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KULLAVAGGA.
VIII, 1, 1.
THE EIGHTH KHANDHAKA.
REGULATIONS AS TO THE DUTIES OF THE BHIKKHUS TOWARDS ONE ANOTHER.
1.
I. Now at that time the Blessed One was staying at Sâvatthi, in Anâtha Pindika's Ârâma.
Now at that time incoming Bhikkhus entered the Arâma with their sandals on', or with sunshades held up over them2, or with their heads muffled up3, or with their upper robe carried in a bundle on their heads; and they washed their feet in the drinking-water; and they did not salute resident Bhikkhus senior to them, nor ask them where they (the incomers) should sleep.
And a certain incoming Bhikkhu undid the bolt of an unoccupied room (Vihâra), and opened the door, and so entered by force; and a snake fell
1 That this was a sign of disrespect is clear from Mahâvagga V, 12, and the 61st and 62nd Sekhiyas.
See our discussion of the sunshade question in the note on Kullavagga V, 23, 2.
Ogunthitâ. See the 23rd and the 67th Sekhiyas. Sîse katvâ. Compare VIII, 6, 3.
Ghafika. This word is discussed at Kullavagga V, 14, 3.
Such an act has been already guarded against by the rule laid down at the end of Kullavagga V, 9, 5, where the same expression is made use of.
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