Mahavagga 8.19

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Adapted from the Translation by T. W. Rhys Davids and Hermann Oldenberg

MAHAVAGGA

EIGHTH KHANDHAKA (THE DRESS OF THE BHIKKHUS)

Chapter-19.

1. Now at that time Roja the Malla was a friend of the venerable Ananda's. And a linen cloth belonging to Roja the Malla had been deposited in the keeping of the venerable Ananda; and the venerable Ananda had need of a linen cloth.

They told this matter to the Lord Buddha.

'I allow you, O Bhikkhus, to take a thing on trust (that it would be given to you) when it belongs to a person possessed of these five qualifications--he must be an intimate and familiar friend who has been spoken to (about it) and is alive, (and the Bhikkhu taking the thing) must know "He will remain pleased with me after I have taken it." I allow you, O Bhikkhus, to take a thing on trust (that it would be given to you) when it belongs to a person possessed of these five qualifications.'