Mahavagga 8.7

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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-7.

At that time the Bhikkhus appointed to lay the robes by, laid the robes by in an open hall, or at the foot of a tree, or in the hollow of a Nimba tree; thus they were eaten by rats and white ants.

They told this thing to the Lord Buddha.

I prescribe, O Bhikkhus, that you appoint what the Sangha chooses, a Vihara(monastery), or an Addhayoga, or a storied building, or an attic, or a cave, to be the store-room (of the Sangha).

'And you ought, O Bhikkhus, to appoint it in this way: Let a learned, competent Bhikkhu proclaim the following natti(motion) before the Sangha: "Let the Sangha, reverend Sirs, hear me. If the Sangha is ready, let the Sangha appoint the Vihara called N. N, to be the store-room (of the Sangha), (&c., the usual formula of a naattidutiya kamma)."'