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KULLAVAGGA.
V, 20, 5.
Then the friends and companions of Vaddha the Likkhavi, and his relatives of one blood with him, said to him: 'It is enough, friend Vaddha. Weep not, neither lament. We will reconcile1 the Blessed One to you, and the Order of Bhikkhus.'
And Vaddka the Likkhavi, with his wife and his children, and with his friends and companions, and with his relatives of one blood with him, went up, with wet garments and with streaming hair, to the place where the Blessed One was; and when he had come there, he cast himself down with his head at the feet of the Blessed One, and said: 'Sin has overcome me, Lord-even according to my weakness, according to my folly, according to my unrighteousness-in that without ground I brought a charge against Dabba the Mallian of a breach of morality. In respect thereof may my Lord the Blessed One accept the confession I make of my sin in its sinfulness, to the end that I may in future restrain myself therefrom".'
'Verily, O friend Vaddha, sin hath overcome you even according to your weakness, and according to your folly, and according to your unrighteousness—in that you brought without ground against Dabba the Mallian a charge of breach of morality. But since you, O friend Vaddha, look upon your sin as sin, and make amends for it as is meet, we do accept at your hands your confession of it. For this, O friend Vaddha, is the advantage of
This is precisely the expression made use of in the converse case, when a Bhikkhu has offended against the laity. See I, 22, 3. Akkayam akkayato paliganhâtu. See the parallel pasin Mahâvagga IX, 1, 9; Kullavagga VII, 3, 6, &c. Ayatim samvarâya. So also above of an offending Bhikkhu, IV, 14, 30.
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