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1grade in this doctrine and discipline, he remains on probation for the space of four months ; and at the end of the four months, the brethren, exalted in spirit, receive him into the lower or into the higher grade of the order. Nevertheless in this case I acknowledge the difference in persons/ 65. * If, Lord, whosoever that has formerly been a follower of another doctrine and then desires to be received into the higher or the lower grade in this doctrine and discipline, — if, in that case, such a person remains on probation for the space of four months ; and at the end of the four months, the brethren, exalted in spirit, receive him into the lower or into the higher grade of the order— I too, then, will remain on probation for the space of four months ; and at the end of the four months let the brethren, exalted in spirit, receive me into the lower or into the higher grade of the order!' 66. But the Blessed One called the venerable -Ananda, and said: 4 As it is, Ananda, receive ^Su- thadda into the order!' A 4 Even so, Lord!' said the venerable Ananda, in assent, to the Blessed One. 67. And Subhadda, the mendicant, said to the vene- rable Ananda : ' Great is your gain, friend Ananda, great is your good fortune, friend Ananda, that you all have been sprinkled with the sprinkling of dis- cipleship in this brotherhood at the hands of the Master himself!' 68. So Subhadda, the mendicant, was received IIO THE BOOK OF THE GREAT DECEASE. CH. into the higher grade of the order under the Blessed One ; and from immediately after his ordination the venerable Subhadda remained alone and separate, earnest, zealous, and resolved. And e'er long he attained to that supreme goal of the higher life 1 for the sake of which men go out from all and every household gain and comfort to become houseless wanderers — yea, that supreme goal did he, by him- self, and while yet in this visible world, bring him- self to the knowledge of, and continue to realise, and to see face to face ! And he became conscious that birth was at an end, that the higher life had been fulfilled, that all that should be done had been accomplished, and that after this present life there would be no beyond ! 69. So the venerable Subhadda became yet another among the Arahats ; and he was the last disciple whom the Blessed One himself converted 2 . End of the Hira##avatiya portion, being the Fifth Portion for Recitation. 1 That is, Nirvana. Compare Mahgala Sutta V, 11, and the Dhammapada, verses 180, 354, and above Chap. I, § 7. 2 Buddhaghosa says that the last five words in the text (the last twelve words in my translation) were added by the Theras who held the Council. On Subhadda's ordination he has the following interesting note: 'The Thero (that is, Ananda), they say, took him on one side, poured water over his head from a water vessel, made him repeat the formula of meditation on the impermanency of the body(Ta£a-pa#£aka-kamma/Mana/0; see my "Buddhist Birth Stories," p.
2a's ordination he has the following interesting note: 'The Thero (that is, Ananda), they say, took him on one side, poured water over his head from a water vessel, made him repeat the formula of meditation on the impermanency of the body(Ta£a-pa#£aka-kamma/Mana/0; see my "Buddhist Birth Stories," p. 161), shaved off his hair and beard, clad him in the yellow robes, made him repeat the " Three Refuges," and led him back to the Blessed One. The Blessed One himself admitted him then into the higher rank of the brotherhood, and pointed out to him a subject for meditation (kamma/Mdnaw; see "Buddhist V. MAHA-FARINIBBANA-SUTTA. Ill Birth Stories," p. 147). He accepted this, and walking up and down in a quiet part of the grove, he thought and meditated upon it, till overcoming the Evil Spirit, he had acquired Arahatship, and with it the discriminating knowledge of all the Scriptures (Pa/i- sambhida). Then, returning, he came and took his seat beside the Blessed One/ According to this, no set ceremony for ordination (Sarigha- kamma/rc), as laid down in the Vinaya, took place ; and it is other- wise probable that no such ceremony was usual in the earliest days of Buddhism. 112 THE BOOK OF THE GREAT DECEASE. CH. Chapter VI. 1. Now the Blessed One addressed the venerable Ananda, and said : 4 It may be, Ananda, that in some of you the thought may arise, "The word of the Master is ended, we have no teacher more!" But it is not thus, Ananda, that you should regard it. The truths and the rules of the order which I have set forth and laid down for you all, let them, after I am gone, be the Teacher to you/ 2. 