Vinaya Texts

SR No.: 007684
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

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II, 21, 3. UPOSATHA CEREMONY, AND PÂTIMOKKHA. 273
the Dhamma, the Vinaya, the mâtika?, who is wise, learned, intelligent, modest, conscientious ?, anxious for training ; let those Bhikkhus, O Bhikkhus, kindly receive that Bhikkhu, let them show attention to him, exchange (friendly) words with him, provide him with powder, clay 3, a tooth-cleanser, and water to rinse his mouth with. If they do not receive him kindly, or show no attention to him, or do not exchange (friendly) words with him, or do not provide him with powder, clay, a tooth-cleanser, and water to rinse his mouth with, they commit a dukkata offence.
3. In case, O Bhikkhus, there dwell in a certain residence on the day of Uposatha many ignorant, unlearned Bhikkhus who neither know Uposatha ... nor the recital of the Pâtimokkha; let those Bhikkhus, O Bhikkhus, instantly send one Bhikkhu to the neighbouring residence (of Bhikkhus, saying), “Go, friend, and come back when you have learnt the Pâtimokkha abridged or in its full extent.” If they succeed in this way, well and good. If they do not succeed, those Bhikkhus, O Bhikkhus, ought all to go to a residence where they (the Bhikkhus there) know Uposatha or the Uposatha service or the Pâtimokkha or the recital of the Pâtimokkha.
1 Enumerations of terms indicating the different cases that come under a Vinaya rule or a dogmatical proposition are called mâtika; for instance, in discussing the first pârâgika rule the Vibhanga gives the following mâtikâpadâni: tisso itthiyo manussitthi amanussitthi tirakkhânagatitthi, tayo ubhatovyañganakâ manussubhatovyañganako amanussubh. tirakkhânagatubh., &c. Most of the works belonging to the Abhidhamma Pitaka are based on and opened by such mâtik â lists.
* Or 'scrupulous,' in good sense. s See I, 25, 12, with our note.
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