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Some priests went to reside as pupils with priests of irre- 

 gular life and these soon became shameless and wicked priests : 

 Budha decreed : 



77. Priests, no one shall reside as a pupil with a shame- 

 less priest : he who does so is guilty of Dukkata. 



The priests then enquired, how they could ascertain that 

 the priests, whether preceptors or pupils, were irregular in 

 their conduct. Budha decreed : 



78. Priests, I permit a residence of four or five days 

 until the character of the priest is ascertained. 



A junior priest travelling through Kosul thought, Bagawa 

 has decreed that junior priests shall live with their preceptors. 

 I am a junior priest, and am alone on my journey, what 

 ought I to do? The case was reported to Budha, who decreed : 



79. Priests, I permit that when a priest on a journey 

 cannot be with a preceptor, he may reside apart from him. 



Two priests were travelling through Kosul, and one was 

 detained on the road by sickness. He, being a junior, ought 

 to reside under the inspection of a preceptor, and he was 

 doubtful what he ought to do : Budha decreed : 



80. Priests, I permit a sick priest, who cannot be under 

 the inspection of a preceptor, to remain alone ( without 

 inspection.) 



A junior priest who attended on the above mentioned sick 

 priest, also reflected that he himself was a priest, who, accord- 

 ing to the precepts of Budha, ought to live under the in- 

 spection of a preceptor. He enquired what he ought to do : 

 Budha decreed : 



81. Priests, I permit that a priest, ministering to a sick 

 priest, may remain without being under inspection, if he 

 cannot be with a preceptor. 



A priest residing in a wilderness found it conducive to his 

 spiritual welfare to remain there : but he was one who ought 

 to live under the direction of a preceptor. He remembered 

 the precept, and was doubtful respecting the course he ought 

 to adopt. The case being reported to Budha, he decreed ; 