1 Ananda ! when I am gone address not one another in the way in which the brethren have heretofore addressed each other — with the epithet, that is, of "Avuso" (Friend). A younger brother may be addressed by an elder with his name, or his family name, or the title " Friend." But an elder should be addressed by a younger brother as " Lord " or as " Venerable Sir."' 3. 'When I am gone, Ananda, let the order, if it should so wish, abolish all the lesser and minor precepts V 4. 'When I am gone, Ananda, let the higher penalty be imposed on brother KkaxmaJ ' But what, Lord, is the higher penalty ?' 1 In ^Tulla Vagga XI, 1, 9, 10, is related how the brotherhood formally considered the permission thus accorded to them, and resolved to adhere to all the precepts as laid down in the Buddha's lifetime. In his comment on this passage Buddhaghosa incident- ally refers to a conversation on the subject between Nagasena and Milinda Ra^a, but makes no mention of the work known as Milinda Pa«ha. Compare Trenckner's edition of that work, p. 142. VI. mahA-parinibbAna-sutta. 1*3 ' Let A^anna say whatever he may like, Ananda, the brethren should neither speak to him, nor exhort him, nor admonish him V 5.
3ena and Milinda Ra^a, but makes no mention of the work known as Milinda Pa«ha. Compare Trenckner's edition of that work, p. 142. VI. mahA-parinibbAna-sutta. 1*3 ' Let A^anna say whatever he may like, Ananda, the brethren should neither speak to him, nor exhort him, nor admonish him V 5. Then the Blessed One addressed the brethren, and said : 4 It may be, brethren, that there may be doubt or misgiving in the mind of some brother as to the Buddha, or the truth, or the path, or the way. Enquire, brethren, freely. Do not have to reproach yourselves afterwards with the thought, " Our teacher was face to face with us, and we could not bring ourselves to enquire of the Blessed One when we were face to face with him." ' And when he had thus spoken the brethren were silent. 6. And again the second and the third time the Blessed One addressed the brethren, and said : ' It may be, brethren, that there may be doubt or mis- giving in the mind of some brother as to the Buddha, or the truth, or the path, or the way. Enquire, brethren, freely. Do not have to reproach your- selves afterwards with the thought, " Our teacher was face to face with us, and we could not bring ourselves to enquire of the Blessed One when we were face to face with him." ' And even the third time the brethren were silent. 1 Compare ^Tulla Vagga I, 25-31 : IV, 14, 1 : XI, 1, 12-14. .fftanna is represented as an obstinate, perverse man ; so destitute of the proper 'esprit de corps' that he dared to take part with the sisterhood, and against the brotherhood, in a dispute which had arisen between them. But after the social penalty here re- ferred to had been duly imposed upon him, even his proud and independent spirit was tamed ; he became humble : his eyes were opened; and he, also, attained to the 'supreme goal 1 of the CBuddhist faith. [11] I 114 THE BOOK OF THE GREAT DECEASE. CH. 7. Then the Blessed One addressed the brethren, and said : ' It may be, brethren, that you put no questions out of reverence for the teacher. Let one friend communicate to another/ And when he had thus spoken the brethren were silent. 8. And the venerable Ananda said to the Blessed One : ' How wonderful a thing is it, Lord, and how marvellous ! Verily, I believe that in this whole assembly of the brethren there is not one brother who has any doubt or misgiving as to the Buddha, or the truth, or the path, or the way ! ' 9. * It is out of the fulness of faith that thou hast A A spoken, Ananda! But, Ananda, the TatMgata knows for certain that in this whole assembly of the brethren there is not one brother who has any doubt or misgiving as to the Buddha, or the truth, or the path, or the way ! For even the most back- ward, Ananda, of all these five hundred brethren has become converted, and is no longer liable to be born in a state of suffering, and is assured of final salvation V 10.
The source text as printed, transcribed diplomatically. Where the source language uses a non-Latin script that reaches us only through a Victorian romanisation, this layer is labelled transliteration, because that is what we hold.
