Vinaya (2): The Mahavagga
by T. W. Rhys Davids | 1881 | 156,382 words
The Mahavagga (part of the Vinaya collection) includes accounts of Gautama Buddha鈥檚 and the ten principal disciples鈥� awakenings, as well as rules for ordination, rules for reciting the Patimokkha during uposatha days, and various monastic procedures....
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Mahavagga, Khandaka 8, Chapter 19
1. Now at that time Roja the Malla was a friend of the venerable 膧苍补苍诲补's[1]. And a linen cloth belonging to Roja the Malla had been deposited in the keeping of the venerable 膧苍补苍诲补; and the venerable 膧苍补苍诲补 had need of a linen cloth.
They told this matter to the Blessed One.
'I allow you, O Bhikkhus, to take a thing on trust (that it would be given to you) when it belongs to a person possessed of these five qualifications鈥攈e must be an intimate and familiar friend who has been spoken to (about it)[2] and is alive, (and the Bhikkhu taking the thing) must know "He will remain pleased with me after I have taken it." I allow you, O Bhikkhus, to take a thing on trust (that it would be given to you)[3] when it belongs to a person possessed of these five qualifications.'
Footnotes and references:
[1]:
He is also mentioned as such in Mah膩vagga VI, 36.
[2]:
Buddhaghosa says, 膧lapito ti mama santaka峁� ga峁噃膩hi ya峁� iccheyy膩s墨ti eva峁� vutto.
[3]:
Viss膩sa峁� gahetu峁�, on which phrase compare viss膩s膩 ga峁噃膩ti in chapter 31, below, where the context leaves no doubt as to its meaning.