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behaves him to respect. The bhikkhu must at the same time “declare his weakness" and "solemnly renounce the Instruction", that is to say the Law, the Community, etc. : dubbaly' avikammam c'eva hoti sikkha ca paccakhata (Vin III, 26, 32 ff.). If he does not observe the procedure, he is "excluded" (yo pana bhikkhu bhikkhūnam sikkha-sājiva-samapanno sikkham apaccakkhāya dubbalyam anāyikatvā methunam dhammam pafiseveyya antamaso tiracchanagatāya pi, pārājiko hoti asamuāso 'ti, Vin III, 23, 33-36 * *).
Thus the Buddhist monk, also, must continue in these circumstances to control and master himself, but he either is not bound permanently by his vows (cf. I. B. Horner, SBB, X, p. XLVII)?. Also, when he takes leave of his companions to return to secular life, he as it were breaks down his departure into two periods. The general provisions and rules to be applied recall those in force among the Jainas. 1. Cf. Robert LINGAT, Vinaya et droit laique, BEFEO 37, 1937, p. 416; O. LACOMBE.
Gandhi 89 f.; 91 f.
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