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SEKHIYA DHAMMA.
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SEKHIYA DHAMMÅ.
RULES REGARDING MATTERS CONNECTED WITH
DISCIPLINE.
Here, venerable Sirs, the rules regarding matters connected with discipline come into recitation.
1. 'I will put on my under garment all around mel.' This is a discipline which ought to be observed.
2. 'I will put on my robe all around me.' This is a discipline which ought to be observed.
3. Properly clad will I go amidst the houses ?! This is a discipline which ought to be observed.
4. Properly clad will I take my seat amidst the houses.' This is a discipline which ought to be observed.
5. (With my body) under proper controls will I go amidst the houses.' This is a discipline which ought to be observed.
6. '(With my body) under proper control will I take my seat amidst the houses.' This is a discipline which ought to be observed.
7. With downcast eye * will I go amidst the
1 Parimandalam: 'so as to cover the navel-mandala, and the knee-mandala,' says the Old Commentary. Compare Childers sub voce Timandalam; and Kullavagga VIII, 5, 2.
* Antaraghare. The antaragharam is the space in a village between the huts; not exactly the same, and yet in the following rules practically the same, as the village (gâma).
* Not, for instance, with dirty hands or feet, according to the Vibhanga.
4 The practical rule is for a Bhikkhu to look at a spot in the ground about a plough's length in front of him.
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