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136. 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 in what belongs to moral practices (&c., as in chap. 36. 3). In these five cases, O Bhikkhus, a Bhikkhu may live without a nissaya. 6-13. ‘And also in other five cases, &c.?’ End of the eighth Bhavavara, which is called the Abhaydvara Bhazavara*, 54. 1. Then the Blessed One, after having resided at Ragagaha as long as he thought fit, went forth to 1 Supply these pentads and hexads, respectively, from chaps. 36. 6,7; 8,95 14,153 16,175; 37-1, 23 5,6; 7,83 13,14. 2 Abhayfvara means, ‘secure from anything. This refers to the expression used in chap. 42, § 2. 208 MAHAVQGGA. I, 54, 2+ Kapilavatthu. Wandering from place to place he came to Kapilavatthu. There the Blessed One dwelt in the Sakka country, near Kapilavatthu, in the Nigrodh4érama (Banyan Grove). And in the forenoon the Blessed One, having put on his under-robes, took his alms-bowl and with his £ivara on went to the residence of the Sakka Suddhodana (his father), Having gone there, he sat down on a seat laid out for him. Then the princess, who was the mother of R4éhula’, said to young Rahula: ‘ This is your father, Rahula ; go and ask him for your inheritance.’ 2. Then young Rahula went to the place where the Blessed One was; having approached him, he stationed himself before the Blessed One (and said) : ‘Your shadow, Samaza, is a place of bliss.’ Then the Blessed One rose from his seat and went away, and young R4hula followed the Blessed One from behind and said: ‘Give me my inheritance, Samaza; give me my inheritance, Samaza.’ Then the Blessed One said to the venerable Sdriputta: ‘Well, Sdriputta, confer the pabbaggA ordination on young Réhula.’ (Sariputta replied): ‘How shall I confer, Lord, the pabbagg4 ordination on young R4hula?’ 3. In consequence of that and on this occasion the Blessed One, after having delivered a religious discourse, thus addressed the Bhikkhus: ‘I prescribe, 1 The Buddha’s former wife. This is, as far as we know, the only passage in the Pali Pifakas which mentions this lady, and it deserves notice that her name is not mentioned. Probably this name was unknown to the Buddhists in early times, and thus we may best account for the difference of the simply invented names given to this lady by later writers. Compare Rh. D., Buddhism, Pp. 50 seq. I, 54,5. ADMISSION TO THE ORDER OF BHIKKHUS. 209 O Bhikkhus, the pabbagg4 ordination of novices by the threefold declaration of taking refuge.
2Compare Rh. D., Buddhism, Pp. 50 seq. I, 54,5. ADMISSION TO THE ORDER OF BHIKKHUS. 209 O Bhikkhus, the pabbagg4 ordination of novices by the threefold declaration of taking refuge. ‘And you ought, O Bhikkhus, to confer the pabbagg4 ordination (on a novice) in this way: Let him first have his hair and beard cut off; let him put on yellow robes, adjust his upper robe so as to cover one shoulder, salute the feet of the Bhikkhus (with his head), and sit down squatting ; then let him raise his joined hands and tell him to say: “I take my refuge in the Buddha, I take my refuge in the Dhamma, I take my refuge in the Samgha. And for the second time, &c. And for the third time, &c.” ‘I prescribe, O Bhikkhus, the pabbagg4 ordination of novices by this threefold declaration of taking refuge.’ Thus the venerable Sariputta conferred the pabbagg4 ordination on young Réhula. 4. Then the Sakka Suddhodana went to the place where the Blessed One was; having approached him and having respectfully saluted the Blessed One, he sat down near him. Sitting near him the Sakka Suddhodana said to the Blessed One: ‘ Lord, I ask one boon of the Blessed One.’ (The Buddha replied): ‘The perfect Ones, Gotama, are above granting boons (before they know what they are’).’ (Suddhodana said): ‘ Lord, it is a proper and unobjectionable demand.’ ‘Speak, Gotama.’ 