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1V, 1,29. RULES FOR FOOT-CLOTHING, SEATS, ETC. 13 the breezes’, just so never can shapes and tastes, and sounds, and smells, and touch—the whole of them ‘ Things wished for, things unwished —make tremble such a one. Firm is his mind, set free. He sees into the end thereof.’ 28. And the Blessed One addressed the Bhikkhus, and said: ‘ Thus, brethren, do young men of worth make their insight known. The truth is spoken, and the self is not obtruded. But herein some foolish ones, methinks, make known their insight to be a thing ridiculous, and they, thereafter, fall into defeat !’ 29. Then the Blessed One said to the venerable Sona, ‘You, Soma, have been delicately nurtured. I enjoin upon you, Sowa, the use of shoes with one lining ®.’ ‘I have gone out from the world, Lord, into the houseless state, abandoning eighty cart-loads of gold’, and a retinue of seven elephants‘. It will be said against me for this matter: “Soma Ko/ivisa went out from the world into the houseless state, abandoning eighty cart-loads of gold, and a retinue of seven elephants; but the very same man now accustoms himself to the use of shoes with a lining 1 This half sloka recurs in Dhammapada, verse 81. ® Ekapalasikan ti eka-pafalam (B.). * Asfti-sakafa-vahe hirafiviam (so correct the misprint in the text). Buddhaghosa says: ettha dve saka/abhara eko vaho ’ti veditabbo; but compare Rh. D., ‘Ancient Coins and Measures,’ &c., p. 18, § 32, and p. 14, § 23. VAha occurs also in the Mahavamsa, p. 22. * Sattahatthika% 4a antkan ti: ettha Aha hatthiniyo eko 4a hatthfti, idam ekam anikam, idisani satta amfk4ni sattahatthikam nama (B.). 14 MAHAVAGGA. V, 1, 30. to them.” [30.] If the Blessed One will enjoin their use upon the Order of Bhikkhus, I will also use them. If the Blessed One will not enjoin their use upon the Order of Bhikkhus, neither will I use them.’ Then the Blessed One, on that occasion, having delivered a religious discourse, thus addressed the Bhikkhus : ‘I enjoin upon you, O Bhikkhus, the use of shoes with one lining to them. Doubly lined shoes, Bhikkhus, are not to be worn, nor trebly lined ones, nor shoes with many linings’. Whosoever shall wear such, is guilty of a dukkaZa offence.’ 2 1. Now at that time the Azabbaggiya Bhikkhus were in the habit of wearing slippers all of a blue, yellow, red, brown, black, orange, or yellowish colour’. People were annoyed, murmured, and became angry, saying, ‘(These act) like those who still enjoy the pleasures of the world®,’ The brethren told this thing to the Blessed One. ‘Do not wear, O Bhikkhus, shoes that are all of 1 Dvi-guaa ’ti dvi-pa/ala. Ti-gu#d ’ti ti-pafala. Ganamganipahana ’ti 4atu-pasalato pasfhaya vukéati (B.).
