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searched after them, thinking: 'How is it that our novices have disappeared ?' The Bhikkhus said: 'The Khabbaggiya Bhikkhus, friends, have laid a ban upon them. The upagghầyas were annoyed, &c.: How can the Khabbaggiya Bhikkhus lay a ban upon our novices without having obtained our consent ?'
They told this thing to the Blessed One.
Let no one, O Bhikkhus, lay a ban (upon novices) without consent of the upagghầyas. He who does, commits a dukkata offence.'
59.
At that time the Khabbaggiya Bhikkhus drew the novices of senior Bhikkhus over to themselves).
The Theras, who were obliged to get themselves teeth-cleansers and water to rinse their mouths with, became tired.
They told this thing to the Blessed One.
Let no one, O Bhikkhus, draw the followers of another Bhikkhu over to himself. He who does, commits a dukkata offence.'
60.
At that time a novice, Kandaka by name, who was a follower of the venerable Upananda Sakyaputta, had sexual intercourse with a Bhikkhuni, Kandakâ by name. The Bhikkhus were annoyed, &c.: 'How can a novice abandon himself to such conduct ?'
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