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1VI, 20, 1. counting the numbers (of those invited, refused) the invitation. And the whole Samgha was (once) invited; but the Bhikkhus, fearing to offend, did not accept the invitation. ‘Accept it, O Bhikkhus, that a Bhikkhu who has eaten, and who has refused food still offered, may nevertheless eat food, if it have been received before meal-time (in the forenoon), even if it has not been left over!’ 20. 1. Now the Blessed One having remained at Ragagaha as long as he thought fit, proceeded on his way to SAvatthi. And wandering straight on from place to place he arrived at SAvatthi. And there, at SAvatthi, the Blessed One stayed at the Getavana, Anatha-pizdika’s Grove. Now at that time the venerable S4riputta suffered from fever. And the venerable Maha Moggallana went to the place where the venerable Sdriputta was; and when he had come there he said to the venerable Sariputta : ‘You have lately had fever, friend Sdriputta. By what means has it got well ?” ‘ By lotus stalks, my friend, of various kinds.’ Then the venerable Mah4 Moggallana, as quickly as a strong man would stretch forth his arm, or draw it in again when it had been stretched forth, vanished from the Getavana and appeared on the bank of the Mandakint lake. 2. And a certain N4ga saw the venerable Maha 1 See the last note. VI, 20, 4. ON MEDICAMENTS. 77 Moggallana coming from afar: and on seeing him he said to the venerable Mah4 Moggallana : ‘May my lord, the venerable Maha Moggallana, approach. Welcome to my lord, the venerable Maha Moggallana. What may my lord have need of? What shall I give to him ?’ ‘I want the edible stalks of the various lotuses.’ Then that Naga gave command to another Naga, saying, ‘Very well then, good friend, give the venerable one edible stalks of the lotuses.’ And that Naga plunged into the Mandakint lake, and plucked with his trunk edible stalks of the lotuses, and washed them thoroughly, and bound them in a bundle, and went to the place where the venerable Mah4 Moggallana was. 3. Then the venerable Mah& Moggallana as quickly (&c., as in § 1) vanished from the bank of the Mandakint lake, and appeared in Getavana. Then that N4ga also vanished from the bank of the Mandakint lake, and appeared in the Getavana., And when that N4ga had caused the venerable Maha Moggalléna to receive those edible stalks of the lotuses he vanished from the Getavana, and appeared on the shore of the Mandakint lake. Then the venerable Maha Moggallana presented those edible stalks of the lotuses to the venerable S4riputta. And the fever abated on the venerable S4riputta when he had eaten the edible stalks of the lotuses. And many of them remained over. 4. Now at that time, during the scarcity (&c., as above, in chap. 18. 4, down to:) did not accept the invitation. ‘Accept it, O Bhikkhus, and eat. I allow a Bhikkhu who has eaten, and has refused food still 78 MAHAVAGGA. VI, 21, 1
2And many of them remained over. 4. Now at that time, during the scarcity (&c., as above, in chap. 18. 4, down to:) did not accept the invitation. ‘Accept it, O Bhikkhus, and eat. I allow a Bhikkhu who has eaten, and has refused food still 78 MAHAVAGGA. VI, 21, 1 offered, to eat things growing in woods and ponds, even if they are not the leavings of the meal of one who has eaten?.’ 21. 1. Now at that time edible fruit was very plentiful in SAvatthi, but there was no one to make it allowable *. And the Bhikkhus, fearing to offend, would not eat of it. They told that thing to the Blessed One. ‘I allow you, O Bhikkhus, to eat fruit which has not yet had any seed in it, or which has no more seed in it, even without any one being there to make it allowable.’ . 22, 1. Now when the Blessed One had remained at S4vatthi as long as he thought fit, he went forth on his journey to R4égagaha. And wandering straight on he arrived at Ragagaha: and there at Ragagaha he stayed at the Veluvana in the Kalandaka-nivapa. Now at that time a certain Bhikkhu was suffering from fistula‘. And the physician (named) AkAsagotta lanced it. And the Blessed One when he 1 See the note above, on VI, 18, 4. 2 See above, VI, 17, 7. 