2‘Do not wear, O Bhikkhus, shoes that are all of 1 Dvi-guaa ’ti dvi-pa/ala. Ti-gu#d ’ti ti-pafala. Ganamganipahana ’ti 4atu-pasalato pasfhaya vukéati (B.). ® Nilika umméra-puppha-va#n4 hoti; pitika kanik4ra-pupphavann&; lohitik& gayasumana-puppha-vanna ; mafgesihiké mafgelthi-vanna eva; kanh4 a/arifthaka-vannf; mah4frangaratta satapada-pi/Ai-vanna (Mah 4ragana is saffron ; the colour of the back of a centipede is brownish yellow), mahand4maratta sambhinna-vazx4 hoti pandu-palésa-vann4, Kurundiyam pana padumapuppha-vazna 'ti vuttam (B.). 5 Read gihikamabhogino (as corrected at vol. ii. p. 363). V, 2,3. RULES FOR FOOT-CLOTHING, SEATS, ETC. 15 a blue, yellow, red, brown, black, orange, or yellowish colour. Whosoever does so, is guilty of a dukkaéa offence.’ 2. Now at that time the Xzabbaggiya Bhikkhus were in the habit of wearing shoes with edges of a blue, yellow, red, brown, black, orange, or yellowish colour. People were annoyed, murmured, and became angry, saying, ‘These act like those who still enjoy the pleasures of the world.’ The brethren told this thing to the Blessed One. ‘Do not wear, O Bhikkhus, shoes that have edges of a blue, yellow, red, brown, black, orange, or yellowish colour. Whosoever does so, is guilty of a dukka/a offence.’ 3. Now at that time the Khabbaggiya Bhikkhus were in the habit of wearing shoes with heel-coverings (??); mocassins *; laced boots ®; boots lined with cotton‘; boots of various hues, like the wings of partridges®; boots pointed with rams’ horns, and with goats’ horns*; ornamented with scorpions’ 1 All the names of boots or shoes are of doubtful meaning ; and as the use of every sort of foot-covering has long been given up among those Buddhists who have preserved the use of the P§li language, Buddhaghosa’s explanations are not very reliable. He says here: Khallaka-baddha ’ti pazhi-pidhanattham tale khallakam bandhitva kata. * Pu/abaddha ’ti Yonaka-upahané vuéfati, yava ganghato sabbapadam pafikkadeti. 5 Péliguaéhima 'ti paligun/hitva kat& upari-pada-mattam eva pafikthadeti na gangham. * TAlapuanika ti tilapunna pfretva kata. ® Tittirapattika ’ti tittira-patta-sadisa-vifitra-baddha. * Menda-visana-baddhika ’ti kannika-/hine mendaka-singasanthane vaddhe yogetva kat&. Aga-visdna-vaddhikadisu pi es’ eva nayo. 16 MAHAVAGGA. V, 2, 4. tails1; sewn round with peacocks’ feathers? ; or shoes of all kinds of colours *. People were annoyed (&c., as in § 2, down to :) told this thing to the Blessed One. ‘Do not wear, O Bhikkhus, shoes with heelcoverings (&c., as in § 3, down to:) shoes of all kinds of colours. Whosoever does so, is guilty of a dukkaéa offence.’ 4. Now at that time the X/abbaggiya Bhikkhus were in the habit of wearing shoes adorned with lion-skins ‘, tiger-skins, panther-skins, antelope-skins, otter-skins 5, cat-skins, squirrel-skins, and owl-skins °.
3Whosoever does so, is guilty of a dukkaéa offence.’ 4. Now at that time the X/abbaggiya Bhikkhus were in the habit of wearing shoes adorned with lion-skins ‘, tiger-skins, panther-skins, antelope-skins, otter-skins 5, cat-skins, squirrel-skins, and owl-skins °. People were annoyed (&c., as in § 3,down to the end, substituting ‘ shoes adorned with lion-skins, &c.,’ for ‘shoes with heel-coverings, &c.’) 3. 1. Now the Blessed One, having dressed early in the morning, went into Ragagaha, duly bowled and robed, for alms, with a certain Bhikkhu as his companion. And that Bhikkhu followed limping step by step behind the Blessed One. ? Vikkhvikalika 'ti tatth’ eva vikshika-nanguétha-santhane vaddhe yogetva kata. 2 Morapivizhaparisibbita (sic) ’ti talesu v4 baddhesu va moravitikhehi (sic) suttakasadisehi parisibbita. 3 Kitra ’ti visita. * Siha-£amma-parikkhaté nama pariyantesu, Aivaresu anuva/am viya sthakammam yogetva kata. 5 Udda, an animal, feeding on fish; but Childers thinks it is not an amphibious creature, and therefore not ‘ otter.’ § Lfka-Zamma-parikkhat4 (sic) ’ti pakkha-bi/dla-4amma-parikkhat4. The latter is the flying fox, a large kind of bat. V,4,1% RULES FOR FOOT-CLOTHING, SEATS, ETC. 17 Now a certain lay-disciple who had put on a pair of shoes with many linings, saw the Blessed One approaching from afar. And when he saw him, he took off that pair of shoes and went up to the Blessed One, and saluted him; and went on to that Bhikkhu, and saluted him, and said: 2. ‘Why does your reverence limp?’ ‘My feet, friend, are blistered.’ ‘But here, Sir, are shoes.’ ‘Enough, good friend! shoes with linings have been forbidden by the Blessed One.’ ‘Take the shoes, O Bhikkhu!!’ Then the Blessed One, on that occasion, having delivered a religious discourse, addressed the Bhikkhus, and said : ‘I allow you, O Bhikkhus, the use of shoes with linings, when they have been cast off by others *. But new shoes with linings are not to be worn. Whosoever does so, is guilty of a dukkaZéa offence.’ 4, 1. Now at that time the Blessed One walked up and down in the open air* unshod. Noticing that, ‘The Master walks unshod,’ the Elders (the Thera Bhikkhus) also went unshod when they were walking up and down*®. But though the Master and the Thera Bhikkhus went unshod, the AKhabbaggiya Bhikkhus walked up and down with coverings on their feet. * This must be understood as spoken by the Buddha. * Omukkan ti pafimuféitva apanitam (B.). * This walking up and down thinking is represented as a constant habit of the early Buddhist Samanas., (t7] c 18 MAHAVAGGA. V, 4,2. The temperate Bhikkhus were annoyed, murmured, and became angry, saying, ‘How can these Aabbaggiya Bhikkhus walk shod, when the Master and the Thera Bhikkhus walk unshod ?’ 2. Then those Bhikkhus told this thing to the Blessed One. ‘Is it true, what they say, O Bhikkhus, that the Khabbaggiya Bhikkhus walk shod, though the Master and the Elders walk unshod ?’ ‘It is true, Lord.’
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.
1V, 1,29. RULES FOR FOOT-CLOTHING, SEATS, ETC. 13 the breezes’, just so never can shapes and tastes, and sounds, and smells, and touch—the whole of them ‘ Things wished for, things unwished —make tremble such a one. Firm is his mind, set free. He sees into the end thereof.’ 28. And the Blessed One addressed the Bhikkhus, and said: ‘ Thus, brethren, do young men of worth make their insight known. The truth is spoken, and the self is not obtruded. But herein some foolish ones, methinks, make known their insight to be a thing ridiculous, and they, thereafter, fall into defeat !’ 29. Then the Blessed One said to the venerable Sona, ‘You, Soma, have been delicately nurtured. I enjoin upon you, Sowa, the use of shoes with one lining ®.’ ‘I have gone out from the world, Lord, into the houseless state, abandoning eighty cart-loads of gold’, and a retinue of seven elephants‘. It will be said against me for this matter: “Soma Ko/ivisa went out from the world into the houseless state, abandoning eighty cart-loads of gold, and a retinue of seven elephants; but the very same man now accustoms himself to the use of shoes with a lining 1 This half sloka recurs in Dhammapada, verse 81. ® Ekapalasikan ti eka-pafalam (B.). * Asfti-sakafa-vahe hirafiviam (so correct the misprint in the text). Buddhaghosa says: ettha dve saka/abhara eko vaho ’ti veditabbo; but compare Rh. D., ‘Ancient Coins and Measures,’ &c., p. 18, § 32, and p. 14, § 23. VAha occurs also in the Mahavamsa, p. 22. * Sattahatthika% 4a antkan ti: ettha Aha hatthiniyo eko 4a hatthfti, idam ekam anikam, idisani satta amfk4ni sattahatthikam nama (B.). 14 MAHAVAGGA. V, 1, 30. to them.” [30.] If the Blessed One will enjoin their use upon the Order of Bhikkhus, I will also use them. If the Blessed One will not enjoin their use upon the Order of Bhikkhus, neither will I use them.’ Then the Blessed One, on that occasion, having delivered a religious discourse, thus addressed the Bhikkhus : ‘I enjoin upon you, O Bhikkhus, the use of shoes with one lining to them. Doubly lined shoes, Bhikkhus, are not to be worn, nor trebly lined ones, nor shoes with many linings’. Whosoever shall wear such, is guilty of a dukkaZa offence.’ 2 1. Now at that time the Azabbaggiya Bhikkhus were in the habit of wearing slippers all of a blue, yellow, red, brown, black, orange, or yellowish colour’. People were annoyed, murmured, and became angry, saying, ‘(These act) like those who still enjoy the pleasures of the world®,’ The brethren told this thing to the Blessed One. ‘Do not wear, O Bhikkhus, shoes that are all of 1 Dvi-guaa ’ti dvi-pa/ala. Ti-gu#d ’ti ti-pafala. Ganamganipahana ’ti 4atu-pasalato pasfhaya vukéati (B.).
