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MAHÂVAGGA.
VIII, 25, 1.
putta, at the kukkutârâma, a number of Therasthe venerable Nilavasi, and the venerable Sânavâsi', and the venerable Gopaka, and the venerable Bhagu, and the venerable Phalika-sandâna. And those Bhikkhus went to Pataliputta, and asked the Theras what they should do.
The Theras answered : 'As we understand the rule laid down by the Blessed One, these robes belong to you alone until the Kathina ceremony shall have been performed.'
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1. Now at that time the venerable Upananda of the Sakya race, having spent the rainy season at Sâvatthi, went to take up his abode in a certain village. The Bhikkhus in that place assembled together with the object of dividing the robes. They said to him:
These robes, friend, which are the property of the Samgha, are about to be divided. Will you accept a share of them ?'.
Yes, friends, I will,' said he; and taking his share, departed thence and took up his abode elsewhere.
[The same thing happened there, and] he departed thence and took up his abode elsewhere.
[The same thing happened there, and so] he returned to Sâvatthi with a great bundle of robes.
2. The Bhikkhus said to him: What a merito
1 There is a Sânavâsi who takes a prominent part at the Council of Vesali (Kullavagga XII, 1, 8; XII, 2, 4). He is probably meant to be considered the same as this one.
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