Pārivāsikakkhandhaka

Vinayapiṭaka · Cūḷavagga (1) · Vol. 6 · Section 340

[340] Bhikkhus, a bhikkhu (bhikkhu) deserving to be sent back to the beginning (mūlāya paṭikassanāraha) may go from a residence (āvāsa) with bhikkhus to a residence with bhikkhus … to a non-residence (anāvāsa) with bhikkhus … to a residence or a non-residence with bhikkhus — where there are bhikkhus belonging to the same communion (samānasaṃvāsaka) — if he knows, "I am able to go this very day." Bhikkhus, a bhikkhu deserving to be sent back to the beginning may go from a non-residence with bhikkhus to a residence with bhikkhus … to a non-residence with bhikkhus … to a residence or a non-residence with bhikkhus — where there are bhikkhus belonging to the same communion — if he knows, "I am able to go this very day." Bhikkhus, a bhikkhu deserving to be sent back to the beginning may go from a residence or a non-residence with bhikkhus to a residence with bhikkhus … to a non-residence with bhikkhus … to a residence or a non-residence with bhikkhus — where there are bhikkhus belonging to the same communion — if he knows, "I am able to go this very day."

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.

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