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III, 27, 1.
PROBATION AND PENANCE.
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27.
1. Now at that time a certain Bhikkhu, whilst he was under probation, threw off the robes. Afterwards he came back again, and asked the Bhikkhus for upasam padâ. They told this thing to the Blessed One.
'In case, O Bhikkhus, a Bhikkhu throws off the robes whilst he is under probation, there can follow no probation to him, O Bhikkhus, so long as he is out of the Order. If he afterwards receive the upasampadâ, the original probation (previously imposed upon him, still remains obligatory) upon him. A probation once imposed, is imposed for good; a probation once undergone, is undergone for good; if any (portion of the time) remain over, the probation must be again undergone (from the beginning).
In case, O Bhikkhus, a Bhikkhu, whilst he is undergoing probation, becomes a Sâmanera. There can happen no probation to him, O Bhikkhus, so long as he is a Sâmanera. If he afterwards receives the upasa mpadà (&c., as in the last paragraph, down to the end).
*In case, O Bhikkhus, a Bhikkhu, whilst he is undergoing probation, goes out of his mind .... becomes weak in his mind .... diseased in his sensations .... is suspended for not acknowledging an
corresponding probation. If not, he is to undergo the so-called
probation of complete purification,' which, as it is computed from the date of his ordination, is quite certain to be as long as the time of the longest concealment of any offence,
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