Vinaya Texts

SR No.: 007684
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: T W Rhys Davids, Hermann Oldenberg
Publisher: Oxford
Publication Year: 1881
Total Pages: 2523
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 47 MB

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When that robe has thus been made up he hears the news, "The Kathina, they say, has been suspended in that district."
VII, 9, 3.
THE KATHINA CEREMONIES.
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, goes away with the expectation of getting a robe, thinking, "I will come back." And when he has got beyond the boundary, he thinks, "I will devote myself to obtaining that expected gift, and will never go back." And he cares for that expected gift, but his expectation collapses.
'That Bhikkhu's Kathina privileges are suspended on the ground of the lapse of that expectation.
'A Bhikkhu, after the Kathina ceremony has been held, goes away with the expectation of getting a robe, thinking, "I will come back." And when he has got beyond the boundary, he devotes himself to the realisation of his expectation, and he obtains a robe where he had expected it, and does not obtain one where he had not expected it, and 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.
'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 (&c., as in the preceding case, down to :) And then, after it has been made up, he postpones his return until the very moment when the (general) suspension of privileges takes place.
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