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भगवती सूत्र शः १ उ: ९
300. Bhante !
Because of my ignorance about them, because I had never heard of them, never knew them, never had knowledge of them, never had seen them, never considered them, never acquired them, never had thoroughness about them, never had been told of them, never determined them, never had mention of them, never been in possession of them, never did I have respect for this import of them, nor faith in them, nor taste for them. But, Bhante! having acquired knowledge of them, having seen them, considered them, acquired them, being thorough about them, having been told of them, having determined them, having been mentioned about them, and being in possession of them, do I now have respect for this import of them, have faith in them and taste for them. Bhante! What you say is true. They are so.
Then the elderly monks said to Kālāsavesiya-putra :
-Arya! They are as we say. Have respect for them, have faith in them, have taste for them.
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At this, monk Käläsavesiya-puttra paid homage and obeisance to the monks, and having paid homage and obeisance, made the following submission :
-Bhante! In the past, I have been initiated into a religion based on Four Vows; henceforth I crave to acquire, from thee religion based on Five Vows, with pratikramaṇa added, and practise it168.
-Oh beloved of the gods! Do as it pleases thee. Delay not.
After this, monk Kālāsavesiya-putra paid homage and obeisance to the elderly monks, and having paid homage and obeisance, accepted the religion based on Five Vows, with pratikramana added, in place of religion based on Four Vows, and practised it. He led for long years the life of a monk in the order; and as a monk, he remained nude and got tonsured; desisted from bath, cleaning teeth and using umbrella and footwear; lay on the ground on a plank or wood; up
