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1At that time the Bhikkhus conferred the upasampada ordination on persons that had no robes. They went out for alms naked. People were annoyed (&c., as in § 1). 3. At that time the Bhikkhus conferred the upa- 224 MAHAVAGGA. I, 70, 4. sampad4 ordination on persons that had neither alms-bowl nor robes. They went out for alms naked and (received alms) with their hands. People were annoyed (&c., as in §.1). 4. At that time the Bhikkhus conferred the upasam pada ordination on persons that had borrowed alms-bowls. After the ordination (the owners) took their alms-bowls back ; (the Bhikkhus) received alms with their hands. People were annoyed (&c..... down to): ‘ Like the Titthiyas.’ They told this thing to the Blessed One. ‘Let no. one, O Bhikkhus, receive the upasampada ordination who has borrowed the alms-bowl. He who confers,’ &c. (as in the first clause). 5. At that time the Bhikkhus conferred the upasampada4 ordination on persons that had borrowed robes. After the ordination (the owners) took their robes back ; (the Bhikkhus) went out for alms naked. People were annoyed (&c., as in § 1 to the end). 6. At that time the Bhikkhus conferred the upasampada ordination on persons that had borrowed alms-bowls and robes, &c. Here end the twenty cases in which upasampad4 is forbidden. 71. 1. At that time the Bhikkhus conferred the pabbagg4 ordination on a person whose hands were cut off, on a person whose feet were cut off, whose hands and feet were cut off, whose ears were cut off, whose nose was cut off, whose ears and nose were cut off, whose fingers were cut off, whose I, 71. ADMISSION TO THE ORDER OF BHIKKHUS. 225 thumbs were cut off, whose tendons (of the feet) were cut, who had hands like a snake’s hood!, who was a hump-back, or a dwarf, or a person that had a goitre, that had been branded, that had been scourged, on a proclaimed robber, on a person that had elephantiasis, that was afflicted with bad illness, that gave offence (by any deformity) to those who saw him, on a one-eyed person, on a person with a crooked limb, on a lame person, on a person that was paralysed on one side, on a cripple’, on a person weak from age, on a blind man, on a dumb man, on a deaf man, on a blind and dumb man, on a blind and deaf man, on a deaf and dumb man, on a blind, deaf and dumb man. They told this thing to the Blessed One. ‘Let no person, O Bhikkhus, whose hands are cut off, receive the pabbagg4 ordination. Let no person whose feet are cut off, receive the pabbag va ordination, &c. (each of the above cases being here repeated). He who confers the pabbagg4 ordina- tion (on such persons), is guilty of a dukka¢a - offence.’ Here end the thirty-two cases in which pabbag ga is forbidden. End of the ninth Bhazavara. 1 «Whose fingers are grown together, like bats’ wings’ (Buddhaghosa). 8 Buddhaghosa (Berlin MS.) explains ‘A#inniriyapatha’ by ‘pidhasappi.’ We ought to read, no doubt, pi/2asappi, which
2End of the ninth Bhazavara. 1 «Whose fingers are grown together, like bats’ wings’ (Buddhaghosa). 8 Buddhaghosa (Berlin MS.) explains ‘A#inniriyapatha’ by ‘pidhasappi.’ We ought to read, no doubt, pi/2asappi, which is Sanskrit pi¢#asarpin, a cripple that is moved on in a rolling chair. [13] Q 226 MAHAVAGGA. I, 72,1. 72. 1. At that time the Aabbaggiya Bhikkhus gave a nissaya to shameless Bhikkhus. They told this thing to the Blessed One. ‘Let no one, O Bhikkhus, give a nissaya to shameless Bhikkhus. He who does, is guilty of a dukkaZa offence.’ At that time some Bhikkhus lived in dependence on shameless Bhikkhus (i.e. they received a nissaya from them, they chose them for their upagghayas or Akariyas); ere long they became also shameless, bad Bhikkhus. They told this thing to the Blessed One. ‘Let no one, O Bhikkhus, live in dependence on shameless Bhikkhus. He who does, is guilty of a dukkaZa offence.’ 2. Now the Bhikkhus thought: ‘The Blessed One has prescribed that we shall not give a nissaya to shameless Bhikkhus, nor live in dependence on shameless Bhikkhus. Now how are we to discern modest and shameless persons ?’ They told this thing to the Blessed One. ‘I prescribe, O Bhikkhus, that you wait first four or five days until you have seen how a Bhikkhu behaves to the other Bhikkhus.’ 73. 