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That is As the bumblebees gather at the sight of a flowering garden for collecting honey, so must the servants gather at the sight of a sick fellow being for serving him.
Bhikhāgā ṇāmege evamāhaṁsu samāṇe vā vasamāṇe vā gāmāṇugāmaṁ duijjamāņe vā maṇunṇambhoyaṇajātaṁ labhittā - "Se ya bhikkhu gilai, se handaha ṇam tassaharaha, se ya bhikkhūno bhunjejjā, āhārejjasi \\"
- Acārānga, 2nd Śrutaskandha, Ch.1, Uddeśaka 11.
That is If some monk that stays in a place permanently for some reason or the one that stays there for a month or the ones that tour from place to place, if they get some good food and say to other monks, "that monk is sick so please get some good food for him and if that monk refuses to eat that good food so brought, that good food can be given to us because we also have a sick monk with us".
Comments This shows that even the monks care for getting proper food, etc., for the sick monks not only in their group but also in other groups as well. Therefore, the householders must do so, not only about for the members of their own family, but also for the others in the neighbourhood and in the society in general.
Imam ca dharmamādāya, kāsaveṇam paveditam | Kujja bhikkhu gilāṇassa, agiläe samāhie ||
- Sūtrakṛtānga sutra, 1.3.3.
That is, The members of the monastic order must accept this dharma preached by Kasyapa (Bhagvan Mahāvīra) and happily look after and comfort the sick members of the order.
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Comments - In this aphorism also, the faithful have been urged to look after and comfort the sick.
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Bhikhāgā ṇāmege evamāhamsu samāṇe vā vasamāṇe vā gāmāṇugāmaṁ duijjamāņe vā maṇunṇambhoyaṇajātaṁ labhittā -
"Se ya bhikkhu gilai, se handaha ṇam tassaharaha, se ya bhikkhuno bhunjejjā, tumam ceva nam bhuñjejjāsi ||”
- Acārānga, 2nd Śrutaskandha, Ch.1, Uddeśaka 11.
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