Kaṭhinapenaanakarāna

Vinayapiṭaka · Mahāvagga (2) · Vol. 5 · Section 111

[111] A bhikkhu who has spread the kaṭhina (atthatakaṭhino) takes robe-cloth that is unfinished and departs without having determined — that is, he neither thinks, "I shall return," nor thinks, "I shall not return." When he has gone outside the boundary (sīmā), it occurs to him thus: "I shall have this robe made right here; I shall not return." He has that robe made. For that bhikkhu the removal of the kaṭhina (kaṭhinuddhāra) is determined by the completion of the robe. A bhikkhu who has spread the kaṭhina takes robe-cloth that is unfinished and departs without having determined — that is, he neither thinks, "I shall return," nor thinks, "I shall not return." When he has gone outside the boundary, it occurs to him thus: "I shall not have this robe made; I shall not return." For that bhikkhu the removal of the kaṭhina is determined by his decision. A bhikkhu who has spread the kaṭhina takes robe-cloth that is unfinished and departs without having determined — that is, he neither thinks, "I shall return," nor thinks, "I shall not return." When he has gone outside the boundary, it occurs to him thus: "I shall have this robe made right here; I shall not return." He has that robe made. While it is being made, that robe of his is destroyed. For that bhikkhu the removal of the kaṭhina is determined by the destruction of the robe.

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.

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