Romanised transliteration as printed by the translator, not the original script. This is what we hold.
1grade in this doctrine and discipline, he remains on probation for the space of four months ; and at the end of the four months, the brethren, exalted in spirit, receive him into the lower or into the higher grade of the order. Nevertheless in this case I acknowledge the difference in persons/ 65. * If, Lord, whosoever that has formerly been a follower of another doctrine and then desires to be received into the higher or the lower grade in this doctrine and discipline, — if, in that case, such a person remains on probation for the space of four months ; and at the end of the four months, the brethren, exalted in spirit, receive him into the lower or into the higher grade of the order— I too, then, will remain on probation for the space of four months ; and at the end of the four months let the brethren, exalted in spirit, receive me into the lower or into the higher grade of the order!' 66. But the Blessed One called the venerable -Ananda, and said: 4 As it is, Ananda, receive ^Su- thadda into the order!' A 4 Even so, Lord!' said the venerable Ananda, in assent, to the Blessed One. 67. And Subhadda, the mendicant, said to the vene- rable Ananda : ' Great is your gain, friend Ananda, great is your good fortune, friend Ananda, that you all have been sprinkled with the sprinkling of dis- cipleship in this brotherhood at the hands of the Master himself!' 68. So Subhadda, the mendicant, was received IIO THE BOOK OF THE GREAT DECEASE. CH. into the higher grade of the order under the Blessed One ; and from immediately after his ordination the venerable Subhadda remained alone and separate, earnest, zealous, and resolved. And e'er long he attained to that supreme goal of the higher life 1 for the sake of which men go out from all and every household gain and comfort to become houseless wanderers — yea, that supreme goal did he, by him- self, and while yet in this visible world, bring him- self to the knowledge of, and continue to realise, and to see face to face ! And he became conscious that birth was at an end, that the higher life had been fulfilled, that all that should be done had been accomplished, and that after this present life there would be no beyond ! 69. So the venerable Subhadda became yet another among the Arahats ; and he was the last disciple whom the Blessed One himself converted 2 . End of the Hira##avatiya portion, being the Fifth Portion for Recitation. 1 That is, Nirvana. Compare Mahgala Sutta V, 11, and the Dhammapada, verses 180, 354, and above Chap. I, § 7. 2 Buddhaghosa says that the last five words in the text (the last twelve words in my translation) were added by the Theras who held the Council. On Subhadda's ordination he has the following interesting note: 'The Thero (that is, Ananda), they say, took him on one side, poured water over his head from a water vessel, made him repeat the formula of meditation on the impermanency of the body(Ta£a-pa#£aka-kamma/Mana/0; see my "Buddhist Birth Stories," p.
2a's ordination he has the following interesting note: 'The Thero (that is, Ananda), they say, took him on one side, poured water over his head from a water vessel, made him repeat the formula of meditation on the impermanency of the body(Ta£a-pa#£aka-kamma/Mana/0; see my "Buddhist Birth Stories," p. 161), shaved off his hair and beard, clad him in the yellow robes, made him repeat the " Three Refuges," and led him back to the Blessed One. The Blessed One himself admitted him then into the higher rank of the brotherhood, and pointed out to him a subject for meditation (kamma/Mdnaw; see "Buddhist V. MAHA-FARINIBBANA-SUTTA. Ill Birth Stories," p. 147). He accepted this, and walking up and down in a quiet part of the grove, he thought and meditated upon it, till overcoming the Evil Spirit, he had acquired Arahatship, and with it the discriminating knowledge of all the Scriptures (Pa/i- sambhida). Then, returning, he came and took his seat beside the Blessed One/ According to this, no set ceremony for ordination (Sarigha- kamma/rc), as laid down in the Vinaya, took place ; and it is other- wise probable that no such ceremony was usual in the earliest days of Buddhism. 112 THE BOOK OF THE GREAT DECEASE. CH. Chapter VI. 1. Now the Blessed One addressed the venerable Ananda, and said : 4 It may be, Ananda, that in some of you the thought may arise, "The word of the Master is ended, we have no teacher more!" But it is not thus, Ananda, that you should regard it. The truths and the rules of the order which I have set forth and laid down for you all, let them, after I am gone, be the Teacher to you/ 2. 