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MAHÂVAGGA.
I, 31, 1.
The religious life has decomposing urine as medicinel for its resource. Thus you must endeavour to live all your life. Ghee, butter, oil, honey, and molasses are extra allowances.'
Here ends the fifth Bhânavara, which contains
the duties towards upagghầyas.
31. 1. At that time a certain youth came to the Bhikkhus and asked them to be ordained. The Bhikkhus told him the (four) Resources before his ordination. Then he said: 'If you had told me the Resources, venerable Sirs, after my ordination, I should have persisted in the religious life); but now, venerable Sirs, I will not be ordained; the Resources are repulsive and loathsome to me.
The Bhikkhus told this thing to the Blessed One.
You ought not, O Bhikkhus, to tell the Resources (to the candidates) before their ordination. He who does, is guilty of a dukkata offence. I prescribe, O Bhikkhus, that you tell the Resources (to the newly-ordained Bhikkhus) immediately after their upasampada.'
sions are explained by Buddhaghosa in his note on Kullavagga 1. 1. as follows: 'addhayogo 'ti suvannavangageham, pâsâdo 'ti dîghapâsâdo, hammiyan ti upariâkâsatale patitthitakutâgâro pasado yeva, guhâ 'ti itthakaguha silaguhâ dâruguhâ pamsuguhâ,' i. e. 'Addhayoga is a gold-coloured Bengal house. Pâsâda is a long storied mansion (or, the whole of an upper storey). Hammiya is a Pâsâda, which has an upper chamber placed on the topmost storey. Guha is a hut made of bricks, or in a rock, or of wood.'
Compare Mahâvagga VI, 14, 6.
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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 |