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1I, 49, 3- Sakyaputtiya Samamas, he would after our death live a life of ease and without pain.’ 3. Now young Upéali heard his father and mother talking thus. Then young Upéli went to the other boys; having approached them, he said to those boys: ‘Come, Sirs, let us get ordained with the Sakyaputtiya Samazas.’ (They replied): ‘If you will get ordained, Sir, we will be ordained also.’ Then those boys went each to his father and mother and said to them : ‘Give me your consent for leaving the world and going forth into the houseless state.’ Then the parents of those boys, who thought, ‘It isa good thing what all these boys are wishing so unanimously for,’ gave their consent. They went to the Bhikkhus and asked them for the pabbagg4 ordination, The Bhikkhus conferred the pabbaggaé and upasampada ordinations on them. 4. In the night, at dawn, they rose and began to cry: ‘Give us rice-milk, give us soft food, give us hard food!’ The Bhikkhus said: ‘ Wait, friends, till day-time. If there is rice-milk, you shall drink ; if there is food, soft or hard, you shall eat; if there is no rice-milk and no food, soft or hard, you must go out for alms, and then you will eat, But those Bhikkhus, when they were thus spoken to by the other Bhikkhus, threw their bedding about and made it wet, calling out : ‘Give us rice-milk, give us soft food, give us hard food!’ 5. Then the Blessed One, having arisen in the night, at dawn, heard the noise which those boys made; hearing it he said to the venerable Ananda : ‘Now, Ananda, what noise of boys is that ?’ Then the venerable Ananda told the thing to the Blessed One, I, 49,6. ADMISSION TO THE ORDER OF BHIKKHUS. 203 ‘Is it true, O Bhikkhus, that the Bhikkhus knowingly confer the upasampada4 ordination on persons under twenty years of age ?’ ‘It-is true, Lord.’ Then the Blessed One rebuked those Bhikkhus : ‘ How can those foolish persons, O Bhikkhus, knowingly confer the upasampada ordination on persons under twenty years of age? 6. ‘A person under twenty years, O Bhikkhus, cannot endure coldness and heat, hunger and thirst, vexation by gadflies and gnats, by storms and sunheat, and by reptiles; (he cannot endure) abusive, offensive language; he is not able to ‘bear bodily pains which are severe, sharp, grievous, disagreeable, unpleasant, and destructive to life; whilst a person that has twenty years of age, O Bhikkhus, can endure coldness, &c. This will not do, O Bhikkhus, for converting the unconverted and for augmenting the number of the converted.’ Having rebuked those Bhikkhus and delivered a religious discourse, he thus addressed the Bhikkhus: ‘Let no one, O Bhikkhus, knowingly confer the | upasampada ordination on a person under twenty years of age. He who does, is to be treated according to the law?’
2He who does, is to be treated according to the law?’ * The law alluded to is the 65th paittiya rule. Generally in the Khandhakas, which presuppose, as we have stated in our preface, the existence of the Patimokkha;, direct repetition of the rules laid down there has been avoided. If, nevertheless, in the Khandhakas a transgression alluded to in the Patimokkha had to be mentioned again, then in most cases the Khandhakas, instead of directly indicating the penance incurred thereby, use of the guilty Bhikkhu the expression, ‘yathddhammo k4retabbo,’ i.e. ‘he is to be treated according to the law.’ See H. O.’s Introduction to his edition of the Mah4vagga, p. xx note. 204 MAHAVAGGA. I, 50. 50. At that time a certain family had died of pestilence!; only a father and his son were left; they received the pabbag4 ordination with the Bhikkhus and went together on their rounds for alms. Now that boy, when food was given to his father, ran up to him and said: ‘Give some to me too, father; give some to me too, father.’ People were annoyed, &c.: ‘These Sakyaputtiya Samamas live an impure life; this boy is a Bhikkhuni's son. Some Bhikkhus heard, &c. They told this thing to the Blessed One, &c. ‘Let no one, O Bhikkhus, confer the pabbagga ordination on a boy under fifteen years of age. He who does, is guilty of a dukka/¢a offence. 51. At that time a believing, pious family, who devoted themselves to the (especial) service of the venerable Ananda, had died of pestilence. Only two boys were left; these, when seeing Bhikkhus, ran up to them according to their old custom, but the Bhikkhus turned them away. When they were turned away by the Bhikkhus, they cried. Now the venerable Ananda thought: ‘The Blessed One has forbidden us to confer the pabbagygé ordination ? Buddhaghosa explains ahivatakaroga by m4riby4dhi, and says: ‘When this plague befalls a house, men and beasts in that house die; but he who breaks through wall or roof, or is “roga madigato (?),” may be saved.’ I, 53, 1: ADMISSION TO THE ORDER OF BHIKKHUS. 205 on a boy under fifteen years of age, and these boys are under fifteen years of age. What can be done in order that these boys may not perish ?’ And the venerable Ananda told this thing to the Blessed One. ‘Are these boys able, Ananda, to scare crows ?’ ‘They are, Lord’ In consequence of that and on this occasion the Blessed One, after having delivered a religious discourse, thus addressed the Bhikkhus: ‘I allow you, O Bhikkhus, to confer the pabbagg4 ordination on crow-keeper boys even under fifteen years of age.’ 52. At that time the venerable Upananda, of the Sakya tribe, had two novices, Kazdaka and Mahaka; these committed sodomy with each other. The Bhikkhus were annoyed, &c.: ‘How can novices abandon themselves to such bad conduct ?’ They told this thing to the Blessed One, &c. ‘Let no one, O Bhikkhus, ordain two novices. He who does, is guilty of a dukkaZa offence?!’ 53.
