Text of Confucianism Part 02

SR No.: 007676
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: James Legge
Publisher: Oxford
Publication Year: 1882
Total Pages: 2405
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 43 MB

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VIII, 6, 3.
his sandals, put the utensils of wood and earthenware in order, close the doorway and lattice, and then leave his lodging-place.
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KULLAVAGGA.
'When he perceives that he is about to enter a village, he should take off his sandals, turn them upside down', beat them to get the dust out, put them into a bag, hang it over his shoulder, put on his waistcloth [and so on as laid down for a Bhikkhu entering the village for alms above, VIII, 5, 2, paragraph 1, to the end].
3. On leaving a village he should put the bowl into its bag, hang it over his shoulder, roll his robes up, put them on his head, get on his sandals, and then go.
'A Bhikkhu living in the woods, O Bhikkhus, should keep drinking-water, and water for washing, and fire, and drill sticks and tinder, and walking staves ready. He should learn the stations (of the moon) in the constellations, either in the whole or in part, and he should know the directions of the sky.
'This, O Bhikkhus, is the rule of conduct that I lay down for Bhikkhus dwelling in the woods, according to which they should behave themselves therein.'
7.
I. Now at that time a number of Bhikkhus carried on robe-making in the open air. The Khabbaggiya Bhikkhus beat their bedding to get
ekamsam kîvaram katvâ (on which question there is a great division among modern Buddhists. Compare Rh. D.'s note on the Mahâ-parinibbâna Sutta VI, 47), or possibly put it in a roll on his
back.'
1 On this expression, see above, VIII, 1, 2. • See Mahâvagga VIII, 13, 1.
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