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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-8.
1. At that time the cloth in the Sangha's store-room was not protected (from rain, mice, &c.) They told this thing to the Lord Buddha.
'I prescribe, O Bhikkhus, that you appoint a Bhikkhu possessed of the following five qualities, to take charge of the store-room: (a person) who does not go in the evil course of lust (&c., as in Chap-5, §-1), and who knows what is protected and what is not.
'And you ought, O Bhikkhus, to appoint (&c., see Chap-5, §-2):
2. At that time the Chabbaggiya Bhikkhus expelled a Bhikkhu, who had charge of a store-room, from his place.
They told this thing to the Lord Buddha.
'Let no one, O Bhikkhus, expel a Bhikkhu, who has charge of a store-room, from his place. He who does so, commits a dukkata offence.'
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