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MAHÂVAGGA.
VIII, 15, 8. ..
for the rainy season on the Samgha, and food for in-coming Bhikkhus, and food for out-going Bhikkhus, and food for the sick, and food for those who wait upon the sick, and medicine for the sick, and a constant supply of congey, and bạthing robes for the nuns.
But what circumstance is it, O Visakha, that you have in view in asking these eight boons of the Tathāgata ?'
'I gave command, Lord, to my slave girl, saying, “Go thou to the Arâma; and when you are there, announce the time, saying, “The time, Sirs, has arrived, and the meal is ready.'” And the slave girl went, Lord, to the Årâma; but when she beheld there the Bhikkhus with their robes thrown off, letting themselves be rained down upon, she thought: " These are not Bhikkhus in the Arama, they are naked ascetics letting the rain fall on them," and she returned to me and reported accordingly. Impure, Lord, is nakedness, and revolting. It was this circumstance, Lord, that I had in view in desiring to provide the Samgha my life long with special garments for use in the rainy season.
8. Moreover, Lord, an in-coming Bhikkhu, not being able to take the direct roads, and not knowing the places where food can be procured, comes on his way wearied out by seeking for an alms. But when he has partaken of the food I shall have provided for in-coming Bhikkhus, he will come on his way without being wearied out by seeking for an alms, taking the direct road, and knowing the place where food can be procured. It was this circumstance
See below, the note on § 15.
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| SR No. | 007684 |
| Book Title | Vinaya Texts |
| 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 |