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Sāriputta notices among the monks at
Rājagaha an uncouth monk from the wilds who is named Gulissāni. Sāriputta
proceeds to talk to the other monks of the duties of a bhikkhu who, coming from
the wilds, starts to live in the confraternity; he should show respect and
consideration to others, be correct in the matter of seats, observe certain
rules in begging for alms, and keep watch over his abilities while studying the
higher Dhamma and Vinaya. Moggallāna asks whether these duties are incumbent
only on those monks who come from the wilds, and is told that they are still
more so on monks living in villages. M.i.469ff

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