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MAHÂVAGGA.
V, 13, 8.
'Even so, Lord,' said the venerable Sona in assent to the venerable Mahå Kakkâyana, and, rising from his seat, he departed thence, keeping his right side towards him. And taking up his bed, he went on with his robe on, and his bowl in his hand to Såvatthi.
8. And wandering from place to place he arrived at the place where the Blessed One was, at Sâvatthi in the Getavana, Anatha-pindika's park. And when he had come there he saluted the Blessed One, and took his seat beside him.
Then the Blessed One said to the venerable Ananda : Make ready a sleeping-place, Ananda, for this Bhikkhu who has just arrived.' And the venerable Ânanda thought:
Inasmuch as the Blessed One commands me to make ready a sleeping-place for the Bhikkhu who has just arrived, the Blessed One evidently desires to dwell in the same Vihara with that Bhikkhu, he desires to dwell in the same Vihâra with the venerable Sona. And he made ready a sleeping-place for the venerable Sona at the place where the Blessed One was staying.
9. Then the Blessed One, after spending the greater part of the night in the open air, entered the Vihara. And also the venerable Sona, having spent the greater part of the night in the open air, entered the Vihara. And the Blessed One rose up, early in the morning, towards dawn, and requested the venerable Sona, saying,
*May the Dhamma so become clear to you that you may speak?'
1 Palibhâlu tam bhikkhu dhammo bhâsitum. Compare Buddhaghosa's commentary on the similar idiom used in the Maha
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| SR No. | 007684 |
| Book Title | Vinaya Texts |
| 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 |