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Fifth Khandhaka: Chapter 4

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4. 1. Now at that time the Khabbaggiya Bhikkhus used to wear woollen cloth with long fleece to it 1. The people murmured . . . (&c., down to) They told this matter to the Blessed One. 'You are not, O Bhikkhus, to wear woollen cloth with long fleece to it. Whosoever does so, shall be guilty of a dukkata.' 73:1 Bâhira-lomim-unnim. Literally, 'with the fleece outside.' Compare Mahâvagga V, 10, 4, and the Magghima Sîla, § 5 (p. 193 of Rh. D.'s 'Buddhist Suttas').

Source: Internet Sacred Text Archive, file bud/sbe20/sbe20019.htm.

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