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, 15. THE DRESS OF THE BHIKKHUS.
done well in asking eight boons of the Tathagata with such advantages in view.'
And the Blessed One gave thanks to Visâkhâ the mother of Migâra in these verses;
'Whatsoever woman, upright in life, a disciple of the Happy One, gives, glad at heart and overcoming avarice, both food and drink-a gift, heavenly, destructive of sorrow, productive of bliss,—
'A heavenly life does she attain, entering upon the Path that is free from corruption and impurity; 'Aiming at good, happy does she become, and free from sickness, and long does she rejoice in a heavenly body.'
And when the Blessed One had given thanks to Visâkhâ the mother of Migâra in these verses, he arose from his seat, and departed thence.
15. Then the Blessed One on that occasion, after he had delivered a religious discourse, addressed the Bhikkhus, and said:
'I allow you, O Bhikkhus, garments for the rainy season', and food for in-coming Bhikkhus, and food for out-going Bhikkhus, and diet for the sick, and food for those that wait upon the sick, and medicine for the sick, and a constant supply of congey, and bathing robes for the sisterhood.'
Here ends the chapter called the Visâkhâ-bhânavâra.
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1 The size of such a garment is limited by the 91st Pâkittiya to six spans by two-and-a-half-that is just enough to go round the loins from the waist half down to the knee. It would be decent, and yet avoid the disadvantage of wearing the robes in the rain, where they would become wet and heavy in the manner described, for instance, at Mahâvagga VII, 1, 1.
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