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I, 40, 4. ADMISSION TO THE ORDER OF BHIKKHUS.
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asked them for the pabbaggâ ordination; the Bhikkhus conferred on them the pabbaggâ and upasampadâ ordinations.
3. The officers at the head of the army asked the royal soldiers : 'Why, how is it that the warriors N. N. and N. N. are nowhere to be seen?'
•The warriors N. N. and N. N., Lords, have embraced religious life among the Bhikkhus.'
Then the officers at the head of the army were annoyed, murmured, and became angry: 'How can the Sakyaputtiya Samanas ordain persons in the royal service ?'
The officers who were at the head of the army told the thing to the Magadha king Seniya Bimbisâra. And the Magadha king Seniya Bimbisâra asked the officers of justice: 'Tell me, my good Sirs, what punishment does he deserve who ordains a person in the royal service ?'
The upagghaya, Your Majesty, should be beheaded; to him who recites (the kammavâka), the tongue should be torn out; to those who form the chapter, half of their ribs should be broken.'
4. Then the Magadha king Seniya Bimbisâra went to the place where the Blessed One was ; having approached him and having respectfully saluted the Blessed One, he sat down near him. Sitting near him the Magadha king Seniya Bimbisâra said to the Blessed One: 'Lord, there are unbelieving kings who are disinclined (to the faith); these might harass the Bhikkhus even on trifling occasions. Pray, Lord, let their reverences not confer the pabbaggå ordination on persons in royal service.' Then the Blessed One taught (&c., see chap. 39. 7,
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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 |