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VIII, 7.
THE DRESS OF THE BHIKKHUS.
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1. At that time the Bhikkhus who had to receive the robes (presented), after having received them, left them there in the Viharas) and went away; the robes were spoilt.
They told this thing to the Blessed One.
I prescribe, O Bhikkhus, that you appoint a Bhikkhu possessed of the following five qualities, to lay by the robes (received): (a person) who does not go in the evil course of lust, in the evil course of hatred, in the evil course of delusion, in the evil course of fear, and who knows what is laid by and what is not.
2. “And you ought, О Bhikkhus, to appoint (&c., see chap. 5, § 2).'
At that time the Bhikkhus appointed to lay the robes by, laid the robes by in an open hall, or at the foot of a tree, or in the hollow of a Nimba tree?; thus they were eaten by rats and white ants.
They told this thing to the Blessed One.
'I prescribe, O Bhikkhus, that you appoint what the Samgha chooses, a Vihara, or an Addhayoga, or a storied building, or an attic, or a cave, to be the store-room (of the Samgha).
1 Compare III, 12, 5.
• Compare I, 30, 4. The word bhanda gâra does not imply any special reference to robes more than to any other articles belonging to the Samgha. A good many things which were usually kept in the bhanda gara are mentioned at Kullav. VI, 21, 3.
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