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.
2. 1. A Bhikkhu, after the Kathina ceremony has been held1, takes a robe ready for wear, and goes away, thinking, "I will come back."
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That Bhikkhu's Kathina privileges are suspended on the ground of his having gone away.
'A Bhikkhu, after the Kathina ceremony has been held, takes a robe and goes away. And when he had got beyond the boundary he thinks, "I will have the robe made up here, and will never go back." And he gets the robe made up.
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'That Bhikkhu's Kathina privileges are suspended on the ground of his having a robe ready for wear. A Bhikkhu, after the Kathina ceremony has been held, takes a robe and goes away. And when he has got beyond the boundary he thinks, "I will neither have the robe made up, nor will I go back."
'That Bhikkhu's Kathina privileges are suspended on the ground of his having so decided.
'A Bhikkhu, after the Kathina ceremony has been held, takes a robe and goes away. And when he has got beyond the boundary he thinks, "I will have the robe made up here, and will never go back." And he has the robe made up. And as the robe is being made up for him, it is spoilt.
'That Bhikkhu's Kathina privileges are suspended on the ground of the robe being so spoilt.
VII, 2, 1.
2. 'A Bhikkhu, after the Kathina ceremony has been held, takes a robe and goes away, thinking, "I will come back." When he has got beyond the boundary he has that robe made up. When his robe has thus been made up he bears the news, "The Kathina, they say, has been suspended in that district 1."
1 Literally, 'whose Kathina has been spread out.'
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