3The Bhikkhus were annoyed, &c.: ‘How can novices abandon themselves to such bad conduct ?’ They told this thing to the Blessed One, &c. ‘Let no one, O Bhikkhus, ordain two novices. He who does, is guilty of a dukkaZa offence?!’ 53. 1. At that time the Blessed One dwelt at Ragagaha during the rainy season, and remained at the same place during winter and summer. The people were annoyed, &c.: ‘The (four) regions are?.... and 1 This seems very unpractical: and the rule is accordingly practically abrogated again by chapter 55. 2 We must leave ‘ 4hundarika’ untranslated; Buddhaghosa says nothing about this obscure word. 206 MAHAVAGGA. I, 53, 2. covered by darkness to the Sakyaputtiya Samamas ; they cannot discern the (four) regions.’ Some Bhikkhus heard, &c. 2. Then the Blessed One said to the venerable Ananda: ‘Go, Ananda, take a key and tell the Bhikkhus in every cell: “Friends, the Blessed One wishes to go forth to Dakkhiz4giri. Let any one of the venerable brethren who thinks fit, come to him.”’ The venerable Ananda accepted this order of the Blessed One (by saying), ‘Yes, Lord,’ took a key, and said to the Bhikkhus in every cell: ‘ Friends, the Blessed One,’ &c. 3. The Bhikkhus replied: ‘Friend Ananda, the Blessed One has prescribed? that Bhikkhus are to live (the first) ten years in dependence (on their 4ariyas and upagghAyas), and that he who has completed his tenth year, may give a nissaya himself. Now if we go there, we shall be obliged to take a nissaya there; then we shall stay there for a short time, then we must go back again and take a new nissaya. If our 4#ariyas and upagghayas go, we will go also; if our 4éariyas and upagghayas do not go, we will not go either. Otherwise our light-mindedness, friend Ananda, will become manifest.’ 4. Thus the Blessed One went forth to Dakkhinagiri followed only by a few Bhikkhus. And the Blessed One, after having. dwelt at Dakkhizagiri as long as he thought fit, went back to Ragagaha again. Then the Blessed One said to the venerable Ananda: ‘How is it, Ananda, that the perfect 1 See chap. 32. 1. I, 54,1. ADMISSION TO THE ORDER OF BHIKKHUS. 207 One has gone forth to DakkhizAgiri with so few Bhikkhus ?’ Then the venerable Ananda told the thing to the Blessed One. In consequence of that and on this occasion the Blessed One, after having delivered a religious discourse, thus addressed the Bhikkhus: ‘I prescribe, O Bhikkhus, that a learned, competent Bhikkhu lives five years in dependence (on his 4£ariya and upagghaya), an unlearned one all his life. 5. ‘In five cases, O Bhikkhus, a Bhikkhu should not live without a nissaya (i.e. independent of dariya and upagghaya): when he does not possess full perfection in what belongs to moral practices (&c., as in chap. 36. 2). In these five cases, O Bhikkhus, a Bhikkhu should not live without a nissaya. ‘In five cases, O Bhikkhus, a Bhikkhu may live without a nissaya: when he possesses full perfection
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Romanised transliteration as printed by the translator, not the original script. This is what we hold.
