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KULLAVAGGA.
IV, 14, 16.
the case when the Bhikkhus dispute, saying, 'This is the Dhamma,' or 'This is not the Dhamma'(&c., as before, in § 2, down to), or “This is not a most grave offence." If, O Bhikkhus, those Bhikkhus, are able to settle their own dispute, that is called, O Bhikkhus, the settlement of the dispute.
"1 And how has it been settled ? By the Proceeding in presence.
And what must there be in such a Proceeding in presence? There must be the presence of the Samgha, the presence of the Dhamma, the presence of the Vinaya, and the presence of the particular person.
"And therein, what is the presence of the Samgha ? As many Bhikkhus as are capable of taking part in the proceeding ?, they must be present. The formal consent must be produced of those who are in a fit state to convey their consent 3 Those who are present must have lodged no objection (against any one of them taking part in the proceeding). This is the “presence” in such a matter of the Samgha.
*And of these, what is the presence of the Dhamma, and the presence of the Vinaya? The Dhamma, and the Vinaya, and the teaching of the Master by the aid of which that legal question is settled. That is the “presence” in such a matter of the Dhamma, and of the Vinaya.
*And of these, what is the presence of the par
The following five paragraphs recur in IV, 14, $g 24, 27, and four of them in IV, 14, 21, 30.
Kammappattâ. See Parivâra XIX, 1, 7, et seq. 3 See above, Mahâvagga II, 23.
* Or rather, perhaps, ' against the proceedings which are being carried out.'
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