1. At that time a certain Bhikkhu was travelling on the road in the Kosala country. Now this Bhikkhu thought: ‘ The Blessed One has prescribed that we shall not live without a nissaya (of an 4éariya and I, 73, 44 ADMISSION TO THE ORDER OF BHIKKHUS, 227 an upagghaya); now I want a nissaya, but I am travelling. What am I to do?’ They told this thing to the Blessed One. ‘T allow, O Bhikkhus, a travelling Bhikkhu who can get no nissaya, to live without a nissaya.’ 2. At that time two Bhikkhus were travelling on the road in the Kosala country. They came to a certain residence; there one of the two Bhikkhus was taken ill. Now that sick Bhikkhu thought: ‘The Blessed One has prescribed that we shall not live without a nissaya; now | want a nissaya, but I am sick. What am I to do?’ They told this thing to the Blessed One. ‘I allow, O Bhikkhus, a sick Bhikkhu who can get no nissaya, to live without a nissaya, 3. Now the other Bhikkhu, who nursed that sick Bhikkhu, thought: ‘The Blessed One has prescribed, &c.; now I want a nissaya, but this Bhikkhu is sick. What am I to do?’ They told this thing to the Blessed One. ‘T allow, O Bhikkhus, a Bhikkhu who is nursing a sick Bhikkhu, if he can get no nissaya and the sick asks him (to remain with him), to live without a nissaya.’ 4. At that time a certain Bhikkhu lived in the forest; he had a dwelling-place where he lived pleasantly. Now this Bhikkhu thought: ‘The Blessed One has prescribed, &c.; now I want a nissaya, but I live in the forest and have a dwelling-place where I live pleasantly. What am I to do?’ They told this thing to the Blessed One.
3Now this Bhikkhu thought: ‘The Blessed One has prescribed, &c.; now I want a nissaya, but I live in the forest and have a dwelling-place where I live pleasantly. What am I to do?’ They told this thing to the Blessed One. ‘I allow, O Bhikkhus, a Bhikkhu living in the forest who finds a place where he may live pleasantly, Q2 228 MAHAVAGGA. I, 74,1. and who can get (there) no nissaya, to live without a nissaya (saying to himself): “Ifa proper person to give me nissaya comes hither, I will take nissaya of that person.”’ 74, 1. At that time there was a person that desired to receive the upasampada ordination from the venerable Mahakassapa. Then the venerable Mahakassapa sent a messenger to the venerable Ananda : ‘Come, Ananda, and recite the upasampada proclamation for this person.’ The venerable Ananda said: ‘I cannot pronounce the Thera’s (i.e. Mahakassapa’s) name; the Thera is too venerable compared with me.’ They told this thing to the Blessed One. ‘T allow you, O Bhikkhus, to use also the family name (of the upagghaya, instead of his proper name) in the proclamation.’ 2. At that time there were two persons that desired to receive the upasam pada ordination from the venerable Mahdkassapa. They quarrelled with each other. (One said): ‘I will receive the upasam pada ordination first.’ (The other said): ‘ Nay, I will receive it first.’ They told this thing to the Blessed One. ‘I allow you, O Bhikkhus, to ordain two persons by one proclamation.’ 3. At that time there were persons who desired to receive the upasampada ordination from different Theras. They quarrelled with each other. (One said): ‘I will receive the upasam pada ordina- I, 75. ADMISSION TO THE ORDER OF BHIKKHUS. 229 tion first.’ (The other said): ‘Nay, I will receive it first. The Theras said: ‘ Well, friends, let us ordain them altogether by one proclamation.’ They told this thing to the Blessed One. ‘T allow you, O Bhikkhus, to ordain two or three persons by one proclamation, provided they have the same upaggh4ya, but not if they have different upagghayas.’ 75. At that time the venerable Kumfrakassapa had received the upasampadaA ordination when he had completed the twentieth year from his conception (but not from his birth). Now the venerable Kumérakassapa thought: ‘The Blessed One has forbidden us to confer the upasam pada ordination on persons under twenty years of age!, and I have completed my twentieth year (only) from my conception. Have I, therefore, received the upasampada4 ordination, or have I not received it ?’ They told this thing to the Blessed One. ‘When, O Bhikkhus, in the womb the first thought rises up (in the nascent being), the first consciousness manifests itself, according to this the (true) birth should be reckoned. I allow you, O Bhikkhus, to confer the upasampada ordination on persons that have completed the twentieth year from their conception (only).’ 1 See chap. 49. 6. 230 MAHAVAGGA. I, 76, 1. 76.