5. ‘Lord, when the Blessed One gave up the 1 Granting a boon (vara) is a constant phrase used of princes when making an open promise to give to any one whatever they should ask. See, for instance, the GAtaka Story, No. 9, where the person to whom the boon was given laid it by for a convenient season ; and then asked the king to make her son heir-apparent, in violation of all ancient law and custom. [13] P 210 MAHAVAGGA. I, 53. world, it was a great pain to me; so it was when Nanda? did the same; my pain was excessive when R&hula too did so. The love for a son, Lord, cuts into the skin; having cut into the skin, it cuts into the hide; having cut into the hide, it cuts into the flesh,. . . . the ligaments, . . . . the bones; having cut into the bones, it reaches the marrow and dwells in the marrow. Pray, Lord, let their reverences not confer the pabbagyA4 ordination on a son without his father’s and mother’s permission.’ Then the Blessed One taught the Sakka Suddhodana (&c., see chap. 39. 7). ‘Let no son, O Bhikkhus, receive the pabbagg4 ordination without his father’s and mother’s permission. He who confers the pabbagg4 ordination (on a son without that permission), is guilty of a dukkaZa offence.’ 55, Then the Blessed One, after having resided at Kapilavatthu as lorig as he thought fit, went forth to Savatthi. Wandering from place to place he came to Sdvatthi. There the Blessed One dwelt at Savatthi, in the Getavana, the Arama of Anjthapizdika. At that time a family who devoted themselves to the (especial) service of the venerable SAriputta sent a boy to the venerable Sariputta (with this message) :
3Wandering from place to place he came to Sdvatthi. There the Blessed One dwelt at Savatthi, in the Getavana, the Arama of Anjthapizdika. At that time a family who devoted themselves to the (especial) service of the venerable SAriputta sent a boy to the venerable Sariputta (with this message) : + Nanda was a son of Mahapag4pati, a half-brother of the Buddha. See the story of his conversion in Rh. D.’s Buddhist Birth Stories, p. 128 (later and fuller accounts can be seen in Hardy, Manual, p. 204 seq.; Beal, Romantic Legend, p. 369 seq.) I, 56. ADMISSION TO THE ORDER OF BHIKKHUS. 2II ‘Might the Thera confer the pabbagg4 ordination on this boy.’ Now the venerable S4riputta thought: ‘The Blessed One has established the rule! that no one may ordain two novices, and I have already one novice, Rahula. Now what am I to do?’ He told the thing to the Blessed One. ‘I allow, O Bhikkhus, a learned, competent Bhikkhu to ordain two novices, or to ordain as many novices as he is able to administer exhortation and instruction to.’ 56. Now the novices thought: ‘ How many precepts? are there for us, and in what (precepts) are we to exercise ourselves ?’ They told this thing to the Blessed One. ‘I prescribe, O Bhikkhus, ten precepts for the novices, and the exercise of the novices in these (ten precepts), viz. abstinence from destroying life; abstinence from stealing; abstinence from impurity; abstinence from lying; abstinence from arrack and strong drink and intoxicating liquors, which cause indifference (to religion); abstinence from eating at forbidden times; abstinence from dancing, singing, music, and seeing spectacles; abstinence from garlands, scents, unguents, ornaments, and finery; abstinence from (the use of) high or broad beds; abstinence from accepting gold or silver. I pre- ' See chap. 52. * Sikkhapadani, literally, ‘Paths of Training.’ Compare chap. 60. P 2 212 MAHAVAGGA. _ 1, 54,1. scribe, O Bhikkhus, these ten precepts for the novices, and the exercise of the novices in these (ten precepts)’ 57. 1. At that time novices did not show reverence and confidence towards the Bhikkhus, and did not live in harmony with them. The Bhikkhus were annoyed, murmured, and became angry : ‘ How can the novices not show reverence and confidence towards the Bhikkhus, and not live in harmony with them ?’ They told this thing to the Blessed One. ‘I prescribe, O Bhikkhus, that you inflict punishment upon a novice in five cases: When he is intent on the Bhikkhus’ receiving no alms; when he is intent on the Bhikkhus’ meeting with misfortune ; when he is intent on the Bhikkhus’ finding no residence ; when he abuses and reviles the Bhikkhus ; when he causes divisions between Bhikkhus and Bhikkhus. I prescribe, O Bhikkhus, that in these five cases you inflict punishment upon a novice.’ 2. Now the Bhikkhus thought: ‘What punishment are we to inflict ?’ They told this thing to the Blessed One.
