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KULLAVAGGA.
VIII, 7, 4.
3. The floor coverings should be dried in the sun [and so on as in VIII, 1, 4, and 5, to the end, reading “in the place where it stood (or lay)” for “ in the place to which it belongs"]
4. If he is dwelling in the same Vihâra with an older (Bhikkhu), no recitation should be given, nor examination held, nor exhortation made, nor Dhamma spoken' (to a pupil), without leave being asked of the senior. Nor should a lamp be lighted or extinguished, nor the lattices opened or closed, without his leave.
'If he is walking up and down on the same Kankama with an older (Bhikkhu), then he should turn back at the spot where his senior turns back; and he should not touch his senior even with the corner of his robe.
This, O Bhikkhus, is the rule of conduct that I lay down for the Bhikkhus in respect of lodgingplaces, according to which they are to behave themselves therein.'
I. Now at that time the Khabbaggiya Bhikkhus, on being hindered by the senior Bhikkhus in (their use of) the hot bath-room, out of spite piled up a quantity of sticks (in the fireplace), set fire to them, closed up the doorway, and sat down in the doorway. The Bhikkhus, scorched by the heat, and not being allowed a way out, fell down in a faint.
The sober Bhikkhus murmured, &c. . . . . told the Blessed One, &c. . . . . He said to the Bhik
All the preceding expressions have occurred at Mahavagga I, 26, 1; see also 32, 1, and 38, 6.
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| SR No. | 007676 |
| Book Title | Text of Confucianism Part 02 |
| 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 |