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That Bhikkhu's Kathina privileges are suspended on the ground of his having heard that news.
'A Bhikkhu, after the Kathina ceremony has been held, takes a robe and goes away, thinking, "I will come back." And when he has got beyond the boundary he has that robe made up. And then, after it has been made up, he postpones his return until the (general) suspension of privileges has taken place.
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THE KATHINA CEREMONIES.
'That Bhikkhu's Kathina privileges are suspended on the ground of his being beyond the boundary.
'A Bhikkhu, after the Kathina ceremony has been held, takes a robe and goes away, thinking, "I will come back." And when he has got beyond the boundary he has that robe made up. And then, when it has been made up, he postpones his return until the very moment when the (general) suspension of privileges takes place1.
'That Bhikkhu's Kathina privileges are suspended on the ground of the common suspension (of the privileges of the whole Samgha).'
End of the section entitled Âdâya-sattaka 2.
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'A Bhikkhu, after the Kathina ceremony has been
In the table of contents (p. 266) sambhunâti is replaced by sambhoti. Abhisambhuneyyam occurs in Burnouf's 'Lotus,' &c., p. 313.
That is, 'the seven cases in which he takes a robe away.' The eighth case is explained below in chapters 8, 9.
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