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PÂTIDESANIYA DHAMMA.
own hand, food, either hard or soft, in such households as have been (by a formal sammuti) declared to be households, under discipline 1, without having been previously invited, and without being sick, and eat it or enjoy it-that is a matter that ought to be confessed by that Bhikkhu, saying, 'I have fallen, Brethren, into a blameworthy offence, unbecoming, which ought to be confessed; and I confess it!'
4. Whatsoever Bhikkhu, while he is dwelling in a place belonging to the class of those forest dwellings which are held to be insecure and dangerous 2, shall accept, with his own hand, at his home, food, either hard or soft, without having previously given notice (of the danger incurred by people that enter that forest), unless he is sick, and shall eat it or enjoy it-that is a matter that ought to be confessed by that Bhikkhu, saying, 'I have fallen, Brethren, into a blameworthy offence, unbecoming, which ought to be confessed; and I confess it!'
Here end the Pâtidesaniyas.
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Venerable Sirs, the four rules regarding matters which require confession have been recited.
In respect of them I ask the venerable ones, 'Are you pure in this matter?'
1 Sekha-sammatâni kulâni; which the Vibhanga explains as a household grown rich in faith, but poor in goods; where whatever they get is given away to the Order, though the family may be some days in want of it. Compare what is said of Anâthapindika in the Introduction to the 40th Gâtaka (Gâtaka I, 228); though his lot had not reached the very lowest limit.
? Compare the 29th Nissaggiya.
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