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________________ IV, 16, 3. THE PAVÂRANÂ CEREMONY. 341 dukkata offence. I prescribe, O Bhikkhus, that you ask a Bhikkhu who holds Pavâraná being guilty of an offence, for his leavel and reprove him for that offence. 2. At that time the Khabbaggiya Bhikkhus, when asked for leave, were not willing to give leave (to Bhikkhus who were going to reprove them for an offence). They told this thing to the Blessed One. I prescribe, O Bhikkhus, that you inhibit the Pavâranâ of a Bhikkhu who does not give leave. And you ought to inhibit it, О Bhikkhus, in this way: Let (a Bhikkhu) say on the day of Pavâranâ, on the fourteenth or on the fifteenth day (of the half month), in presence of that person, before the assembled Samgha : "Let the Samgha, reverend Sirs, hear me. Such and such a person is guilty of an offence; I inhibit his Pavârana; Pavâranâ must not be held in his presence.” Thus his Pavâranâ is inhibited.' 3. At that time the Khabbaggiya Bhikkhus, who thought: Otherwise good Bhikkhus might inhibit our Pavâranâ,' themselves inhibited beforehand, without object and reason, the Pavâranâ of pure Bhikkhus who had committed no offence, and they also inhibited the Pavâranâ of Bhikkhus who had already performed their Pavâranâ. They told this thing to the Blessed One. 'Let no one, O Bhikkhus, inhibit, without object and reason, the Pavâranâ of pure Bhikkhus who have committed no offence. He who does, commits a dukkata offence. And further, O Bhikkhus, let no 1 Comp. II, 16, 1. Digitized by Google
SR No.007684
Book TitleVinaya Texts
Original Sutra AuthorN/A
AuthorT W Rhys Davids, Hermann Oldenberg
PublisherOxford
Publication Year1881
Total Pages2523
LanguageEnglish
ClassificationBook_English
File Size47 MB
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