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VI, 1, 2.
ON DWELLINGS AND FURNITURE.
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SIXTH KHANDHAKA.
ON DWELLINGS AND FURNITURE.
1. Now at that time the Blessed Buddha 1 was staying at Rågagaha in the Veluvana, in the Kalandaka Nivåpa?. And at that time no permission had been given to the Bhikkhus by the Blessed One with respect to dwellings. So the Bhikkhus dwelt now here, now there in the woods, at the foot of trees, on hill-sides, in grottoes, in mountain caves, in cemeteries, in forests, in open plains, and in heaps of straw. And at early morn they came in from this place or from that placefrom the woods (&c., as before) decorous in their walking and turning, in their looking on or looking round, in stretching out their arms or in drawing them back, with eyes cast down, and dignified in deportments
2. Now at that time the Setthi of Rågagaha went at early morn to his garden. And the Setthi of
1 Our readers will have noticed that the phrase at the beginning of each Khandhaka is 'the Blessed Buddha,' and not merely the Blessed One.' It recurs besides only in the constantly-repeated paragraph "The Blessed Buddha rebuked them, saying, &c.' (see, for instance, Kullavagga I, 1, 2, where the connection is given in full).
* Compare the note on Mahậvagga III, 1, 1. . So also Mahâvagga I, 23, 2, and frequently in the Suttas.
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