[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [The Pāli Canon](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada) › [Basket of Discourses](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp) › [The Minor Collection](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.khuddaka) › [Dhammapada](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.khuddaka.dhammapada) › [Commentary on the Dhammapada](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.khuddaka.dhammapada!dhammapadatthakatha) › 6.5.p15 # Verses on Dhamma 6.5.p15 Dhammapadaṭṭhakathā 6.5.p15 - **Language:** Pāli ### [6.5.p15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.khuddaka.dhammapada!dhammapadatthakatha.6.5.p15) Thero pabbajjāya dukkarabhāvaṃ ācikkhitvā ‘‘karissāmahaṃ, bhante, tumhākaṃ ovāda’’nti vutte ‘‘tena hi ehī’’ti kese temetvā tacapañcakakammaṭṭhānaṃ ācikkhitvā pabbājesi. Mātāpitaropissa sattāhaṃ vihāreyeva vasantā buddhappamukhassa bhikkhusaṅghassa rohitamaccharaseneva dānaṃ datvā sattame divase sāyaṃ gehaṃ agamaṃsu. Thero aṭṭhame divase antogāmaṃ gacchanto taṃ ādāya gacchati, bhikkhusaṅghena saddhiṃ nāgamāsi. Kiṃ kāraṇā? Na tāvassa pattacīvaraggahaṇāni vā iriyāpatho vā pāsādiko hoti, apica vihāre therassa kattabbavattaṃ atthi. Thero hi bhikkhusaṅghe antogāmaṃ paviṭṭhe sakalavihāraṃ vicaranto asammajjanaṭṭhānaṃ sammajjitvā tucchabhājanesu pānīyaparibhojanīyāni upaṭṭhapetvā dunnikkhittāni mañcapīṭhādīni paṭisāmetvā pacchā gāmaṃ pavisati. Apica ‘‘aññatitthiyā tucchavihāraṃ pavisitvā ‘passatha samaṇassa gotamassa sāvakānaṃ nisinnaṭṭhānānī’ti vattuṃ mā labhiṃsū’’ti sakalavihāraṃ paṭijaggitvā pacchā gāmaṃ pavisati. Tasmā taṃ divasampi sāmaṇerena pattacīvaraṃ gāhāpetvā divātaraṃ piṇḍāya pāvisi. > The Elder spoke to him of the difficulties of the religious life. The boy replied, "I will carry out your admonitions, Reverend Sir." "Well then," said the Elder, "come!" So saying, he wetted his hair, taught him the Formula of Meditation on the first five of the constituent parts of the body, and received him into the Order. His mother and father remained at the monastery for seven days, making offerings consisting wholly of the choicest portions of redfish to the congregation of monks headed by the Buddha. Having so done, they returned home. > — Eugene Watson Burlingame 1921, Buddhist Legends (Harvard Oriental Series 28–30) > On the eighth day the Elder took the novice with him to the village. He did not, however, accompany the monks. Why was this? Not yet had the novice acquired a pleasing manner of taking his bowl and robe; not yet had he acquired a pleasing manner of walking, standing, sitting, and lying. Besides, the Elder had duties to perform at the monastery. So when the congregation of monks had entered the village for alms, the Elder went the rounds of the entire monastery, swept the places that had not been swept, filled the empty vessels with water for drinking and refreshment, and restored to their proper places the beds, chairs, and other articles of furniture that had been tossed about in disorder. Having so done, he entered the village. It was because he did not wish to give the heretics who might enter the empty monastery a chance to say, "Behold the habitations of the disciples of the hermit Gotama!” that he set the entire monastery to rights before entering the village. Therefore on that particular day, having instructed the novice how to take his bowl and robe, he entered the village somewhat later than usual. > — Eugene Watson Burlingame 1921, Buddhist Legends (Harvard Oriental Series 28–30) - [Previous: 6.5.p14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.khuddaka.dhammapada!dhammapadatthakatha.6.5.p14) - [Next: 6.5.p16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.khuddaka.dhammapada!dhammapadatthakatha.6.5.p16) - [Up: 6.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.khuddaka.dhammapada!dhammapadatthakatha.6.5) ## Translations (1) - [Buddhist Legends (Harvard Oriental Series 28–30)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.khuddaka.dhammapada!dhammapadatthakatha~en-burlingame.6.5.p34) — Eugene Watson Burlingame 1921, English ## Linked texts (1) - [Dhammapada](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.khuddaka.dhammapada.80) — Pāli --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.khuddaka.dhammapada!dhammapadatthakatha.6.5.p15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.khuddaka.dhammapada!dhammapadatthakatha.6.5.p15) · Pramāṇa