5 Buddhaghosa says, abigan ti taruza-phalam; yassa bigam ankuram na ganeti. Nibbatta-bigan (nivatta-bigan?) ti bigam nibbattetva (nivattetva?) apanetva, “ Compare VIII, 1, 14. VI, 22, 3. ON MEDICAMENTS. 79 was going round through the sleeping-places came to the place where that Bhikkhu dwelt. 2. AkAsa-gotta, the physician, saw the Blessed One coming from afar; and when he saw him he said to the Blessed One: ‘Let the venerable Gotama come and look at this Bhikkhu’s orifice; it is like the mouth of an iguana!’ And the Blessed One thinking, ‘ This foolish fellow is making fun of me,’ kept silence and turned away. And in that connection, and on account of that, he called a meeting of the Bhikkhu-samgha, and asked the Bhikkhus : ‘Is there, O Bhikkhus, in that Vihaéra a Bhikkhu who is sick ?’ ‘There is, Lord.’ ‘What is the matter, O Bhikkhus, with that Bhikkhu ?’ ‘That venerable one, Lord, has a fistula, and AkdAsa-gotta, the physician, has been lancing it.’ 3. The Blessed Buddha rebuked (that Bhikkhu), saying, ‘This is improper, O Bhikkhus, for that foolish one, unbecoming, indecent, unworthy of Samaaas, not allowable, and ought not to be done. How can this foolish fellow, O Bhikkhus, allow a surgical operation to be performed in that part of his body!? The skin there, O Bhikkhus, is tender, the wound is difficult to treat, the knife is difficult to guide. This will not redound, O Bhikkhus, to the conversion of the unconverted.’ And having rebuked him, the Blessed One, after delivering a religious discourse, said to the Bhikkhus: ‘You are not, O Bhikkhus, to allow a surgical operation to be performed upon you in that part Samb adhe. 80 MAHAVAGGA. VI, 22, 4. of your bodies. Whosoever allows that, is guilty of a thullaééaya offence.’
380 MAHAVAGGA. VI, 22, 4. of your bodies. Whosoever allows that, is guilty of a thullaééaya offence.’ 4. Now at that time the X/abbaggiya Bhikkhus, since a surgical operation had been forbidden by the Blessed One, used a clyster}. They told this thing to the Blessed One. ‘Is it true, as they say, O Bhikkhus, that the Khabbaggiya Bhikkhus use a clyster ?’ ‘It is true, Lord.’ He rebuked them, and having delivered a religious discourse, said to the Bhikkhus: ‘No surgical operation is to be performed within a distance of two inches round the anus, and a clyster is not to be used. Whosoever does so, is guilty of a thulladaya offence 2’ 23. 1. And the Blessed One, after having dwelt at Régagaha as long as he thought fit, went forth to Benares. Wandering from place to place he came to Benares. There the Blessed One dwelt near Benares, in the deer-park Isipatana. _ At that time there were at Benares a devout layman Suppiya and a devout laywoman Suppiya who showed their faith in both ways: they were givers and doers, and devoted themselves to the service of the fraternity. And Suppiy4, the laydevotee, went to the Arama, and going around from _ Vihara to Vihara, and from cell to cell, she asked 1 Vatthikamma. See Wise, ‘Hindu Medicine,’ pp. 143 and following. ® Surgical operations are allowed in 14. 5 and below. VI, 23, 3+ ON MEBICAMENTS. 81 the Bhikkhus: ‘Who is sick, venerable Sirs? For whom, and what shall I procure ?’ 2. At that time a certain Bhikkhu had taken a purgative. And that Bhikkhu said to Suppiy4, the lay-devotee: ‘I have taken a purgative, sister, and I want some broth }.’ (She replied): ‘Well, reverend Sir, it shall be procured for you,—and went to her house and gave order to a pupil*?: ‘Go, my good Sir, and see if there is any meat to be had®.’ That man accepted this order of Suppiy4, the lay-devotee (by saying), ‘Yes, Madam,’ and searched through the whole of Benares, but did not find any meat on hand*. Then that man went to Suppiy4, the lay-devotee; having approached her he said to Suppiy4, the lay-devotee: ‘There is no meat to be had, Madam; the killing of cattle is interdicted to-day.’ 3. Then Suppiy4, the lay-devotee, thought: ‘If that sick Bhikkhu does not get the broth his sickness will increase, or he will die. It would be unbecoming indeed for me to promise something, and not to procure it ;—(thinking thus) she took a knife, cut a piece of flesh from her thigh, and gave it to her maid-servant (saying), ‘Go, my girl, ) Pafikkhadaniya. See Abhidh4nappadfpika, verse 468, and above, chap. 14. 7, at the end. * Of her husband’s?
