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V, 19, I.
down. Whosoever does so, shall be guilty of a dukkata.'
Now at that time the Khabbaggiya Bhikkhus lay down to sleep on beds scattered over with flowers.
People who came on a visit to the Vihâras saw it, and murmured, &c., saying, 'Like those who still live in the pleasures of the world.'
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KULLAVAGGA.
They told this matter to the Blessed One.
'You are not, O Bhikkhus, to sleep on beds scattered over with flowers. Whosoever does so, shall be guilty of a dukkata.'
Now at that time people came to the Ârâma, bringing perfumes and garlands. The Bhikkhus, fearing to offend, would not accept them.
They told this matter to the Blessed One.
'I allow you, O Bhikkhus, to accept the perfume, and to apply it to the door for a space of five fingerbreadths1; and to accept the flowers, and put them on one side in the Vihâra.'
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1. Now at that time a sheath of felt had come into the possession of the Samgha.
They told this matter to the Blessed One.
'I allow you, O Bhikkhus, a sheath.'
The Bhikkhus considered whether a sheath was a thing which each one might keep for himself, or a thing which ought to be handed over from time to time by one Bhikkhu to another.'
1 Kavâte pankangulikam dâtum, on which Buddhaghosa has This measure occurs in Gâtaka I, 166, 192; Fausböll's 'Five Gâtakas' 6; and Mahâvamsa, p. 193.
no note.
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2 Namatakam. See V, 11, I.
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