1 Ananda ! when I am gone address not one another in the way in which the brethren have heretofore addressed each other — with the epithet, that is, of "Avuso" (Friend). A younger brother may be addressed by an elder with his name, or his family name, or the title " Friend." But an elder should be addressed by a younger brother as " Lord " or as " Venerable Sir."' 3. 'When I am gone, Ananda, let the order, if it should so wish, abolish all the lesser and minor precepts V 4. 'When I am gone, Ananda, let the higher penalty be imposed on brother KkaxmaJ ' But what, Lord, is the higher penalty ?' 1 In ^Tulla Vagga XI, 1, 9, 10, is related how the brotherhood formally considered the permission thus accorded to them, and resolved to adhere to all the precepts as laid down in the Buddha's lifetime. In his comment on this passage Buddhaghosa incident- ally refers to a conversation on the subject between Nagasena and Milinda Ra^a, but makes no mention of the work known as Milinda Pa«ha. Compare Trenckner's edition of that work, p. 142. VI. mahA-parinibbAna-sutta. 1*3 ' Let A^anna say whatever he may like, Ananda, the brethren should neither speak to him, nor exhort him, nor admonish him V 5.
3ena and Milinda Ra^a, but makes no mention of the work known as Milinda Pa«ha. Compare Trenckner's edition of that work, p. 142. VI. mahA-parinibbAna-sutta. 1*3 ' Let A^anna say whatever he may like, Ananda, the brethren should neither speak to him, nor exhort him, nor admonish him V 5. Then the Blessed One addressed the brethren, and said : 4 It may be, brethren, that there may be doubt or misgiving in the mind of some brother as to the Buddha, or the truth, or the path, or the way. Enquire, brethren, freely. Do not have to reproach yourselves afterwards with the thought, " Our teacher was face to face with us, and we could not bring ourselves to enquire of the Blessed One when we were face to face with him." ' And when he had thus spoken the brethren were silent. 6. And again the second and the third time the Blessed One addressed the brethren, and said : ' It may be, brethren, that there may be doubt or mis- giving in the mind of some brother as to the Buddha, or the truth, or the path, or the way. Enquire, brethren, freely. Do not have to reproach your- selves afterwards with the thought, " Our teacher was face to face with us, and we could not bring ourselves to enquire of the Blessed One when we were face to face with him." ' And even the third time the brethren were silent. 1 Compare ^Tulla Vagga I, 25-31 : IV, 14, 1 : XI, 1, 12-14. .fftanna is represented as an obstinate, perverse man ; so destitute of the proper 'esprit de corps' that he dared to take part with the sisterhood, and against the brotherhood, in a dispute which had arisen between them. But after the social penalty here re- ferred to had been duly imposed upon him, even his proud and independent spirit was tamed ; he became humble : his eyes were opened; and he, also, attained to the 'supreme goal 1 of the CBuddhist faith. [11] I 114 THE BOOK OF THE GREAT DECEASE. CH. 7. Then the Blessed One addressed the brethren, and said : ' It may be, brethren, that you put no questions out of reverence for the teacher. Let one friend communicate to another/ And when he had thus spoken the brethren were silent. 8. And the venerable Ananda said to the Blessed One : ' How wonderful a thing is it, Lord, and how marvellous ! Verily, I believe that in this whole assembly of the brethren there is not one brother who has any doubt or misgiving as to the Buddha, or the truth, or the path, or the way ! ' 9. * It is out of the fulness of faith that thou hast A A spoken, Ananda! But, Ananda, the TatMgata knows for certain that in this whole assembly of the brethren there is not one brother who has any doubt or misgiving as to the Buddha, or the truth, or the path, or the way ! For even the most back- ward, Ananda, of all these five hundred brethren has become converted, and is no longer liable to be born in a state of suffering, and is assured of final salvation V 10.
The source text as printed, transcribed diplomatically. Where the source language uses a non-Latin script that reaches us only through a Victorian romanisation, this layer is labelled transliteration, because that is what we hold.
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