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.
1VI, 20, 1. counting the numbers (of those invited, refused) the invitation. And the whole Samgha was (once) invited; but the Bhikkhus, fearing to offend, did not accept the invitation. ‘Accept it, O Bhikkhus, that a Bhikkhu who has eaten, and who has refused food still offered, may nevertheless eat food, if it have been received before meal-time (in the forenoon), even if it has not been left over!’ 20. 1. Now the Blessed One having remained at Ragagaha as long as he thought fit, proceeded on his way to SAvatthi. And wandering straight on from place to place he arrived at SAvatthi. And there, at SAvatthi, the Blessed One stayed at the Getavana, Anatha-pizdika’s Grove. Now at that time the venerable S4riputta suffered from fever. And the venerable Maha Moggallana went to the place where the venerable Sdriputta was; and when he had come there he said to the venerable Sariputta : ‘You have lately had fever, friend Sdriputta. By what means has it got well ?” ‘ By lotus stalks, my friend, of various kinds.’ Then the venerable Mah4 Moggallana, as quickly as a strong man would stretch forth his arm, or draw it in again when it had been stretched forth, vanished from the Getavana and appeared on the bank of the Mandakint lake. 2. And a certain N4ga saw the venerable Maha 1 See the last note. VI, 20, 4. ON MEDICAMENTS. 77 Moggallana coming from afar: and on seeing him he said to the venerable Mah4 Moggallana : ‘May my lord, the venerable Maha Moggallana, approach. Welcome to my lord, the venerable Maha Moggallana. What may my lord have need of? What shall I give to him ?’ ‘I want the edible stalks of the various lotuses.’ Then that Naga gave command to another Naga, saying, ‘Very well then, good friend, give the venerable one edible stalks of the lotuses.’ And that Naga plunged into the Mandakint lake, and plucked with his trunk edible stalks of the lotuses, and washed them thoroughly, and bound them in a bundle, and went to the place where the venerable Mah4 Moggallana was. 3. Then the venerable Mah& Moggallana as quickly (&c., as in § 1) vanished from the bank of the Mandakint lake, and appeared in Getavana. Then that N4ga also vanished from the bank of the Mandakint lake, and appeared in the Getavana., And when that N4ga had caused the venerable Maha Moggalléna to receive those edible stalks of the lotuses he vanished from the Getavana, and appeared on the shore of the Mandakint lake. Then the venerable Maha Moggallana presented those edible stalks of the lotuses to the venerable S4riputta. And the fever abated on the venerable S4riputta when he had eaten the edible stalks of the lotuses. And many of them remained over. 4. Now at that time, during the scarcity (&c., as above, in chap. 18. 4, down to:) did not accept the invitation. ‘Accept it, O Bhikkhus, and eat. I allow a Bhikkhu who has eaten, and has refused food still 78 MAHAVAGGA. VI, 21, 1
2And many of them remained over. 4. Now at that time, during the scarcity (&c., as above, in chap. 18. 4, down to:) did not accept the invitation. ‘Accept it, O Bhikkhus, and eat. I allow a Bhikkhu who has eaten, and has refused food still 78 MAHAVAGGA. VI, 21, 1 offered, to eat things growing in woods and ponds, even if they are not the leavings of the meal of one who has eaten?.’ 21. 1. Now at that time edible fruit was very plentiful in SAvatthi, but there was no one to make it allowable *. And the Bhikkhus, fearing to offend, would not eat of it. They told that thing to the Blessed One. ‘I allow you, O Bhikkhus, to eat fruit which has not yet had any seed in it, or which has no more seed in it, even without any one being there to make it allowable.’ . 22, 1. Now when the Blessed One had remained at S4vatthi as long as he thought fit, he went forth on his journey to R4égagaha. And wandering straight on he arrived at Ragagaha: and there at Ragagaha he stayed at the Veluvana in the Kalandaka-nivapa. Now at that time a certain Bhikkhu was suffering from fistula‘. And the physician (named) AkAsagotta lanced it. And the Blessed One when he 1 See the note above, on VI, 18, 4. 2 See above, VI, 17, 7. 5 Buddhaghosa says, abigan ti taruza-phalam; yassa bigam ankuram na ganeti. Nibbatta-bigan (nivatta-bigan?) ti bigam nibbattetva (nivattetva?) apanetva, “ Compare VIII, 1, 14. VI, 22, 3. ON MEDICAMENTS. 