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III, 25, 1.
PROBATION AND PENANCE.
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in which he had acted) overcame him. “Let me now ask the Samgha for a (further) probation of one month for the two Samghâdisesa offences concealed for two months.'
2. He told the Bhikkhus [all that had happened, in the words of į 1, and asked them], 'What now shall I do?'
They told this thing to the Blessed One.
3. 'Let then the Samgha, O Bhikkhus, impose upon that Bhikkhu a probation for a further month for those two Samghâdisesa offences concealed for two months.'
[Here follows the kammavâkâ in the form given in chapter 1, $$ 2, 3.] :
Thus that Bhikkhu, O Bhikkhus, should undergo probation for two months from that date'.'
25. 1. 'In case, O Bhikkhus, a Bhikkhu commit two Samghâdisesa offences which he conceals for two months. And it occurs to him (&c., as in last chapter). . . . And he asks . . . . And the Samgha imposes .... And whilst he is undergoing that probation, shame (&c.) overcomes him, &c. ... And he asks the Samgha for a probation of a further month for those two Samghadisesa offences concealed for two months. And the Samgha imposes upon him a further probation, &c. ... Then, O Bhikkhus, that Bhikkhu should from that date undergo that further
See above, chap. 22. 3.
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