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now, venerable sirs, it is by your silence, that i shall know whether you are pure. as to each one question put there must be an answer, so, in such a meeting as this, each question is put [ ] as many as three times. then if any bhikkhu , when it has been three times put, knowingly omit to declare a
spiritual progress) [ ] . therefore a fault, if there be one, should be declared by that bhikkhu who remembers it, and desires to be cleansed therefrom. for a fault, when declared, shall be light to him. venerable sirs, the introduction is now recited. thus do i question you, venerable sirs, 'are you pure...
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