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VI, 10, a.
ON DWELLINGS AND FURNITURE.
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up out of his seat; and the dining-hall was thrown into confusion.
Then that minister became indignant, murmured, and was annoyed : 'How can the Sakyaputtiya Samanas behave so! Is it not then lawful for any one, unless he have been seated, to eat as much as he requires ?'
And the Bhikkhus heard him murmuring, &c. And they told the matter to the Blessed One.
Is it true as they say, &c. ?' . It is true, Lord.'
Then the Blessed One rebuked him, &c., and he said to the Bhikkhus, ' A Bhikkhu is not, O Bhikkhus, to be made to get up out of his seat before the meal is over. Whosoever does so, shall be guilty of a dukkata. And if any one causes another to get up, and be then invited to partake of the meal, he shall be ordered to go and fetch water. If he shall thus receive the place, it is well; if not, the other one shall first complete his swallowing of the rice, and shall then give up the place to his senior. But in no case, O Bhikkhus, do I say that a place properly belonging to a senior Bhikkhu is to be taken (by a junior). Whosoever does so, shall be guilty of a dukkata?'
2. Now at that time the Khabbaggiya Bhikkhus made sick Bhikkhus get up (from their seats). The sick men said, “We cannot, Sirs, get up; for we are sick.'
We insist upon your getting up,' said they; and
next to him).' The text reads anantarikam, which is a misprint. Compare Mahâvagga IX, 4, 8, and Kullavagga VII, 3, 9, VIII, 4, 1.
Compare the rule for Bhikkhunîs at X, 18. .
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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 |