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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MAHAVAGGA.
an offer, &c., robbers make an offer, &c., rascals make an offer (in these words): "Come, venerable Sir, we give you gold, (&c., down to).... or we give you our daughter as your wife, or we get another wife for you." In that case, (&c., as in §3).... Vassa.
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'In case, O Bhikkhus, a Bhikkhu who has entered upon Vassa, finds an ownerless treasure. In that case, (&c., as in § 3, down to).... Vassa. 5. In case, O Bhikkhus, a Bhikkhu who has entered upon Vassa, sees a number of Bhikkhus who strive to cause divisions in the Samgha. In that case, if that Bhikkhu thinks: "The Blessed One has said that it is a grievous sin to cause divisions in the Samgha; may no division arise in the Samgha in my presence," let him go away. He is not guilty of interruption of Vassa.
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III, II, 5.
'In case, O Bhikkhus, a Bhikkhu who has entered upon Vassa, hears: "A number of Bhikkhus are striving to cause divisions in the Samgha." In that case,.... (&c., as in § 5, down to).... Vassa.
6. In case, O Bhikkhus, a Bhikkhu who has entered upon Vassa, hears: "In such and such a district a number of Bhikkhus are striving to cause divisions in the Samgha." If that Bhikkhu thinks: "Those Bhikkhus are friends of mine; I will say to them: The Blessed One, my friends, has said that it is a grievous sin to cause divisions in the Samgha; let not divisions in the Samgha please you, Sirs; then they will do what I say, they will obey me and give ear," in that case let him go (to that place). He is not guilty of interruption of Vassa.
7. 'In case, O Bhikkhus, a Bhikkhu who has entered upon Vassa, hears: "In such and such a
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