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MAHÂVAGGA.
IX, 1, 8.
And those stranger Bhikkhus put their restingplaces in order, took up their alms-bowls and their robes, and went forth to Kampâ, and in due course they came to Kampà and to the place where the Blessed One was. Having approached him and respectfully saluted the Blessed One, they sat down near him. Now it is the custom of the blessed Buddhas (&c.?, down to:) 'It is all well, Lord; we find our living, Lord; we have made the journey, Lord, without too much fatigue. There is in the country of Kasi, Lord, (a village) called Vasabhagâma; from that place we come, Lord.'
8. So are you, O Bhikkhus, those who have expelled the resident Bhikkhu there?'
We are, Lord.'
For what cause, O Bhikkhus, and for what reason ?'
Without any cause and reason, Lord.'
Then the Blessed One rebuked those Bhikkhus: *That is improper, O Bhikkhus, it is unbecoming, indecent, unworthy of Samanas, unallowable, and to be avoided. How can you, O fools, expel a pure and guiltless Bhikkhu, without any cause and reason? This will not do, O Bhikkhus, for converting the unconverted.' Having thus rebuked them and delivered a religious discourse, he thus addressed the Bhikkhus: “Let no one, O Bhikkhus, expel a pure and guiltless Bhikkhu without cause and reason. He who does, commits a dukkata offence.'
9. Then those Bhikkhus rose from their seats, adjusted their upper robes so as to cover one
See $ 4. The alterations to be made those Bhikkhus' instead of the Bhikkhu Kassapa-gotta,' &c.) are obvious.
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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 |