2‘Do not wear, O Bhikkhus, shoes that are all of 1 Dvi-guaa ’ti dvi-pa/ala. Ti-gu#d ’ti ti-pafala. Ganamganipahana ’ti 4atu-pasalato pasfhaya vukéati (B.). ® Nilika umméra-puppha-va#n4 hoti; pitika kanik4ra-pupphavann&; lohitik& gayasumana-puppha-vanna ; mafgesihiké mafgelthi-vanna eva; kanh4 a/arifthaka-vannf; mah4frangaratta satapada-pi/Ai-vanna (Mah 4ragana is saffron ; the colour of the back of a centipede is brownish yellow), mahand4maratta sambhinna-vazx4 hoti pandu-palésa-vann4, Kurundiyam pana padumapuppha-vazna 'ti vuttam (B.). 5 Read gihikamabhogino (as corrected at vol. ii. p. 363). V, 2,3. RULES FOR FOOT-CLOTHING, SEATS, ETC. 15 a blue, yellow, red, brown, black, orange, or yellowish colour. Whosoever does so, is guilty of a dukkaéa offence.’ 2. Now at that time the Xzabbaggiya Bhikkhus were in the habit of wearing shoes with edges of a blue, yellow, red, brown, black, orange, or yellowish colour. People were annoyed, murmured, and became angry, saying, ‘These act like those who still enjoy the pleasures of the world.’ The brethren told this thing to the Blessed One. ‘Do not wear, O Bhikkhus, shoes that have edges of a blue, yellow, red, brown, black, orange, or yellowish colour. Whosoever does so, is guilty of a dukka/a offence.’ 3. Now at that time the Khabbaggiya Bhikkhus were in the habit of wearing shoes with heel-coverings (??); mocassins *; laced boots ®; boots lined with cotton‘; boots of various hues, like the wings of partridges®; boots pointed with rams’ horns, and with goats’ horns*; ornamented with scorpions’ 1 All the names of boots or shoes are of doubtful meaning ; and as the use of every sort of foot-covering has long been given up among those Buddhists who have preserved the use of the P§li language, Buddhaghosa’s explanations are not very reliable. He says here: Khallaka-baddha ’ti pazhi-pidhanattham tale khallakam bandhitva kata. * Pu/abaddha ’ti Yonaka-upahané vuéfati, yava ganghato sabbapadam pafikkadeti. 5 Péliguaéhima 'ti paligun/hitva kat& upari-pada-mattam eva pafikthadeti na gangham. * TAlapuanika ti tilapunna pfretva kata. ® Tittirapattika ’ti tittira-patta-sadisa-vifitra-baddha. * Menda-visana-baddhika ’ti kannika-/hine mendaka-singasanthane vaddhe yogetva kat&. Aga-visdna-vaddhikadisu pi es’ eva nayo. 16 MAHAVAGGA. V, 2, 4. tails1; sewn round with peacocks’ feathers? ; or shoes of all kinds of colours *. People were annoyed (&c., as in § 2, down to :) told this thing to the Blessed One. ‘Do not wear, O Bhikkhus, shoes with heelcoverings (&c., as in § 3, down to:) shoes of all kinds of colours. Whosoever does so, is guilty of a dukkaéa offence.’ 4. Now at that time the X/abbaggiya Bhikkhus were in the habit of wearing shoes adorned with lion-skins ‘, tiger-skins, panther-skins, antelope-skins, otter-skins 5, cat-skins, squirrel-skins, and owl-skins °.