1I, 49, 3- Sakyaputtiya Samamas, he would after our death live a life of ease and without pain.’ 3. Now young Upéali heard his father and mother talking thus. Then young Upéli went to the other boys; having approached them, he said to those boys: ‘Come, Sirs, let us get ordained with the Sakyaputtiya Samazas.’ (They replied): ‘If you will get ordained, Sir, we will be ordained also.’ Then those boys went each to his father and mother and said to them : ‘Give me your consent for leaving the world and going forth into the houseless state.’ Then the parents of those boys, who thought, ‘It isa good thing what all these boys are wishing so unanimously for,’ gave their consent. They went to the Bhikkhus and asked them for the pabbagg4 ordination, The Bhikkhus conferred the pabbaggaé and upasampada ordinations on them. 4. In the night, at dawn, they rose and began to cry: ‘Give us rice-milk, give us soft food, give us hard food!’ The Bhikkhus said: ‘ Wait, friends, till day-time. If there is rice-milk, you shall drink ; if there is food, soft or hard, you shall eat; if there is no rice-milk and no food, soft or hard, you must go out for alms, and then you will eat, But those Bhikkhus, when they were thus spoken to by the other Bhikkhus, threw their bedding about and made it wet, calling out : ‘Give us rice-milk, give us soft food, give us hard food!’ 5. Then the Blessed One, having arisen in the night, at dawn, heard the noise which those boys made; hearing it he said to the venerable Ananda : ‘Now, Ananda, what noise of boys is that ?’ Then the venerable Ananda told the thing to the Blessed One, I, 49,6. ADMISSION TO THE ORDER OF BHIKKHUS. 203 ‘Is it true, O Bhikkhus, that the Bhikkhus knowingly confer the upasampada4 ordination on persons under twenty years of age ?’ ‘It-is true, Lord.’ Then the Blessed One rebuked those Bhikkhus : ‘ How can those foolish persons, O Bhikkhus, knowingly confer the upasampada ordination on persons under twenty years of age? 6. ‘A person under twenty years, O Bhikkhus, cannot endure coldness and heat, hunger and thirst, vexation by gadflies and gnats, by storms and sunheat, and by reptiles; (he cannot endure) abusive, offensive language; he is not able to ‘bear bodily pains which are severe, sharp, grievous, disagreeable, unpleasant, and destructive to life; whilst a person that has twenty years of age, O Bhikkhus, can endure coldness, &c. This will not do, O Bhikkhus, for converting the unconverted and for augmenting the number of the converted.’ Having rebuked those Bhikkhus and delivered a religious discourse, he thus addressed the Bhikkhus: ‘Let no one, O Bhikkhus, knowingly confer the | upasampada ordination on a person under twenty years of age. He who does, is to be treated according to the law?’
2He who does, is to be treated according to the law?’ * The law alluded to is the 65th paittiya rule. Generally in the Khandhakas, which presuppose, as we have stated in our preface, the existence of the Patimokkha;, direct repetition of the rules laid down there has been avoided. If, nevertheless, in the Khandhakas a transgression alluded to in the Patimokkha had to be mentioned again, then in most cases the Khandhakas, instead of directly indicating the penance incurred thereby, use of the guilty Bhikkhu the expression, ‘yathddhammo k4retabbo,’ i.e. ‘he is to be treated according to the law.’ See H. O.’s Introduction to his edition of the Mah4vagga, p. xx note. 204 MAHAVAGGA. I, 50. 50. At that time a certain family had died of pestilence!; only a father and his son were left; they received the pabbag4 ordination with the Bhikkhus and went together on their rounds for alms. Now that boy, when food was given to his father, ran up to him and said: ‘Give some to me too, father; give some to me too, father.’ People were annoyed, &c.: ‘These Sakyaputtiya Samamas live an impure life; this boy is a Bhikkhuni's son. Some Bhikkhus heard, &c. They told this thing to the Blessed One, &c. ‘Let no one, O Bhikkhus, confer the pabbagga ordination on a boy under fifteen years of age. He who does, is guilty of a dukka/¢a offence. 51. At that time a believing, pious family, who devoted themselves to the (especial) service of the venerable Ananda, had died of pestilence. Only two boys were left; these, when seeing Bhikkhus, ran up to them according to their old custom, but the Bhikkhus turned them away. When they were turned away by the Bhikkhus, they cried. Now the venerable Ananda thought: ‘The Blessed One has forbidden us to confer the pabbagygé ordination ? Buddhaghosa explains ahivatakaroga by m4riby4dhi, and says: ‘When this plague befalls a house, men and beasts in that house die; but he who breaks through wall or roof, or is “roga madigato (?),” may be saved.’ I, 53, 1: ADMISSION TO THE ORDER OF BHIKKHUS. 205 on a boy under fifteen years of age, and these boys are under fifteen years of age. What can be done in order that these boys may not perish ?’ And the venerable Ananda told this thing to the Blessed One. ‘Are these boys able, Ananda, to scare crows ?’ ‘They are, Lord’ In consequence of that and on this occasion the Blessed One, after having delivered a religious discourse, thus addressed the Bhikkhus: ‘I allow you, O Bhikkhus, to confer the pabbagg4 ordination on crow-keeper boys even under fifteen years of age.’ 52. At that time the venerable Upananda, of the Sakya tribe, had two novices, Kazdaka and Mahaka; these committed sodomy with each other. The Bhikkhus were annoyed, &c.: ‘How can novices abandon themselves to such bad conduct ?’ They told this thing to the Blessed One, &c. ‘Let no one, O Bhikkhus, ordain two novices. He who does, is guilty of a dukkaZa offence?!’ 53.
