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KULLAVAGGA.
VI, 11, 1.
seizing them, and pulling them up, they let them go as they were standing. The sick men, as soon as they were let go, fell down.
They told this matter to the Blessed One.
'A sick man, O Bhikkhus, is not to be made to get up. Whosoever does so, shall be guilty of a dukkata.'
Now at that time the Khabbaggiya Bhikkhus, saying, "We are sick, and cannot be turned out,' took possession of the best sleeping-places.
They told this matter to the Blessed One. 'I enjoin, O Bhikkhus, that you allot to sick Bhikkhus suitable sleeping-places.'
Now at that time the Khabbaggiya Bhikkhus, on pretext of some slight indisposition", took exclusive possession of sleeping-places.
They told this matter to the Blessed One.
You are not, O Bhikkhus, to do so. Whosoever does so, shall be guilty of a dukka ta.'
112 1. Now at that time the Sattarasa-vaggiya Bhikkhus made ready a certain large Vihara in the neighbourhoods, with the intention of dwelling in it. And when the Kkabbaggiya Bhikkhus saw what they were doing, they said: These venerable ones, the Sattarasa-vaggiya Bhikkhus, are
· Lesakappena ti appakena sísåbâdhâdimattena (B.).
9 The story in this section forms also the introductory story to the 17th Pâkittiya.
Pakkantimam ; perhaps 'in the border-country. Compare pakkantam nagaram, a frontier fort at Dhammapada, p. 56.
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