sn22.80:2.1 Then as he was in private retreat this thought came to his mind,
sn22.80:2.2 “I have purged the mendicant Saṅgha.
sn22.80:2.3 But there are mendicants here who are junior, recently gone forth, newly come to this teaching and training.
sn22.80:2.4 Not seeing me they may change and fall apart.
sn22.80:2.5 If a young calf doesn’t see its mother it may change and fall apart. …
sn22.80:2.7 Or if young seedlings don’t get water they may change and fall apart.
sn22.80:2.8 In the same way, there are mendicants here who are junior, recently gone forth, newly come to this teaching and training.
sn22.80:2.9 Not seeing me they may change and fall apart.
sn22.80:2.10 Why don’t I support the mendicant Saṅgha now as I did in the past?”