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1If while the robes are being divided by those Bhikkhus, and before the lot has been cast, another Bhikkhu should arrive, an equal share is to be given to him. If while the robes are being divided by those Bhikkhus, and after the lot has been cast, another Bhikkhu * Buddhaghosa says, Utuk4lan ti vassfnato aftviam kélam, where vass4na means the rainy season. See AbhidhAnappadipika, verse 79. * On this sense of adhisshAtum, see above, Mahavagga VIII, 20, 2. VITI, 24, 6. THE DRESS OF THE BHIKKHUS. 237 should arrive, an equal share need not, if they do not wish it!, be given to him.’ 5. Now at that time two Theras, who were brothers, the venerable Isiddsa and the venerable Isibhatta, having spent the rainy season in SAvatthi, went to take up their abode in a certain village. The people there, thinking, ‘It is long since these Theras have arrived here,’ made gifts of both food and robes. The Bhikkhus who resided there asked the Theras, saying, ‘ These robes, Sirs, which are the property of the Samgha, have come to us through the Theras’ arrival?, Will the Theras accept a share ?’ The Theras answered: ‘As we understand the rule laid down by the Blessed One, these robes belong to you alone until the Ka¢sina ceremony shall have been performed?,’ 6. Now at that time three Bhikkhus spent the rainy season at Ragagaha. The people there made gifts of robes, saying, ‘We give them to the Samgha.’ Then those Bhikkhus thought thus: ‘It has been laid down by the Blessed One that the smallest, Samgha shall consist of four persons, and we are only three, and these people have made gifts of robes, intending to give them to the Samgha. What now ought we to do with them ?’ Now at that time there were staying in PA/ali- 1 Ak&m4; on which compare II, 27,15, and especially ITI, 34, 3, and IV, 17, 6. 2 Agamma, which is here nearly the same as uddissa. To give the full import of the expression it would be necessary to say, ‘have come to us in consequence of the inducement offered to the givers by the presence of the Theras here.’ 5 See our note above on § 1. 238 MAHAVAGGA. - ‘VII, 2g, 1. putta, at the kukku/4r4ma, a number of Theras— the venerable Nilavdsi, and the venerable SAmavAsi}, and the venerable Gopaka, and the venerable Bhagu, and the venerable Phalika-sand4na. And those Bhikkhus went to Paaliputta, and asked the Theras what they should do. The Theras answered: ‘As we understand the rule laid down by the Blessed One, these robes belong to you alone until the Ka¢#ina ceremony shall have been performed.’ 25. 1. Now at that time the venerable Upananda of the Sakya race, having spent the rainy season at SAvatthi, went to take up his abode in a certain village. The Bhikkhus in that place assembled together with the object of dividing the robes. They said to him: ‘These robes, friend, which are the property of the Samgha, are about to be divided. Will you accept a share of them ?’
2The Bhikkhus in that place assembled together with the object of dividing the robes. They said to him: ‘These robes, friend, which are the property of the Samgha, are about to be divided. Will you accept a share of them ?’ ‘Yes, friends, I will,’ said he; and taking his share, departed thence and took up his abode elsewhere. [The same thing happened there, and] he departed thence and took up his abode elsewhere. [The same thing happened there, and so] he returned to Savatthi with a great bundle of robes. -2, The Bhikkhus said to him: ‘ What a merito- * There is a Sdmav4si who takes a prominent part at the Council of Vesali (Kullavagga XII, 1, 8; XII, 2, 4). He is probably meant to be considered the same as. this one. VIII, 25,4. THE DRESS OF THE BHIKKHUS. 239 rious person you are, friend Upananda. Plenty of robes have come into your possession!’ . ‘Where is my merit, friends ?’ said he, and [told them all that had happened]'. 3. ‘How then, friend Upananda, have you spent the rainy season in one place, and accepted a share of robes in another place ?’ ‘Yes, friends, that is so.’ Those Bhikkhus who were moderate were indignant, murmured, and became annoyed, saying, ‘ How can the venerable Upananda spend the rainy season in one place, and accept a share of robes in another place ?’ They told the matter to the Blessed One. ‘Is it true, Upananda, as they say, that you have spent the rainy season in one place, and have accepted a share of robes in another place ?’ ‘It is true, Lord.’ The Blessed Buddha rebuked him, saying, ‘ How can you, O foolish one, act so? This will not redound to the conversion of the unconverted, or to the increase of the converted!’ And after having rebuked him, and delivered a religious discourse, he addressed the Bhikkhus, saying, ‘Whosoever, O Bhikkhus, has spent the rainy season in one place, is not to accept a share of the robes in another place. Whosoever does so shall be guilty of a dukka#a,’ " 4. Now at that time the venerable Upananda of the Sakya race spent the rainy season alone in two residences, thinking thus to obtain many robes. And the Bhikkhus thought: ‘How should his portion ? Section 1 repeated, with the necessary change of person, &c. 240 MAHAVAGGA. VIII, 26, 1. of the robes be © assigned to Upananda of the Sakya race ?’ They told the matter to the Blessed One. ‘Give, O Bhikkhus, to that foolish one but one portion’, In case, O Bhikkhus, a Bhikkhu spend the rainy season alone in two residences, thinking thus to obtain many robes, then, if he have spent exactly half the season in one place and half in another, a half portion of the robes due to him shall be given to him in one place, and a half in the other; but in whichever place of the two he have spent a greater part of the rainy season, thence shall the portions of robes due to him be given.’ 26.
31. Now at that time a certain Bhikkhu had a disturbance in his bowels, and he lay fallen in his own evacuations. And the Blessed One on going round the sleeping-places accompanied by the venerable Ananda came to that Bhikkhu’s abode, and saw him so. And he went up to him, and asked him, ‘What is the matter with you, O Bhikkhu ?’ ‘I have a disturbance, Lord, in my bowels.’ ‘Then have you, O Bhikkhu, any one to wait upon you ?’ ‘No, Lord,’ ‘Why do not the Bhikkhus wait upon you ?’ ‘Because I am of no service, Lord, to the Bhikkhus.’ 2. Then the Blessed One said to the venerable ' Buddhaghosa says, Ek&dhippayan ti ekam adhippayam. Eka-puggala-pasivisam eva deth4 ti attho. VIII, 26, 4. THE DRESS OF THE BHIKKHUS, 241 Ananda: ‘Go, Ananda, and fetch some water. Let us bathe this Bhikkhu.’ ‘Even so, Lord,’ said the venerable Ananda, in assent to the Blessed One, and fetched the water. And the Blessed One poured the water over that Bhikkhu; and the venerable Ananda wiped him down. And the Blessed One taking hold of him at the head, and the venerable Ananda at the feet, they lifted him up, and laid him down upon his bed. 3. Then the Blessed One, on that occasion and in that connection, convened a meeting of the Bhikkhu-samgha, and asked the Bhikkhus, ‘ Is there, O Bhikkhus, in such and such an apartment, a Bhikkhu who is sick ?’ ‘There is, Lord.’ ‘Then what, O Bhikkhus, is the matter with that Bhikkhu ?’ ‘ He has a disturbance, Lord, in his bowels.’ ‘And is there any one, O Bhikkhus, to wait upon him ?’ ‘No, Lord.’ ‘Why, then, do not the Bhikkhus wait upon him?’ ‘That Bhikkhu, Lord, is of no service to the Bhikkhus; therefore do they not wait upon him.’ ‘Ye, O Bhikkhus, have no mothers and no fathers who might wait upon you! If ye, O Bhikkhus, wait not one upon the other, who is there indeed who will wait upon you? Whosoever, O Bhikkhus, would wait upon me, he should wait upon the sick. 4. ‘If he have an upaggAdya, his upagghaya should wait upon him as long as his life lasts, and wait until he has recovered; and so if he have an 4éariya, a saddhi-viharika, an antevAsika, a fellow (t7] R 242 MAHAVAGGA. VIII, 26, 5. saddhi-vih4rika, or a fellow antevdsika'. And if he have neither of all these, then should the Samgha wait upon him; and whosoever does not do so, Shall be guilty of a dukka/a.
