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(required for a Bhikkhu) to any one else; let him not receive (such) articles from any one else; let him not shave the hair of any one else; let him not have his hair shaven by any one else; let him not wait upon any one else ; let him not have done service by any one else; let him not execute commissions for any one else ; let him not have commissions executed by any one else ; let him not go with any one else as his attendant; let him not take any one else with him as his attendant; let him not carry any one's food received by him in alms to the Vihara); let him not have the food received by himself in alms carried by any one (to the Vihara) without the permission of his upagghầya. Let him not enter the village, or go to a cemetery, or go abroad on journeys without the permission of his upagghầya. If his upagghầya is sick, let him nurse him as long as his life lasts, and wait until he has recovered.'
End of the duties towards an upagghầya.
26. 1. The u pagghầya, O Bhikkhus, ought to observe a strict conduct towards his saddhivih ârika. And these are the rules for his conduct: Let the upagghầya, O Bhikkhus, afford (spiritual) help and furtherance to the saddhiviharika by teaching, by putting questions to him, by exhortation, by instruction. If the upagghầya has an alms-bowl and the saddhiviharika has not, let the upagghầya give the alms-bowl to the saddhiviharika or take care
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