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Adapted from the Translation by T. W. Rhys Davids and Hermann Oldenberg
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MAHAVAGGA
EIGHTH KHANDHAKA (THE DRESS OF THE BHIKKHUS)
Chapter-23.
1. Now at that time a certain Bhikkhu who had deposited his robes in Andhavana entered the
village for alms (clad only) in his waist cloth and nether garment. Thieves carried off that robe. That Bhikkhu became ragged and ill-clad.
The Bhikkhus spoke thus: 'How is it, friend, that you have become ragged and ill-clad?'
'I had deposited my robe in Andhavana, and entered the village in my waist cloth and nether garment. Thieves carried off that robe., From there am I become ragged and ill-clad.'
They told this matter to the Lord Buddha.
'You are not, O Bhikkhus, to enter the village (clad only) in your waist cloth and nether garment. Whosoever shall do so is guilty of a dukkata.'
2. Now at that time the venerable Ananda through thoughtlessness went into the village for alms in his waist cloth and nether garment.
The Bhikkhus spoke to him thus: 'Has it not been laid down by the Lord Buddha that we are not to enter the village in our waist cloth and nether garment. Why have you, O friend, gone so into the village?'
'It is true, my friends, that it has been laid down by the Lord Buddha that we are not to enter the village so, but I did it out of thoughtlessness.'
They told this matter to the Lord Buddha.
3. 'There are five reasons, O Bhikkhus, for laying
aside the robe--when he (the Bhikkhu) is sick, when it is the appointed time for keeping the rainy season, when it is necessary to go to the other side of a river, when the vihara has been securely fastened with a bolt, when the Kathina ceremony has been performed. These, O Bhikkhus, are the five reasons for laying aside the robe (Sanghati).
'There are five reasons, O Bhikkhus, for laying aside the waist cloth and the nether garment. [The reasons are the same as in the last paragraph.] These, O Bhikkhus, are the five reasons, &c.
'There are five reasons for laying aside the garment for use in the rainy season--when he is sick, when it is necessary to go beyond the boundary (?), when it is necessary to go to the other side of a river, when the vihara has been securely fastened with a bolt, when the garment for use in the rainy
season has not been made, or has been left unfinished.
'These, O Bhikkhus, are the five reasons,' &c.
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