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.
1If while the robes are being divided by those Bhikkhus, and before the lot has been cast, another Bhikkhu should arrive, an equal share is to be given to him. If while the robes are being divided by those Bhikkhus, and after the lot has been cast, another Bhikkhu * Buddhaghosa says, Utuk4lan ti vassfnato aftviam kélam, where vass4na means the rainy season. See AbhidhAnappadipika, verse 79. * On this sense of adhisshAtum, see above, Mahavagga VIII, 20, 2. VITI, 24, 6. THE DRESS OF THE BHIKKHUS. 237 should arrive, an equal share need not, if they do not wish it!, be given to him.’ 5. Now at that time two Theras, who were brothers, the venerable Isiddsa and the venerable Isibhatta, having spent the rainy season in SAvatthi, went to take up their abode in a certain village. The people there, thinking, ‘It is long since these Theras have arrived here,’ made gifts of both food and robes. The Bhikkhus who resided there asked the Theras, saying, ‘ These robes, Sirs, which are the property of the Samgha, have come to us through the Theras’ arrival?, Will the Theras accept a share ?’ The Theras answered: ‘As we understand the rule laid down by the Blessed One, these robes belong to you alone until the Ka¢sina ceremony shall have been performed?,’ 6. Now at that time three Bhikkhus spent the rainy season at Ragagaha. The people there made gifts of robes, saying, ‘We give them to the Samgha.’ Then those Bhikkhus thought thus: ‘It has been laid down by the Blessed One that the smallest, Samgha shall consist of four persons, and we are only three, and these people have made gifts of robes, intending to give them to the Samgha. What now ought we to do with them ?’ Now at that time there were staying in PA/ali- 1 Ak&m4; on which compare II, 27,15, and especially ITI, 34, 3, and IV, 17, 6. 2 Agamma, which is here nearly the same as uddissa. To give the full import of the expression it would be necessary to say, ‘have come to us in consequence of the inducement offered to the givers by the presence of the Theras here.’ 5 See our note above on § 1. 238 MAHAVAGGA. - ‘VII, 2g, 1. putta, at the kukku/4r4ma, a number of Theras— the venerable Nilavdsi, and the venerable SAmavAsi}, and the venerable Gopaka, and the venerable Bhagu, and the venerable Phalika-sand4na. And those Bhikkhus went to Paaliputta, and asked the Theras what they should do. The Theras answered: ‘As we understand the rule laid down by the Blessed One, these robes belong to you alone until the Ka¢#ina ceremony shall have been performed.’ 25. 1. Now at that time the venerable Upananda of the Sakya race, having spent the rainy season at SAvatthi, went to take up his abode in a certain village. The Bhikkhus in that place assembled together with the object of dividing the robes. They said to him: ‘These robes, friend, which are the property of the Samgha, are about to be divided. Will you accept a share of them ?’
2The Bhikkhus in that place assembled together with the object of dividing the robes. They said to him: ‘These robes, friend, which are the property of the Samgha, are about to be divided. Will you accept a share of them ?’ ‘Yes, friends, I will,’ said he; and taking his share, departed thence and took up his abode elsewhere. [The same thing happened there, and] he departed thence and took up his abode elsewhere. [The same thing happened there, and so] he returned to Savatthi with a great bundle of robes. -2, The Bhikkhus said to him: ‘ What a merito- * There is a Sdmav4si who takes a prominent part at the Council of Vesali (Kullavagga XII, 1, 8; XII, 2, 4). He is probably meant to be considered the same as. this one. VIII, 25,4. THE DRESS OF THE BHIKKHUS. 239 rious person you are, friend Upananda. Plenty of robes have come into your possession!’ . ‘Where is my merit, friends ?’ said he, and [told them all that had happened]'. 3. ‘How then, friend Upananda, have you spent the rainy season in one place, and accepted a share of robes in another place ?’ ‘Yes, friends, that is so.’ Those Bhikkhus who were moderate were indignant, murmured, and became annoyed, saying, ‘ How can the venerable Upananda spend the rainy season in one place, and accept a share of robes in another place ?’ They told the matter to the Blessed One. ‘Is it true, Upananda, as they say, that you have spent the rainy season in one place, and have accepted a share of robes in another place ?’ ‘It is true, Lord.’ The Blessed Buddha rebuked him, saying, ‘ How can you, O foolish one, act so? This will not redound to the conversion of the unconverted, or to the increase of the converted!’ And after having rebuked him, and delivered a religious discourse, he addressed the Bhikkhus, saying, ‘Whosoever, O Bhikkhus, has spent the rainy season in one place, is not to accept a share of the robes in another place. Whosoever does so shall be guilty of a dukka#a,’ " 4. Now at that time the venerable Upananda of the Sakya race spent the rainy season alone in two residences, thinking thus to obtain many robes. And the Bhikkhus thought: ‘How should his portion ? Section 1 repeated, with the necessary change of person, &c. 240 MAHAVAGGA. VIII, 26, 1. of the robes be © assigned to Upananda of the Sakya race ?’ They told the matter to the Blessed One. ‘Give, O Bhikkhus, to that foolish one but one portion’, In case, O Bhikkhus, a Bhikkhu spend the rainy season alone in two residences, thinking thus to obtain many robes, then, if he have spent exactly half the season in one place and half in another, a half portion of the robes due to him shall be given to him in one place, and a half in the other; but in whichever place of the two he have spent a greater part of the rainy season, thence shall the portions of robes due to him be given.’ 26.
31. Now at that time a certain Bhikkhu had a disturbance in his bowels, and he lay fallen in his own evacuations. And the Blessed One on going round the sleeping-places accompanied by the venerable Ananda came to that Bhikkhu’s abode, and saw him so. And he went up to him, and asked him, ‘What is the matter with you, O Bhikkhu ?’ ‘I have a disturbance, Lord, in my bowels.’ ‘Then have you, O Bhikkhu, any one to wait upon you ?’ ‘No, Lord,’ ‘Why do not the Bhikkhus wait upon you ?’ ‘Because I am of no service, Lord, to the Bhikkhus.’ 2. Then the Blessed One said to the venerable ' Buddhaghosa says, Ek&dhippayan ti ekam adhippayam. Eka-puggala-pasivisam eva deth4 ti attho. VIII, 26, 4. THE DRESS OF THE BHIKKHUS, 241 Ananda: ‘Go, Ananda, and fetch some water. Let us bathe this Bhikkhu.’ ‘Even so, Lord,’ said the venerable Ananda, in assent to the Blessed One, and fetched the water. And the Blessed One poured the water over that Bhikkhu; and the venerable Ananda wiped him down. And the Blessed One taking hold of him at the head, and the venerable Ananda at the feet, they lifted him up, and laid him down upon his bed. 3. Then the Blessed One, on that occasion and in that connection, convened a meeting of the Bhikkhu-samgha, and asked the Bhikkhus, ‘ Is there, O Bhikkhus, in such and such an apartment, a Bhikkhu who is sick ?’ ‘There is, Lord.’ ‘Then what, O Bhikkhus, is the matter with that Bhikkhu ?’ ‘ He has a disturbance, Lord, in his bowels.’ ‘And is there any one, O Bhikkhus, to wait upon him ?’ ‘No, Lord.’ ‘Why, then, do not the Bhikkhus wait upon him?’ ‘That Bhikkhu, Lord, is of no service to the Bhikkhus; therefore do they not wait upon him.’ ‘Ye, O Bhikkhus, have no mothers and no fathers who might wait upon you! If ye, O Bhikkhus, wait not one upon the other, who is there indeed who will wait upon you? Whosoever, O Bhikkhus, would wait upon me, he should wait upon the sick. 4. ‘If he have an upaggAdya, his upagghaya should wait upon him as long as his life lasts, and wait until he has recovered; and so if he have an 4éariya, a saddhi-viharika, an antevAsika, a fellow (t7] R 242 MAHAVAGGA. VIII, 26, 5. saddhi-vih4rika, or a fellow antevdsika'. And if he have neither of all these, then should the Samgha wait upon him; and whosoever does not do so, Shall be guilty of a dukka/a.
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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