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MAHÂVAGGA.
VIII, 8, 1.
* And you ought, О Bhikkhus, to appoint it in this way: Let a learned, competent Bhikkhu proclaim the following ñatti before the Samgha : “Let the Samgha, reverend Sirs, hear me. If the Samgha is ready, let the Samgha appoint the Vihara called N. N. to be the store-room (of the Samgha), (&c., the usual formula of a ñattidutiya kamma).”!
1. At that time the cloth in the Samgha's storeroom was not protected (from rain, mice, &c.) They told this thing to the Blessed One.
I prescribe, O Bhikkhus, that you appoint a Bhikkhu possessed of the following five qualities, to take charge of the store-room: (a person) who does not go in the evil course of lust (&c., as in chap. 5, § 1), and who knows what is protected and what is not.
And you ought, О Bhikkhus, to appoint (&c., see chap. 5, $ 2).
2. At that time the Khabbaggiya Bhikkhus expelled a Bhikkhu, who had charge of a storeroom, from his place.
They told this thing to the Blessed One. 'Let no one, O Bhikkhus, expel a Bhikkhu, who has charge of a store-room, from his place. He who does so, commits a dukkata offence.'
1. At that time the Samgha's store-room was over-full of clothes.
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