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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MAHÂVAGGA.
IV, 5, 6.
district on the day of Pavârana. Now these Bhikkhus thought: 'The Blessed One has prescribed that five Bhikkhus, &c., that four Bhikkhus, &c., that three Bhikkhus, &c., and we are (only) two persons. Well, how are we to hold Pavâ ranâ ?'
'I prescribe, O Bhikkhus, that two Bhikkhus should hold Pavâranâ with each other.
6. 'And let them hold Pavâranâ, O Bhikkhus, in this way: Let the senior Bhikkhu adjust his upper robe, &c., and say to the junior Bhikkhu : “I pronounce my Pavâranâ, friend, &c."
*Then let the junior Bhikkhu, &c.'
7. At that time there dwelt a single Bhikkhu in a certain district on the day of Pavâranâ. Now this Bhikkhu thought: 'The Blessed One has prescribed that five Bhikkhus, &c., &c., and I am only one person. Well, how am I to hold Pavâranâ ?'
8. 'In case there dwell, O Bhikkhus, in a certain district on the day of Pavâranâ, a single Bhikkhu : Let that Bhikkhu, O Bhikkhus, sweep the place which the Bhikkhus use 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 Pavâranâ with them; if they do not come, let him fix his mind upon the thought: “To-day is my Pavarana.” If he does not fix his mind upon this thought, he commits a dukkata offence.
9. Now, O Bhikkhus, where five Bhikkhus dwell (together), they must not convey the Pavâranâ 1 of one (to their assembly) and hold Pavârana by
See chap. 3, § 3. Compare II, chap. 22, and chap. 26, § 10.
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