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IV, 15, 1.
THE PAVARANÂ CEREMONY.
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1-3. 'Let no one, O Bhikkhus, hold Pavâranâ in a seated assembly (of Bhikkhus) before a Bhikkhuni, .... (&c.?)
4. 'Let no one, O Bhikkhus, hold Pavâranâ by (accepting) the Pavâranâ declaration of a pârivâsika?, except if the assembly has not yet risen (at the time when the Pavârana is declared). And let no one, O Bhikkhus, hold Pavâranâ on another day than the Pavâranâ day, except for the sake of (preserving) concord among the Samgha 3.
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1. At that time a certain residence (of Bhikkhus) in the Kosala country was menaced on the day of Pavâranâ by savage people. The Bhikkhus were not able to perform Pavâranâ with the threefold formula.
They told this thing to the Blessed One.
obvious and sufficiently indicated by $$ 1-3; instead of, 'Let them proclaim their Pârisuddhi'(II, 28, 4, &c.), read here, 'Let them pronounce their Pavarana.'
1 See II, 36, 1-3. 2 Comp. II, 36, 4, with the note.
$ See, for instance, the cases in chap. 17. Buddhaghosa's explanation is different; he says: 'Concord among the Samgha is to be understood of such cases as that of Kosambi.' It is said in the account of the schism of Kosambi that, if concord has been re-established, the reconciled parties hold Uposatha together (X, 5, 14; comp. II, 36, 4); Buddhaghosa apparently extends this to holding Pa vâranâ also.
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