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This vow is pronounced on Thursday, the 4th waxing-moon day of the 3rd month, the Year of the Dog, Year 2.[1]
Let the eleven Lankan monks in this monastery do as they wish, I beseech you. Their homeland and teachers who administered their ordination have been like that. If we compel them to do otherwise, the matter would abroad be publicised.
Note About the Event That Ensued
Later in the reign of King Rama IV, the monks from the Dhammayuttika sect who were required to don their robes like the Mahānikāya sect begged the royal permission to wear the robes in a parted manner as before. His Majesty King Chomklao Chaoyuhua replied that observing the canons is the business of the Clergy, which can be performed in any form according to one’s belief and is unrelated to the State. Thus, the king gave neither forbiddance nor permission. From then on, the Dhammayuttika monks resumed the custom of wearing their robes in a parted manner.
- ↑ 20 February 2393 BE (1851 CE). (Wikisource contributor note)
