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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KULLAVAGGA.
III, 23, 2.
concealed for two months'. That Bhikkhu, O Bhikkhus, ought to continue on probation for two months from that date.
2. "Now in case, O Bhikkhus, a Bhikkhu have committed two Samghâdisesa offences, which he has concealed for two months. And he is aware of one offence, but of the other offence he is not aware. And he asks the Samgha for a two months' probation for that offence of which he is aware, concealed for two months. And the Samgha gives him a probation of two months for an offence concealed for two months. And whilst he is undergoing that probation he becomes aware of the other offence. Then it occurs to him,
""Lo! I have committed two Samghâdisesa offences (&c., as in the last paragraph, down to) I became aware of the other offence. Let me now ask the Samgha for a probation of two months for that other offence concealed for two months.”
* And he asks the Samgha for a probation of two months for that other offence concealed for two months. And the Samgha imposes upon him a probation of &c. ... for &c. ... That Bhikkhu, O Bhikkhus, ought to continue on probation for two months from that date.
3. 'Now in case, O Bhikkhus, a Bhikkhu commit two Samghâdisesa offences, which he conceals for two months; and one offence he recollects, but the other offence he does not recollect. And he asks the Samgha (&c., as in the last section, down to the end, reading "recollect” for “be aware of”).
* This is merely repeated to lay a basis for the following variations. See below, chapter 25.
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