འདལ་བ་གཞ 3.14
The Chapter on Going Forth; The Chapter on the Restoration Rite; The Chapter on Lifting Restrictions; The Chapter on the Rains; The Chapter on Medicines 3.14
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3.14
direct the lifting of restrictions with the lifting of restrictions recited once.’
“Suppose he then directs the lifting of restrictions with the lifting of restrictions recited once—that is the reason for the lifting of restrictions recited once.”
King
“Another reason for the lifting of restrictions recited once: On the fifteenth, the day of lifting restrictions, the king, together with his queens, princes, ministers, armed forces, city folk, and country folk, may come to the park, where the king offers the saṅgha a large quantity of cloth and material goods, and the queens, princes, ministers, armed forces, city folk, and country folk too may offer the saṅgha a large quantity of cloth and material goods, so that the monk crier⁷⁶ would tire from reciting dedications throughout the night.⁷⁷ Considering this, the monk who directs the lifting of restrictions might think, ‘Today is the fifteenth, the saṅgha’s lifting of restrictions, and the king, together with his queens, princes, ministers, armed forces, city folk, and country folk, have come to the park. Because the king is offering the saṅgha a large quantity of cloth and material goods, and the queens, princes, ministers, armed forces, city folk, and country folk also is offering the saṅgha a large quantity of cloth and material goods, the monk crier would tire from reciting dedications throughout the night. If I direct the lifting of restrictions by reciting the lifting of restrictions three times, the lifting of restrictions will not be finished before dawn! I should direct the lifting of restrictions with the lifting of restrictions recited once.’
“Suppose he then directs the lifting of restrictions with the lifting of restrictions recited once—that is the reason for the lifting of restrictions recited once.”
The Ascertainment of Sweet Dharmas
“Another reason for the lifting of restrictions recited once: On the fifteenth, the day of lifting restrictions, the monks who sweetly explain the sweet Dharma may be tired from chanting the nine sweet dharmas⁷⁸
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- འདུལ་བ་གཞི — Classical Tibetan