a month, ten nights, five nights, to-morrow, to-morrow night; then we shall give you some clothes. Hearing and perceiving such talk, he should, after consideration, say: 'O long-lived one ! (or, O sister !) it is not meet for me to accept such a promise. If you want to give me (something), give it me now!'
After these words the householder may answer: 'O long-lived Sramana! follow me! then we shall give you some clothes. The mendicant should give the same answer as above.
After his words the householder may say (to one
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| SR No. | 007677 |
| Book Title | Saddharma Pundarika |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | H Kern |
| Publisher | Oxford |
| Publication Year | 1884 |
| Total Pages | 2546 |
| Language | English |
| Classification | Book_English |
| File Size | 46 MB |