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1. 'Now, thus, O Bhikkhus, should the revocation be carried out. Those Bhikkhus who are followers of Panduka and Lohitaka should go before the Samgha, with their upper robe arranged over one shoulder, and should bow down at the feet of the elder Bhikkhus, and squatting down, and raising their hands with the palms joined together, should speak as follows: "We, Sirs, have been subjected by the Samgha to the Tagganiya-kamma, and are conducting ourselves aright in accordance thereto; and we have become subdued, and we seek for release, and beg for a revocation of the Tagganiya-kamma."
[paragraph continues] And a second time they should beg [in the same words]. And a third time they should beg [in the same words]. Then a discreet and able Bhikkhu should lay the matter before the Samgha:
2. '"Let the venerable Samgha hear me. These Bhikkhus who are followers of Panduka and Lohitaka have been subjected (&c., as before), and they are conducting themselves (&c., as before), and they beg (&c., as before).
'"This is the motion (ñatti).
'"Let the venerable Samgha hear me. These Bhikkhus (&c., as before, down to) and they beg for a revocation of the Tagganiya-kamma. The Samgha revokes the Tagganiya-kamma for the Bhikkhus who are followers of Panduka and Lohitaka. Whosoever of the venerable ones approves of the revocation of the Tagganiya-kamma for the Bhikkhus who are followers of Panduka and Lohitaka, let him hold his peace. Whosoever approves not thereof, let him speak.
'"And a second time I say the same thing. Let the venerable Samgha (&c., as before, down to) let him speak.
'"And a third time I say the same thing. Let the venerable Samgha (&c., as before, down to) let him speak.
'"The revocation of the Tagganiya-kamma for the Bhikkhus who are followers of Panduka and Lohitaka has been carried by the Samgha. The Samgha approves; therefore is it silent. Thus do I understand."'
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Here ends the first (Kamma), the Tagganiya-kamma.
341:1 Compare below, chapters 12 and 17.