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Romanised transliteration as printed by the translator, not the original script. This is what we hold.
136. 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 in what belongs to moral practices (&c., as in chap. 36. 3). In these five cases, O Bhikkhus, a Bhikkhu may live without a nissaya. 6-13. ‘And also in other five cases, &c.?’ End of the eighth Bhavavara, which is called the Abhaydvara Bhazavara*, 54. 1. Then the Blessed One, after having resided at Ragagaha as long as he thought fit, went forth to 1 Supply these pentads and hexads, respectively, from chaps. 36. 6,7; 8,95 14,153 16,175; 37-1, 23 5,6; 7,83 13,14. 2 Abhayfvara means, ‘secure from anything. This refers to the expression used in chap. 42, § 2. 208 MAHAVQGGA. I, 54, 2+ Kapilavatthu. Wandering from place to place he came to Kapilavatthu. There the Blessed One dwelt in the Sakka country, near Kapilavatthu, in the Nigrodh4érama (Banyan Grove). And in the forenoon the Blessed One, having put on his under-robes, took his alms-bowl and with his £ivara on went to the residence of the Sakka Suddhodana (his father), Having gone there, he sat down on a seat laid out for him. Then the princess, who was the mother of R4éhula’, said to young Rahula: ‘ This is your father, Rahula ; go and ask him for your inheritance.’ 2. Then young Rahula went to the place where the Blessed One was; having approached him, he stationed himself before the Blessed One (and said) : ‘Your shadow, Samaza, is a place of bliss.’ Then the Blessed One rose from his seat and went away, and young R4hula followed the Blessed One from behind and said: ‘Give me my inheritance, Samaza; give me my inheritance, Samaza.’ Then the Blessed One said to the venerable Sdriputta: ‘Well, Sdriputta, confer the pabbaggA ordination on young Réhula.’ (Sariputta replied): ‘How shall I confer, Lord, the pabbagg4 ordination on young R4hula?’ 3. In consequence of that and on this occasion the Blessed One, after having delivered a religious discourse, thus addressed the Bhikkhus: ‘I prescribe, 1 The Buddha’s former wife. This is, as far as we know, the only passage in the Pali Pifakas which mentions this lady, and it deserves notice that her name is not mentioned. Probably this name was unknown to the Buddhists in early times, and thus we may best account for the difference of the simply invented names given to this lady by later writers. Compare Rh. D., Buddhism, Pp. 50 seq. I, 54,5. ADMISSION TO THE ORDER OF BHIKKHUS. 209 O Bhikkhus, the pabbagg4 ordination of novices by the threefold declaration of taking refuge.
2Compare Rh. D., Buddhism, Pp. 50 seq. I, 54,5. ADMISSION TO THE ORDER OF BHIKKHUS. 209 O Bhikkhus, the pabbagg4 ordination of novices by the threefold declaration of taking refuge. ‘And you ought, O Bhikkhus, to confer the pabbagg4 ordination (on a novice) in this way: Let him first have his hair and beard cut off; let him put on yellow robes, adjust his upper robe so as to cover one shoulder, salute the feet of the Bhikkhus (with his head), and sit down squatting ; then let him raise his joined hands and tell him to say: “I take my refuge in the Buddha, I take my refuge in the Dhamma, I take my refuge in the Samgha. And for the second time, &c. And for the third time, &c.” ‘I prescribe, O Bhikkhus, the pabbagg4 ordination of novices by this threefold declaration of taking refuge.’ Thus the venerable Sariputta conferred the pabbagg4 ordination on young Réhula. 4. Then the Sakka Suddhodana went to the place where the Blessed One was; having approached him and having respectfully saluted the Blessed One, he sat down near him. Sitting near him the Sakka Suddhodana said to the Blessed One: ‘ Lord, I ask one boon of the Blessed One.’ (The Buddha replied): ‘The perfect Ones, Gotama, are above granting boons (before they know what they are’).’ (Suddhodana said): ‘ Lord, it is a proper and unobjectionable demand.’ ‘Speak, Gotama.’ 