1. Now at that time there used to arise among the Bhikkhus a fear lest they should offend in
'And whatsoever, O Bhikkhus, has not been allowed by me with the words, "This beseems you," then, if that thing is in accord with what is lawful, and is contrary to what is unlawful, that is not lawful. Whatsoever has not been allowed by me with the words, "This beseems you," then, if that thing is in accord with what is lawful, and is contrary to what is unlawful, that is lawful 1.' 2. Then the Bhikkhus thought: 'Is food that may be eaten till the first watch of the night 2 lawful, or not, when mixed with food that ought to be eaten before noon on the same day? Is food that may be eaten at any time within seven days 3 lawful, or not, when mixed with food that ought to be eaten before noon on the same day? Is food that may be eaten at any time during life 4 lawful, or not, when mixed with food that ought to be eaten
_______________ Here ends the sixth Khandhaka on Medicaments.
144:1 The formal expressions referred to in these two paragraphs are precisely the expressions to which, in the Book of the Great Decease VI, 40, and in the Kullavagga XI, 1, r, Subhadda is stated to have taken such serious objection. 144:2 This refers to certain medicines; see Mahâvagga VI, 1, 5. 144:3 This also refers to certain medicines; see the 23rd Nissaggiya. 144:4 What this refers to is unknown to us. 145:1 Buddhaghosa says that this holds good if the two are so mixed that the taste (rasu) has become one (sambhinna). If the two are not so mixed, then they may be divided, and the part allow-able during the longer period may be enjoyed up to the end of that period. See I, 20, 9; V, 2, 1; VI, 16, 3; VIII, I, 24, and the notes there.
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