[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Literature, language and dating](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature) › [A History of Indian Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927) › v2.c19.s2.35 # A History of Indian Literature v2.c19.s2.35 A History of Indian Literature v2.c19.s2.35 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c19.s2.35](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s2.35) Then the Blessed One, on that occasion and in that connection, convened a meeting of the Bhikkhu-saṃgha, and asked the Bhikkhus, 'Is there, O Bhikkhus, in such and such an apartment, a Bhikkhu who is sick?' 'There is, Lord.' 'Then what, O Bhikkhus, is the matter with that Bhikkhu?' 'He has a disturbance, Lord, in his bowels.' 'And is there any one, O Bhikkhus, to wait upon him?' 'No, Lord.' 'Why, then, do not the Bhikkhus wait upon him?' 'That Bhikkhu, Lord, is of no service to the Bhikkhus; therefore do they not wait upon him.' 'Ye, O Bhikkhus, have no mothers and no fathers who might wait upon you! If ye, O Bhikkhus, wait not one upon the other, who is there indeed who will wait upon you? Whosoever, O Bhikkhus, would wait upon me, he should wait upon the sick.'¹ - [Previous: v2.c19.s2.34](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s2.34) - [Next: v2.c19.s2.36](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s2.36) - [Up: v2.c19.s2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s2) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s2.35](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s2.35) · Pramāṇa