5. ‘Lord, when the Blessed One gave up the 1 Granting a boon (vara) is a constant phrase used of princes when making an open promise to give to any one whatever they should ask. See, for instance, the GAtaka Story, No. 9, where the person to whom the boon was given laid it by for a convenient season ; and then asked the king to make her son heir-apparent, in violation of all ancient law and custom. [13] P 210 MAHAVAGGA. I, 53. world, it was a great pain to me; so it was when Nanda? did the same; my pain was excessive when R&hula too did so. The love for a son, Lord, cuts into the skin; having cut into the skin, it cuts into the hide; having cut into the hide, it cuts into the flesh,. . . . the ligaments, . . . . the bones; having cut into the bones, it reaches the marrow and dwells in the marrow. Pray, Lord, let their reverences not confer the pabbagyA4 ordination on a son without his father’s and mother’s permission.’ Then the Blessed One taught the Sakka Suddhodana (&c., see chap. 39. 7). ‘Let no son, O Bhikkhus, receive the pabbagg4 ordination without his father’s and mother’s permission. He who confers the pabbagg4 ordination (on a son without that permission), is guilty of a dukkaZa offence.’ 55, Then the Blessed One, after having resided at Kapilavatthu as lorig as he thought fit, went forth to Savatthi. Wandering from place to place he came to Sdvatthi. There the Blessed One dwelt at Savatthi, in the Getavana, the Arama of Anjthapizdika. At that time a family who devoted themselves to the (especial) service of the venerable SAriputta sent a boy to the venerable Sariputta (with this message) :
3Wandering from place to place he came to Sdvatthi. There the Blessed One dwelt at Savatthi, in the Getavana, the Arama of Anjthapizdika. At that time a family who devoted themselves to the (especial) service of the venerable SAriputta sent a boy to the venerable Sariputta (with this message) : + Nanda was a son of Mahapag4pati, a half-brother of the Buddha. See the story of his conversion in Rh. D.’s Buddhist Birth Stories, p. 128 (later and fuller accounts can be seen in Hardy, Manual, p. 204 seq.; Beal, Romantic Legend, p. 369 seq.) I, 56. ADMISSION TO THE ORDER OF BHIKKHUS. 2II ‘Might the Thera confer the pabbagg4 ordination on this boy.’ Now the venerable S4riputta thought: ‘The Blessed One has established the rule! that no one may ordain two novices, and I have already one novice, Rahula. Now what am I to do?’ He told the thing to the Blessed One. ‘I allow, O Bhikkhus, a learned, competent Bhikkhu to ordain two novices, or to ordain as many novices as he is able to administer exhortation and instruction to.’ 56. Now the novices thought: ‘ How many precepts? are there for us, and in what (precepts) are we to exercise ourselves ?’ They told this thing to the Blessed One. ‘I prescribe, O Bhikkhus, ten precepts for the novices, and the exercise of the novices in these (ten precepts), viz. abstinence from destroying life; abstinence from stealing; abstinence from impurity; abstinence from lying; abstinence from arrack and strong drink and intoxicating liquors, which cause indifference (to religion); abstinence from eating at forbidden times; abstinence from dancing, singing, music, and seeing spectacles; abstinence from garlands, scents, unguents, ornaments, and finery; abstinence from (the use of) high or broad beds; abstinence from accepting gold or silver. I pre- ' See chap. 52. * Sikkhapadani, literally, ‘Paths of Training.’ Compare chap. 60. P 2 212 MAHAVAGGA. _ 1, 54,1. scribe, O Bhikkhus, these ten precepts for the novices, and the exercise of the novices in these (ten precepts)’ 57. 1. At that time novices did not show reverence and confidence towards the Bhikkhus, and did not live in harmony with them. The Bhikkhus were annoyed, murmured, and became angry : ‘ How can the novices not show reverence and confidence towards the Bhikkhus, and not live in harmony with them ?’ They told this thing to the Blessed One. ‘I prescribe, O Bhikkhus, that you inflict punishment upon a novice in five cases: When he is intent on the Bhikkhus’ receiving no alms; when he is intent on the Bhikkhus’ meeting with misfortune ; when he is intent on the Bhikkhus’ finding no residence ; when he abuses and reviles the Bhikkhus ; when he causes divisions between Bhikkhus and Bhikkhus. I prescribe, O Bhikkhus, that in these five cases you inflict punishment upon a novice.’ 2. Now the Bhikkhus thought: ‘What punishment are we to inflict ?’ They told this thing to the Blessed One.
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