79 was going round through the sleeping-places came to the place where that Bhikkhu dwelt. 2. AkAsa-gotta, the physician, saw the Blessed One coming from afar; and when he saw him he said to the Blessed One: ‘Let the venerable Gotama come and look at this Bhikkhu’s orifice; it is like the mouth of an iguana!’ And the Blessed One thinking, ‘ This foolish fellow is making fun of me,’ kept silence and turned away. And in that connection, and on account of that, he called a meeting of the Bhikkhu-samgha, and asked the Bhikkhus : ‘Is there, O Bhikkhus, in that Vihaéra a Bhikkhu who is sick ?’ ‘There is, Lord.’ ‘What is the matter, O Bhikkhus, with that Bhikkhu ?’ ‘That venerable one, Lord, has a fistula, and AkdAsa-gotta, the physician, has been lancing it.’ 3. The Blessed Buddha rebuked (that Bhikkhu), saying, ‘This is improper, O Bhikkhus, for that foolish one, unbecoming, indecent, unworthy of Samaaas, not allowable, and ought not to be done. How can this foolish fellow, O Bhikkhus, allow a surgical operation to be performed in that part of his body!? The skin there, O Bhikkhus, is tender, the wound is difficult to treat, the knife is difficult to guide. This will not redound, O Bhikkhus, to the conversion of the unconverted.’ And having rebuked him, the Blessed One, after delivering a religious discourse, said to the Bhikkhus: ‘You are not, O Bhikkhus, to allow a surgical operation to be performed upon you in that part Samb adhe. 80 MAHAVAGGA. VI, 22, 4. of your bodies. Whosoever allows that, is guilty of a thullaééaya offence.’
380 MAHAVAGGA. VI, 22, 4. of your bodies. Whosoever allows that, is guilty of a thullaééaya offence.’ 4. Now at that time the X/abbaggiya Bhikkhus, since a surgical operation had been forbidden by the Blessed One, used a clyster}. They told this thing to the Blessed One. ‘Is it true, as they say, O Bhikkhus, that the Khabbaggiya Bhikkhus use a clyster ?’ ‘It is true, Lord.’ He rebuked them, and having delivered a religious discourse, said to the Bhikkhus: ‘No surgical operation is to be performed within a distance of two inches round the anus, and a clyster is not to be used. Whosoever does so, is guilty of a thulladaya offence 2’ 23. 1. And the Blessed One, after having dwelt at Régagaha as long as he thought fit, went forth to Benares. Wandering from place to place he came to Benares. There the Blessed One dwelt near Benares, in the deer-park Isipatana. _ At that time there were at Benares a devout layman Suppiya and a devout laywoman Suppiya who showed their faith in both ways: they were givers and doers, and devoted themselves to the service of the fraternity. And Suppiy4, the laydevotee, went to the Arama, and going around from _ Vihara to Vihara, and from cell to cell, she asked 1 Vatthikamma. See Wise, ‘Hindu Medicine,’ pp. 143 and following. ® Surgical operations are allowed in 14. 5 and below. VI, 23, 3+ ON MEBICAMENTS. 81 the Bhikkhus: ‘Who is sick, venerable Sirs? For whom, and what shall I procure ?’ 2. At that time a certain Bhikkhu had taken a purgative. And that Bhikkhu said to Suppiy4, the lay-devotee: ‘I have taken a purgative, sister, and I want some broth }.’ (She replied): ‘Well, reverend Sir, it shall be procured for you,—and went to her house and gave order to a pupil*?: ‘Go, my good Sir, and see if there is any meat to be had®.’ That man accepted this order of Suppiy4, the lay-devotee (by saying), ‘Yes, Madam,’ and searched through the whole of Benares, but did not find any meat on hand*. Then that man went to Suppiy4, the lay-devotee; having approached her he said to Suppiy4, the lay-devotee: ‘There is no meat to be had, Madam; the killing of cattle is interdicted to-day.’ 3. Then Suppiy4, the lay-devotee, thought: ‘If that sick Bhikkhu does not get the broth his sickness will increase, or he will die. It would be unbecoming indeed for me to promise something, and not to procure it ;—(thinking thus) she took a knife, cut a piece of flesh from her thigh, and gave it to her maid-servant (saying), ‘Go, my girl, ) Pafikkhadaniya. See Abhidh4nappadfpika, verse 468, and above, chap. 14. 7, at the end. * Of her husband’s?
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