Sunday, March 27, 2011

Cullavagga - Fifth Khandhaka: Chapter 4

1. Now at that time the Khabbaggiya Bhikkhus used to wear woollen cloth with
long fleece to it 1.
The people murmured . . . (etc., down to) They told this matter to the Blessed
One.
'You are not, O Bhikkhus, to wear woollen cloth with long fleece to it.
Whosoever does so, shall be guilty of a dukkata.'



Footnotes
73:1 Bâhira-lomim-unnim. Literally, 'with the fleece outside.' Compare Mahâvagga
V, 10, 4, and the Majjhima Sîla, § 5 (p. 193 of Rh. D.'s 'Buddhist Suttas').

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