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II, 32. UPOSATHA CEREMONY, AND PÂTIMOKKHA.
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30. In case, O Bhikkhus, there assemble, &c.; they know that there are other resident Bhikkhus absent. Feeling doubt as to whether they are competent to hold Uposatha or not competent, they hold Uposatha and recite the Pâtimokkha, &c.'
End of the fifteen cases of the Bhikkhus who
feel doubt.
31.
'In case, O Bhikkhus, there assemble, &c.; they know that there are other resident Bhikkhus absent. (Thinking): “We are competent to hold Uposatha, we are not incompetent," they abandon themselves to misbehaviour, hold Uposatha, and recite the Pâtimokkha, &c.1
End of the fifteen cases of the Bhikkhus abandoning
themselves to misbehaviour.
32. 'In case, O Bhikkhus, there assemble, &c.; they know that there are other resident Bhikkhus absent. They perish and become ruined?, saying, “What are those people to us?” and risking a schism
1 The decision of these fifteen cases is the same as in chap. 29. * I.e. they destroy their own welfare by their wickedness.
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