3The Bhikkhus were annoyed, &c.: ‘How can novices abandon themselves to such bad conduct ?’ They told this thing to the Blessed One, &c. ‘Let no one, O Bhikkhus, ordain two novices. He who does, is guilty of a dukkaZa offence?!’ 53. 1. At that time the Blessed One dwelt at Ragagaha during the rainy season, and remained at the same place during winter and summer. The people were annoyed, &c.: ‘The (four) regions are?.... and 1 This seems very unpractical: and the rule is accordingly practically abrogated again by chapter 55. 2 We must leave ‘ 4hundarika’ untranslated; Buddhaghosa says nothing about this obscure word. 206 MAHAVAGGA. I, 53, 2. covered by darkness to the Sakyaputtiya Samamas ; they cannot discern the (four) regions.’ Some Bhikkhus heard, &c. 2. Then the Blessed One said to the venerable Ananda: ‘Go, Ananda, take a key and tell the Bhikkhus in every cell: “Friends, the Blessed One wishes to go forth to Dakkhiz4giri. Let any one of the venerable brethren who thinks fit, come to him.”’ The venerable Ananda accepted this order of the Blessed One (by saying), ‘Yes, Lord,’ took a key, and said to the Bhikkhus in every cell: ‘ Friends, the Blessed One,’ &c. 3. The Bhikkhus replied: ‘Friend Ananda, the Blessed One has prescribed? that Bhikkhus are to live (the first) ten years in dependence (on their 4ariyas and upagghAyas), and that he who has completed his tenth year, may give a nissaya himself. Now if we go there, we shall be obliged to take a nissaya there; then we shall stay there for a short time, then we must go back again and take a new nissaya. If our 4#ariyas and upagghayas go, we will go also; if our 4éariyas and upagghayas do not go, we will not go either. Otherwise our light-mindedness, friend Ananda, will become manifest.’ 4. Thus the Blessed One went forth to Dakkhinagiri followed only by a few Bhikkhus. And the Blessed One, after having. dwelt at Dakkhizagiri as long as he thought fit, went back to Ragagaha again. Then the Blessed One said to the venerable Ananda: ‘How is it, Ananda, that the perfect 1 See chap. 32. 1. I, 54,1. ADMISSION TO THE ORDER OF BHIKKHUS. 207 One has gone forth to DakkhizAgiri with so few Bhikkhus ?’ Then the venerable Ananda told the thing to the Blessed One. In consequence of that and on this occasion the Blessed One, after having delivered a religious discourse, thus addressed the Bhikkhus: ‘I prescribe, O Bhikkhus, that a learned, competent Bhikkhu lives five years in dependence (on his 4£ariya and upagghaya), an unlearned one all his life. 5. ‘In five cases, O Bhikkhus, a Bhikkhu should not live without a nissaya (i.e. independent of dariya and upagghaya): when he does not possess full perfection in what belongs to moral practices (&c., as in chap. 36. 2). In these five cases, O Bhikkhus, a Bhikkhu should not live without a nissaya. ‘In five cases, O Bhikkhus, a Bhikkhu may live without a nissaya: when he possesses full perfection
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