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a messenger free from doubt, because he is allowed to speak as he wishes. "By the part of the question"— by the part of the questioning statement. "One is called 'fixed by the peak'"— to explain this very meaning, "or of the king," etc., is said. "Everything belongs to the owner of the bowl"— even robes, etc., everything belongs to the owner of the bowl. It is not proper to say, "I spoke only with reference to the meal, not to robes, etc.," and then take them. "Called the unmade portion"— called the portion for a guest, meaning a portion not given before. "Without saying, 'What is brought?'"— without asking the donor, "Which meal is brought by you?" "By the usual fixed rule"— by the fixed rule of the designated meal. The Description of the Designated Meal is finished. The Description of the Invited Meal "Having cut off"— without saying the word "take the meal." Therefore it is said, "without saying 'meal'." "By way of a lump summary"— by way of each lump. And thus, a division is not proper in a designated meal. For there, it must be divided in a quantity sufficient for one person. "Having already ascended the roster, eight monks from the Sangha"— here, it should be connected as: "those who have ascended the roster are eight monks." In the rosters of Sangha-meals such as designated meals and invited meals, by being on the roster for invited meals, or by the meal designator himself, or by oneself, from the Sangha, the designated... Having been asked, it should be taken and gone, not taken according to one's own liking, this is the intention. "Having announced the Mātika" means having informed the donor of the type of Mātika mentioned, such as "I receive from the Saṅgha." "From the time of being bound" means from the fixed time of residence there. The description of invitation meals is finished. The description of ticket meals "Having written down" means having written. "Even by village" means mostly even by villages of equal share. "Many ticket meals" means thirty or forty meals. "If there are" should be supplied and connected. "Having considered" means having considered those meals by their quantity. "Having given by compulsion" means having made one who is unwilling to go far accept by compulsion and given. "Having come back to the monastery" here, it is permissible to take the meal without coming back to the monastery, and later bring it to oneself in the monastery and eat. "By one house" means even on a street, by a row of houses on one side. "Even having specified" means saying, "Ticket meals in such and such a family will fall to you." "Village by turn" means a village to be gone to by turn due to its great distance. "From sixty or fifty" is said with reference to a water pot for the purpose of a penalty. "Monastery turn" is the turn for guarding the monastery when all monks have gone for alms. "Of them" means of those on monastery turn. "Only the provision" means only the provision sufficient for the duty of guarding the monastery. "Fall to one person" means that they are assigned to one person each day. "Juice ticket" means a sugarcane juice ticket. "But because it is taken by ticket, it should not be eaten" this is said in terms of impropriety, not in terms of a dhutaṅga distinction. For it is said in the Visuddhimagga, "A ticket without meat from the Saṅgha... it is indeed permissible." "Only a top alms-portion" means only a single spoonful of alms-food. "Whether received or not received, you should take it tomorrow" is said even when received, due to its small amount. Therefore it is said, "He receives as much as he needs... if he does not receive, he should be told, 'You should take it tomorrow'." i. Therein means in that direction. Having taken that means having taken that ticket for oneself in that village where tickets are distributed. By him means by another, not by the one going in that direction, but by the one who is going in that direction. Should be delivered daily means should be delivered to anyone standing within the boundary of the precincts, according to the seniority of their years. Thus, when these are not present, it is permissible for bhikkhus in a nearby monastery to eat; otherwise, it is from the Sangha's share. In our alms-round village means said with reference to the village of those who give ticket-meals. The ticket-meal received by the Elder in the monastery means the ticket-meal received by each individual Elder who is senior in the monastery, by virtue of all tickets being delivered to him. The explanation of the ticket-meal story is finished. Explanation of the Story of Fortnightly Meals, etc. "Tomorrow is the fortnight" means that the fortnightly meal should not be taken today; that which is to be eaten on the eighth day should not be taken on the seventh day for eating; it means it should be taken only on the day appointed by the donors. Therefore it is said, "If, however," etc. "Tomorrow