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.
1At that time the Bhikkhus conferred the upasampada ordination on persons that had no robes. They went out for alms naked. People were annoyed (&c., as in § 1). 3. At that time the Bhikkhus conferred the upa- 224 MAHAVAGGA. I, 70, 4. sampad4 ordination on persons that had neither alms-bowl nor robes. They went out for alms naked and (received alms) with their hands. People were annoyed (&c., as in §.1). 4. At that time the Bhikkhus conferred the upasam pada ordination on persons that had borrowed alms-bowls. After the ordination (the owners) took their alms-bowls back ; (the Bhikkhus) received alms with their hands. People were annoyed (&c..... down to): ‘ Like the Titthiyas.’ They told this thing to the Blessed One. ‘Let no. one, O Bhikkhus, receive the upasampada ordination who has borrowed the alms-bowl. He who confers,’ &c. (as in the first clause). 5. At that time the Bhikkhus conferred the upasampada4 ordination on persons that had borrowed robes. After the ordination (the owners) took their robes back ; (the Bhikkhus) went out for alms naked. People were annoyed (&c., as in § 1 to the end). 6. At that time the Bhikkhus conferred the upasampada ordination on persons that had borrowed alms-bowls and robes, &c. Here end the twenty cases in which upasampad4 is forbidden. 71. 1. At that time the Bhikkhus conferred the pabbagg4 ordination on a person whose hands were cut off, on a person whose feet were cut off, whose hands and feet were cut off, whose ears were cut off, whose nose was cut off, whose ears and nose were cut off, whose fingers were cut off, whose I, 71. ADMISSION TO THE ORDER OF BHIKKHUS. 225 thumbs were cut off, whose tendons (of the feet) were cut, who had hands like a snake’s hood!, who was a hump-back, or a dwarf, or a person that had a goitre, that had been branded, that had been scourged, on a proclaimed robber, on a person that had elephantiasis, that was afflicted with bad illness, that gave offence (by any deformity) to those who saw him, on a one-eyed person, on a person with a crooked limb, on a lame person, on a person that was paralysed on one side, on a cripple’, on a person weak from age, on a blind man, on a dumb man, on a deaf man, on a blind and dumb man, on a blind and deaf man, on a deaf and dumb man, on a blind, deaf and dumb man. They told this thing to the Blessed One. ‘Let no person, O Bhikkhus, whose hands are cut off, receive the pabbagg4 ordination. Let no person whose feet are cut off, receive the pabbag va ordination, &c. (each of the above cases being here repeated). He who confers the pabbagg4 ordina- tion (on such persons), is guilty of a dukka¢a - offence.’ Here end the thirty-two cases in which pabbag ga is forbidden. End of the ninth Bhazavara. 1 «Whose fingers are grown together, like bats’ wings’ (Buddhaghosa). 8 Buddhaghosa (Berlin MS.) explains ‘A#inniriyapatha’ by ‘pidhasappi.’ We ought to read, no doubt, pi/2asappi, which
2End of the ninth Bhazavara. 1 «Whose fingers are grown together, like bats’ wings’ (Buddhaghosa). 8 Buddhaghosa (Berlin MS.) explains ‘A#inniriyapatha’ by ‘pidhasappi.’ We ought to read, no doubt, pi/2asappi, which is Sanskrit pi¢#asarpin, a cripple that is moved on in a rolling chair. [13] Q 226 MAHAVAGGA. I, 72,1. 72. 1. At that time the Aabbaggiya Bhikkhus gave a nissaya to shameless Bhikkhus. They told this thing to the Blessed One. ‘Let no one, O Bhikkhus, give a nissaya to shameless Bhikkhus. He who does, is guilty of a dukkaZa offence.’ At that time some Bhikkhus lived in dependence on shameless Bhikkhus (i.e. they received a nissaya from them, they chose them for their upagghayas or Akariyas); ere long they became also shameless, bad Bhikkhus. They told this thing to the Blessed One. ‘Let no one, O Bhikkhus, live in dependence on shameless Bhikkhus. He who does, is guilty of a dukkaZa offence.’ 2. Now the Bhikkhus thought: ‘The Blessed One has prescribed that we shall not give a nissaya to shameless Bhikkhus, nor live in dependence on shameless Bhikkhus. Now how are we to discern modest and shameless persons ?’ They told this thing to the Blessed One. ‘I prescribe, O Bhikkhus, that you wait first four or five days until you have seen how a Bhikkhu behaves to the other Bhikkhus.’ 73. 1. At that time a certain Bhikkhu was travelling on the road in the Kosala country. Now this Bhikkhu thought: ‘ The Blessed One has prescribed that we shall not live without a nissaya (of an 4éariya and I, 73, 44 ADMISSION TO THE ORDER OF BHIKKHUS, 227 an upagghaya); now I want a nissaya, but I am travelling. What am I to do?’ They told this thing to the Blessed One. ‘T allow, O Bhikkhus, a travelling Bhikkhu who can get no nissaya, to live without a nissaya.’ 2. At that time two Bhikkhus were travelling on the road in the Kosala country. They came to a certain residence; there one of the two Bhikkhus was taken ill. Now that sick Bhikkhu thought: ‘The Blessed One has prescribed that we shall not live without a nissaya; now | want a nissaya, but I am sick. What am I to do?’ They told this thing to the Blessed One. ‘I allow, O Bhikkhus, a sick Bhikkhu who can get no nissaya, to live without a nissaya, 3. Now the other Bhikkhu, who nursed that sick Bhikkhu, thought: ‘The Blessed One has prescribed, &c.; now I want a nissaya, but this Bhikkhu is sick. What am I to do?’ They told this thing to the Blessed One. ‘T allow, O Bhikkhus, a Bhikkhu who is nursing a sick Bhikkhu, if he can get no nissaya and the sick asks him (to remain with him), to live without a nissaya.’ 4. At that time a certain Bhikkhu lived in the forest; he had a dwelling-place where he lived pleasantly. Now this Bhikkhu thought: ‘The Blessed One has prescribed, &c.; now I want a nissaya, but I live in the forest and have a dwelling-place where I live pleasantly. What am I to do?’ They told this thing to the Blessed One.
3Now this Bhikkhu thought: ‘The Blessed One has prescribed, &c.; now I want a nissaya, but I live in the forest and have a dwelling-place where I live pleasantly. What am I to do?’ They told this thing to the Blessed One. ‘I allow, O Bhikkhus, a Bhikkhu living in the forest who finds a place where he may live pleasantly, Q2 228 MAHAVAGGA. I, 74,1. and who can get (there) no nissaya, to live without a nissaya (saying to himself): “Ifa proper person to give me nissaya comes hither, I will take nissaya of that person.”’ 74, 1. At that time there was a person that desired to receive the upasampada ordination from the venerable Mahakassapa. Then the venerable Mahakassapa sent a messenger to the venerable Ananda : ‘Come, Ananda, and recite the upasampada proclamation for this person.’ The venerable Ananda said: ‘I cannot pronounce the Thera’s (i.e. Mahakassapa’s) name; the Thera is too venerable compared with me.’ They told this thing to the Blessed One. ‘T allow you, O Bhikkhus, to use also the family name (of the upagghaya, instead of his proper name) in the proclamation.’ 2. At that time there were two persons that desired to receive the upasam pada ordination from the venerable Mahdkassapa. They quarrelled with each other. (One said): ‘I will receive the upasam pada ordination first.’ (The other said): ‘ Nay, I will receive it first.’ They told this thing to the Blessed One. ‘I allow you, O Bhikkhus, to ordain two persons by one proclamation.’ 3. At that time there were persons who desired to receive the upasampada ordination from different Theras. They quarrelled with each other. (One said): ‘I will receive the upasam pada ordina- I, 75. ADMISSION TO THE ORDER OF BHIKKHUS. 229 tion first.’ (The other said): ‘Nay, I will receive it first. The Theras said: ‘ Well, friends, let us ordain them altogether by one proclamation.’ They told this thing to the Blessed One. ‘T allow you, O Bhikkhus, to ordain two or three persons by one proclamation, provided they have the same upaggh4ya, but not if they have different upagghayas.’ 75. At that time the venerable Kumfrakassapa had received the upasampadaA ordination when he had completed the twentieth year from his conception (but not from his birth). Now the venerable Kumérakassapa thought: ‘The Blessed One has forbidden us to confer the upasam pada ordination on persons under twenty years of age!, and I have completed my twentieth year (only) from my conception. Have I, therefore, received the upasampada4 ordination, or have I not received it ?’ They told this thing to the Blessed One. ‘When, O Bhikkhus, in the womb the first thought rises up (in the nascent being), the first consciousness manifests itself, according to this the (true) birth should be reckoned. I allow you, O Bhikkhus, to confer the upasampada ordination on persons that have completed the twentieth year from their conception (only).’ 1 See chap. 49. 6. 230 MAHAVAGGA. I, 76, 1. 76.
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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