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II, 5, 3. UPOSATHA CEREMONY, AND PÂTIMOKKHA. 247
"The Pâtimokkha, O Bhikkhus, is not to be recited three times each half month. He who recites it (three times), commits a dukkata offence. I prescribe, O Bhikkhus, that you recite the Pâtimokkha once each half month, on the fourteenth or on the fifteenth day.'
1. At that time the Khabbaggiya Bhikkhu's recited the Pâtimokkha according as they lived together, every one before his own companions.
They told this thing to the Blessed One.
*The Pâtimokkha, O Bhikkhus, is not to be recited according as the Bhikkhus) live together, by every one before his own companions. He who recites it (in that way), commits a dukkata offence. I prescribe, O Bhikkhus, that the U posatha service is to be held by the complete fraternity.'
2. Now the Bhikkhus thought : ‘The Blessed One has prescribed that the Uposatha service is to be held by the complete fraternity. How far does completeness extend, as far as one residence (or one district), or all over the earth ?'
They told this thing to the Blessed One.
'I prescribe, O Bhikkhus, that completeness is to extend as far as one residence.
3. At that time the reverend Maha Kappina dwelt near Râgagaha, in the deer park of Maddakukkhi. Now (one day) when the reverend Maha Kappina was alone and had retired into solitude, the following consideration presented itself to his mind: 'Shall I go to the Uposatha service or shall I not go? Shall I go to the functions of the Order
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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 |