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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VIII, 15, 9.
THE DRESS OF THE BHIKKHUS.
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that I had in view in desiring to provide the Samgha my life long with food for in-coming Bhikkhus.
Moreover, Lord, an out-going Bhikkhu, while seeking about for an alms for himself, may be left behind by the caravan ?, or may arrive too late at the place whither he desires to go, and will set out on the road in weariness. But when he has partaken of the food I shall have provided for outgoing Bhikkhus, he will not be left behind by the caravan; he will arrive in due time at the place whither he desires to go, and he will set out on the road when he is not weary. It was this circumstance, Lord, that I had in view in desiring to provide the Samgha my life long with food for out-going Bhikkhus.
9. Moreover, Lord, if a sick Bhikkhu does not obtain suitable foods his sickness may increase upon him, or he may die. But if a Bhikkhu have taken the diet that I shall have provided for the sick, neither will his sickness increase upon him, nor will he die. It was this circumstance, Lord, that I had in view in desiring to provide the Samgha my life long with diet for the sick.
Moreover, Lord, a Bhikkhu who is waiting upon the sick, if he has to seek out food for himself, may bring in the food to the invalid) when the sun is already far on his course, and he will lose his
Compare sukhâ vihâyati in the Sigálováda Sutta at p. 302 of Grimblot's 'Sept Suttas Pális.'
• Compare Ussûra-seyyo in the Sigalovâda Sutta at p. 302 of Grimblot's Sept Suttas Pális ;' and Böhtlingk-Roth, under utsara.
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