Kaṭhinapenaanakarāna

Vinayapiṭaka · Mahāvagga (2) · Vol. 5 · Section 124

[124] A bhikkhu who has performed the kathina (atthatakaṭhina), being one who is going abroad, departs, longing for his share of robe-cloth (cīvarapaṭivīsa). When he has gone abroad, bhikkhus ask him: "Friend, where did you spend the rains? And where is your share of robe-cloth?" He says thus: "I spent the rains in such-and-such a dwelling, and my share of robe-cloth is there." They say thus: "Go, friend, fetch that robe-cloth; we will make the robe for you here." Having gone to that dwelling, he asks the bhikkhus: "Friends, where is my share of robe-cloth?" They say thus: "This, friend, is your share of robe-cloth." Taking that robe-cloth, he goes to that dwelling. When he has gone to that dwelling, it occurs to him thus: "I will have this robe made right here; I will not return." He has that robe made. For that bhikkhu, the removal of the kathina (kaṭhinuddhāra) is determined by completion (niṭṭhānantika). A bhikkhu who has performed the kathina, being one who is going abroad, departs … "I will neither have this robe made nor will I return." For that bhikkhu, the removal of the kathina is determined by decision (sanniṭṭhānantika). A bhikkhu who has performed the kathina, being one who is going abroad, departs … "I will have this robe made right here; I will not return." He has that robe made. While that robe of his is being made, it is destroyed. For that bhikkhu, the removal of the kathina is determined by destruction (nāsanantika). The set of nine on longing is finished.

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.

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