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is sick, let him nurse him as long as his life lasts, and wait until he has recovered.'
End of the duties towards a saddhiviharika.
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1. At that time the saddhivihârikas did not observe a proper conduct towards their u pagghầyas. The moderate Bhikkhus 1 were annoyed, murmured, and became angry, saying, 'How can the saddhivihârikas not observe a proper conduct towards their upagghầyas?' These Bhikkhus told this thing to the Blessed One.
(Then Buddha questioned the Bhikkhus): Is it true, O Bhikkhus, that the saddhivihârikas do not observe a proper conduct towards their upagghầyas?'
(They replied): 'It is true, Lord.'
Then the blessed Buddha rebuked those Bhikkhus: How can the saddhivihârikas, O Bhikkhus, not observe a proper conduct towards their upagghầyas?' Having rebuked them and delivered a religious discourse, he thus addressed the Bhikkhus 2: Let a saddhivihârika, O Bhikkhus, not forbear to observe a proper conduct towards
1 We believe that the words The moderate Bhikkhus' are intended here and throughout the whole work as an abbreviation of the fuller phrase, 'Those Bhikkhus who were moderate, frugal, modest, conscientious, anxious for training' (chap. 25. 3).
? All this is an abbreviation of what has been given at full length in chap. 25. 4-6.
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