The Political Institutions and Theories of the Hindus: A Study in Comparative Politics c9.s3.18

c9.s3.18

As conflict of opinions is inevitable in democratic deliberations, the rule of the majority was accepted by the *Samgha* as the regular procedure. "By that *bhikkhu*, the taker of the voting tickets", we read in the *Chulla-vagga*,⁴ "are the votes to be collected. And according as the larger number of the *bhikkhus* shall speak, so shall the case be decided".