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CHEESEC,
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VIII, 3,3. REGULATIONS AS TO DUTIES OF BUIKKINGS. 4283,
there be neither Bhikkhu, nor Sâmanera, nor Arâmika, the bed frame should be laid on four stones', the other bed frames put on the top of it, the chairs should be put one on the top of the other, the bedding piled in a bundle on the top, the wooden articles and the earthenware should be put away in order, and the doorways and lattices should be closed", and then should be set out.
3. 'If the Vihåra leaks, it should be repaired if he can, or he should exert himself to get the Vihara roofed. If he should thus succeed, it is good. If not, he should put the bed frame on four stones in that part of the Vihara which does not leak, and then put the other bed frame (&c., as in last paragraph, to the end). If the whole of the Vihâra leaks, he should if he can take all the bedding to the village, or should exert himself to get it taken there. If he should succeed, it is good. If not, he should lay a bed frame on four stones in the open air, put the others on the top of it, put the chairs one on another, pile the bedding on the top, lay the wooden and earthenware utensils in order by them, and cover the whole up with grass or leaves, so that at least the principal articles of furniture might remain (uninjured)3; and (only) then go away.
*This, O Bhikkhus, is the rule of conduct for
may accept him; and at Kullavagga VI, 21, 3, a superintendent of such slaves is mentioned as one of the officials of the Order..
1 This is the usual method still adopted by native servants as a safeguard against white ants, who would eat up into the legs of furniture left standing on the ground.
• This arrangement is referred to above at VIII, 1, 3.
* Angani pi seseyyum. See Buddhaghosa's note as appended to the edition of the text (p. 325).
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