Mahavagga 7.6

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

MAHAVAGGA

SEVENTH KHANDHAKA (THE KATHINA CEREMONIES)

Chapter-6.

1. 'A Bhikkhu, after the Kathina ceremony has been held, takes a robe, and goes away. And when he has got beyond the boundary he thinks, "I will have the robe made up here, and will never go back." And he gets the robe made up.

'That Bhikkhu's Kathina privileges are suspended on the ground of his having a robe ready for wear, &c.

2. 'A Bhikkhu, after the Kathina ceremony has been held, takes a robe and goes away, thinking, "I will never come back." And when he has got beyond the boundary he thinks, "I will have the robe made up here." And he gets the robe made up, &c.

3. 'A Bhikkhu, after the Kathina ceremony has been held, takes a robe and goes away, without taking a resolution; he neither thinks "I will come back," nor does he think "I will not come back." And when he has got beyond the boundary, &c.

4. 'A Bhikkhu, after the Kathina ceremony has been held, takes a robe and goes away, thinking,

"I will come back." And when he has got beyond the boundary, &c. '