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oO C. C. Das —Note on the Buddhist Golden Book. 
1 Ananosi ? ’ 4 Ama bhante.’ 
‘ Nasi rajabliato ? ’ ‘ Ama bhante.’ 
4 Anmmatosi matapituhi ? ’ 4 Ama bhante.’ 
4 Paripiuma-vlsati-vassosi ? ’ 4 Ama bhante.’ 
4 Paripunnam te patta-clvaram ? ’ 4 Ama bhante.’ 
4 Kimnamosi ? ’ 4 Aham bhante Nago nama.’ 
4 Ko nama te upajjhayo?’ 4 Upajjhayo me bhante ayasma Tis- 
satthero nama.’ 
4 Sunatu me bhante samghd, Net go ayasmato Tissassa upasampada- 
pekkho. Annsittho s5 maya. 
‘ Yadi samghassa pattakallam, Nago agacclieyya.’ 
Kamma-vdcd (Formal acts of Buddhist ritual). 
Chapter I. 
Ritual for the Ordination of Monks. 
Reverence to the Blessed One, the Holy One, the Fully Enlightened 
One. 
First (the candidate) should be made to have an Upadhyaya 
(Spiritual tutor). 
Having been made to accept an Upadhyaya , 1 he should be asked, 
if he has got his alms-bowl and (religious) robes 2 . 
1 At that time the Bliikkhus conferred the Upasarhpadd ordination on a person 
that had no Upadhyaya. They told this thing to the Blessed One who said : 4 Let no 
one, 0 Bhikklius, who has no Upadhyaya receive the Upasampadd ordination, ( Mahd - 
vagga , I, 69). 
2 The Buddha prescribed the stuff of which the religious robes of the Buddhist 
monks should consist, while speaking of the four Resources of a BhilcJchu: 4 The 
religious order has the robe made of rags taken from a dust-heap or from a cemetery 
for its l'esource. Linen, cotton, silk, woollen garments, coarse cloth, hempen cloth, 
are extra allowances.’ As to the manner of sewing in patches, the instruction 
contained in the following discourse will be interesting. 
44 Now, on one occasion the Buddha set forth on his journey towards DaTckhinagiri 
(the Southern hills of Bihar). On the way he beheld how the Magadha rice-fields 
were divided into short pieces, and in rows, and by outside boundaries or ridges, and 
by cross boundaries. On seeing this Buddha thus spoke to the Venerable Ananda. 
4 Dost thou perceive, how the rice-fields are divided into short pieces, and in rows ? ’ 
4 Even so, Lord.’ 
4 Could you, Ananda, provide robes of a like kind for the Bhikklius ? ’ 
4 1 could, Lord.’ 
“ Then Ananda provided robes of a like kind for many Bhikkhus, and addressing 
the Buddha said, 4 May the Blessed One be pleased to look at the robes which I have 
provided.’ Buddha was pleased with what he saw, and addressing the Bhikkhus said. 