3Whosoever does so, is guilty of a dukkaéa offence.’ 4. Now at that time the X/abbaggiya Bhikkhus were in the habit of wearing shoes adorned with lion-skins ‘, tiger-skins, panther-skins, antelope-skins, otter-skins 5, cat-skins, squirrel-skins, and owl-skins °. People were annoyed (&c., as in § 3,down to the end, substituting ‘ shoes adorned with lion-skins, &c.,’ for ‘shoes with heel-coverings, &c.’) 3. 1. Now the Blessed One, having dressed early in the morning, went into Ragagaha, duly bowled and robed, for alms, with a certain Bhikkhu as his companion. And that Bhikkhu followed limping step by step behind the Blessed One. ? Vikkhvikalika 'ti tatth’ eva vikshika-nanguétha-santhane vaddhe yogetva kata. 2 Morapivizhaparisibbita (sic) ’ti talesu v4 baddhesu va moravitikhehi (sic) suttakasadisehi parisibbita. 3 Kitra ’ti visita. * Siha-£amma-parikkhaté nama pariyantesu, Aivaresu anuva/am viya sthakammam yogetva kata. 5 Udda, an animal, feeding on fish; but Childers thinks it is not an amphibious creature, and therefore not ‘ otter.’ § Lfka-Zamma-parikkhat4 (sic) ’ti pakkha-bi/dla-4amma-parikkhat4. The latter is the flying fox, a large kind of bat. V,4,1% RULES FOR FOOT-CLOTHING, SEATS, ETC. 17 Now a certain lay-disciple who had put on a pair of shoes with many linings, saw the Blessed One approaching from afar. And when he saw him, he took off that pair of shoes and went up to the Blessed One, and saluted him; and went on to that Bhikkhu, and saluted him, and said: 2. ‘Why does your reverence limp?’ ‘My feet, friend, are blistered.’ ‘But here, Sir, are shoes.’ ‘Enough, good friend! shoes with linings have been forbidden by the Blessed One.’ ‘Take the shoes, O Bhikkhu!!’ Then the Blessed One, on that occasion, having delivered a religious discourse, addressed the Bhikkhus, and said : ‘I allow you, O Bhikkhus, the use of shoes with linings, when they have been cast off by others *. But new shoes with linings are not to be worn. Whosoever does so, is guilty of a dukkaZéa offence.’ 4, 1. Now at that time the Blessed One walked up and down in the open air* unshod. Noticing that, ‘The Master walks unshod,’ the Elders (the Thera Bhikkhus) also went unshod when they were walking up and down*®. But though the Master and the Thera Bhikkhus went unshod, the AKhabbaggiya Bhikkhus walked up and down with coverings on their feet. * This must be understood as spoken by the Buddha. * Omukkan ti pafimuféitva apanitam (B.). * This walking up and down thinking is represented as a constant habit of the early Buddhist Samanas., (t7] c 18 MAHAVAGGA. V, 4,2. The temperate Bhikkhus were annoyed, murmured, and became angry, saying, ‘How can these Aabbaggiya Bhikkhus walk shod, when the Master and the Thera Bhikkhus walk unshod ?’ 2. Then those Bhikkhus told this thing to the Blessed One. ‘Is it true, what they say, O Bhikkhus, that the Khabbaggiya Bhikkhus walk shod, though the Master and the Elders walk unshod ?’ ‘It is true, Lord.’
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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