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, 26, 10. UPOSATHA CEREMONY, AND PÂTIMOKKHA. 281
his upper robe so as to cover one shoulder, sit down squatting, raise his joined hands, and say to those Bhikkhus: “I am pure, reverend Sirs, &c.")
5. At that time two Bhikkhus dwelt in a certain residence on the day of Uposatha. Now these Bhikkhus thought: ‘The Blessed One has prescribed to four (Bhikkhus) the reciting of the Pâtimokkha, to three (Bhikkhus) the holding of pârisuddhi-uposatha, and we are (only) two persons,' &c.
'I prescribe, O Bhikkhus, that two persons may hold pârisuddhi-u posatha.'
6,7. And it ought to be held in this way: Let the senior Bhikkhu, &c. ?'
8. At that time there dwelt a single Bhikkhu in a certain residence on the day of Uposatha. Now this Bhikkhu thought, &c.
9. In case there dwell, O Bhikkhus, in a certain residence on the day of Uposatha a single Bhikkhu ; let that Bhikkhu, O Bhikkhus, sweep the place which the Bhikkhus used to frequent, the refectory, or hall, or place at the foot of a tree; let him (then) provide water and food, prepare seats, put a lamp there, and sit down. If other Bhikkhus come, let him hold Uposatha with them; if they do not come, let him fix his mind upon the thought: “To-day is my Uposatha.” If he does not fix his mind upon this thought, he commits a dukkata offence.
10. "Now, O Bhikkhus, where four Bhikkhus dwell (together), they must not convey the pârisuddhi? of one (to their assembly), and recite the
See $$ 3, 4. The ñatti prescribed in the preceding case does not apply to this case.
? See chap. 22.
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