will be coarse" means that today, because of a wedding ceremony or the like, very exquisite food is prepared, but tomorrow it will not be so; the intention is, "We will feed the bhikkhus today." Showing the distinction between a fortnightly meal and an Uposatha observer, it says, "Having undertaken the Uposatha observances," etc. Appointed means "Let visitors in such-and-such a monastery eat." Even the meal for a traveler who is a visitor means said with reference to one who has come from another village, stayed with a traveler's mind not yet settled, and then goes elsewhere again. However, for a resident who wishes to go, only a traveler's meal is received. Since it is said, "having made a pretext," it should be understood that when there is no pretext, it is permissible to eat until the impediment to departure is removed. They send rice, etc. ... (rest omitted) ... is permissible means it is permissible because it is food brought by invitation. Similarly, because it was received means because it was received in the name of alms. Undivided Sangha property means showing the occasion for doubt to arise. Thus, there is no need to ask by creating doubt; the intention is that it should be given without asking. Fortnightly meals, etc. Now the commentary is finished. The method of commenting on the Chapter on Lodgings is finished. 7. The Chapter on Schism in the Saṅgha Commentary on the story of the ordination of the six Sakyas, etc. 330. In the Pāli of the Chapter on Schism in the Saṅgha, "anupiyaṃ nāma" means "Anupiyā by name." "Heṭṭhā pāsādā" means below the palace, the lower ground from the palace. "Heṭṭhāpāsāda" is also a reading. "Abhinetabbaṃ" means to be brought into the sown fields. "Ninnetabbaṃ" means to be taken out from there. "Niddhāpetabbaṃ" means to remove weeds and other things that harm the crops. "Ujuṃ kārāpetabbaṃ" means to have a heap made, or this is the reading itself. 332. "Paradatto" means existing by means of requisites given by others. "Migabhūtena cetasā" means with a mind that has become like that of a deer, unattached anywhere. 333. "Manomayaṃ kāyaṃ" means a Brahma-body produced by the mind of jhāna. "What indeed should I please, by pleasing whom abundant gain and honor would arise for me?" Because this initial thought that arose was only a slight disturbance, Devadatta did not experience a loss of jhāna at that moment; it occurred only later, so it should be understood. Therefore, it is said, "together with the arising of the thought," etc. "Two or three Magadhan village-fields" – here, in the Magadha country, a small village-field is about a gāvuta, a medium one is one and a half gāvutas, and a large one can be many yojanas. Among these, two medium village-fields, or three small ones, means that his body was an existence of three gāvutas in size. 334. "Satthāro" means teachers of a group. "Nāssassā" means it would not be for him. "Taṃ" refers to the teacher. "Tena" means by what is displeasing. "Sammannati" means he shows respect to us with robes, etc., or the meaning is that this teacher is respected by others. 335. "Nāsāya pittaṃ bhindeyyuṃ" means they would put bile, either bear's bile or fish bile, into the nostrils. "Assatarī" means a mule, born in the womb of a mare by a donkey. When she is pregnant and unable to give birth, they cut open her belly and remove the foal. Therefore, it is said, "a womb for self-destruction." takes. 339.Potthanika is a knife, it is also called "sharp". 342.Do not approach the elephant, O elephant, meaning, O elephant, do not approach the Buddha-elephant with a murderous intent. Dukkha means suffering because it is a cause of suffering. Ito means from this, from this birth. Yato means because, or of that which, meaning, of that which goes. And do not be proud, meaning, pride should not be done by you. 343.Three-person meal means a meal to be eaten by three, meaning, a meal that is the opposite of a group meal, which should not be received and eaten by more than that number together. Kokālika and so on are the names of the chief members of Devadatta's retinue. Kappa means an age in the great hell, some say it is an intermediate age. But some say "an incalculable age." The commentary on the story of the ordination of the six Sakyas is finished. Commentary on the Story of the Schism 345.Speaking after knowing another's mind is the miracle of mind-reading. Mere teaching of the Dhamma is the miracle of instruction. Both of these are called Dhamma talk. By that, the elder advised. The psychic power is called the miracle of psychic power. Instruction accompanied by that is indeed Dhamma talk. By that, the elder advised. "Confess the grave offense" - this was said because the grave offense in the performance of Uposatha and so on, with the intention of schism, was first laid down in the Uposatha Khandhaka and so on; otherwise, since they were the first offenders, there would be no offense. 346.Sarasī means a lake.