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1The whole of this paragraph is repeated below, § 6. * Uttaribhangam. See the note on VI, 4, 1. * On the expressions in this sentence, compare the notes on Sekhiyas 27-32. 288 KULLAVAGGA. VIII, 4, 5. ' Bhikkhu is not to begin to eat until the boiled rice has been served out to all. 15. ‘The alms given are to be eaten with mind alert, paying attention to the bowl, with equal curry, and equally heaped up; without pressing down from the top; without covering up the curry or the condiment with the rice, desiring to make it nicer; and without asking for either rice or curry for the Bhikkhu’s own particular use, unless he be sick. Others’ bowls are not to be looked at with envious thoughts. The food is not to be rolled up (by the fingers) into balls that are too large, but into round mouthfuls. The door of the mouth is not to be opened till the ball is brought close to it. When eating, the whole hand is not to be put into the mouth. He is not to talk with his mouth full, nor to toss the food into his mouth as he eats, nor to nibble at the balls of food, nor to stuff his cheeks out as he eats, nor to shake (particles of food off) his hands, nor to scatter lumps of rice about, nor to put out his tongue, nor to smack his lips, nor to make a hissing sound as he eats, nor to lick his fingers, or his bowl, or his lips. And the jar containing drinking-water is not to be taken hold of with hands soiled with food. 6. ‘ The senior Bhikkhu is not to accept water (to rinse out his bowl with) until all Bhikkhus have finished eating. When water is being given out (after the meal. ... &c., as in the first paragraph of § 4, down to the end). The water that has been used for washing the bowl is not to be thrown with the rinsings in it into the inner court®. 1 This paragraph repeats Sekhiyas 31-55, where see our notes. ® This is the 57th Sekhiya. VIII, 5,1. REGULATIONS AS TO DUTIES OF BHIKKHUS. 289 ‘In returning, the junior Bhikkhus are to go back first, and the senior Bhikkhus after them. Each Bhikkhu is to pass amidst the houses properly clad.... (&c., as above, § 3, down to) without walking on his heels, ‘This, O Bhikkhus, is the rule of conduct that I establish for Bhikkhus at a meal, which they are to observe thereat.’ Here ends the First Portion for Recitation. 5. 1. Now at that time Bhikkhus who were going on their rounds for alms did so with their under garments or their robes improperly put on, and not decently attired, and they entered dwellings without deliberation, and left them without deliberation, and they entered dwellings roughly, and left them roughly, and they stood at too great a distance or too near, and they stood too long or turned back too soon. |
2| And a certain Bhikkhu, on his round for alms, entered a dwelling without noticing where he was going to, and taking (a doorway) for a house-door he passed into an inner chamber. A woman was lying asleep naked on her back in that chamber ; and when the Bhikkhu saw her he went out again, perceiving that that was no house-door, but a chamber. Now the husband of that woman, seeing his wife in that position in the chamber, thought: ‘My wife has been defiled by that Bhikkhu.’ And he seized him, and beat him. (20] U 290 KULLAVAGGA. VIII, 5, 2. But the woman, being woke up by the noise, said to the man, ‘Why, Sir, are you beating this Bhikkhu ?’ ‘You have been defiled by this Bhikkhu.’ ‘Not so, Sir. This Bhikkhu has done nothing’ (said she), and had the Bhikkhu set free. Then the Bhikkhu, on going to the ArAma, told the matter to the Bhikkhus .... murmured... . told the Blessed One .... he said to the Bhikkhus: ‘ Therefore, O Bhikkhus, do I establish a rule of conduct for Bhikkhus going their rounds for alms, which they are to observe therein. 2. ‘A Bhikkhu, O Bhikkhus, who intends to go his round for alms, should put on his waistcloth (&c., as in chapter 4, § 3, sentences 1 and 3, down to the end). ‘When he enters a dwelling, he should take notice (where he goes, saying to himself), “ By this | way will I go in, and by this way will I come out.” He should not go in, nor come out, roughly. He should not stand too far off, nor too near, nor too long ; and he should not turn back too easily. ‘As he stands still he should notice where (the people in the house) seem willing or not willing to give (him food). If she lays aside her work, or ‘rises from her seat, or wipes a spoon, or wipes or puts ready a dish, he should stand still, perceiving that she seems willing to give. ‘When food is being given to him, he should lift up his robe (Samgh4¢i) with his left hand so as to disclose his bowl!, take the bowl in both his hands, * The bowl is always carried by the left hand under the robe. On pan4meti, see the note at V, 9, 5. VIII,s,3- REGULATIONS AS TO DUTIES OF BHIKKHUS. 291 and receive the food into it. And he should not look into the face of the woman who is giving the food. ‘He should take notice whether she seems willing or not to give curry. If she wipes a spoon, or wipes or puts aside a dish, he should stand still, perceiving that she seems willing to give. ‘After the food has been given, he should cover up the bowl] with his robe, and turn back slowly and carefully. He should pass through the houses (on his way back) properly clad... . (&c., as in § 3, sentence 3, down to the end). 13. ‘He who comes back first from the village, from his round for alms, should make seats ready, and place the water and footstools and towels ready there for washing feet, and clean the waste-tub? and put it ready, and put ready water to drink and water for washing.
313. ‘He who comes back first from the village, from his round for alms, should make seats ready, and place the water and footstools and towels ready there for washing feet, and clean the waste-tub? and put it ready, and put ready water to drink and water for washing. ‘He who comes back last from the village, from his round for alms, may eat if there be any food left (from the meal of the other Bhikkhus), if he desires to do so. If he does not desire to do so, he should throw away the leavings on the (ground at a place) which is free from grass, or pour them away into water in which there are no living things. He should put away the water, footstools, and towels used for washing feet, clean the waste-tub and put it away, put away the drinking-water and the water 1 The following section is, word for word, parallel to Mahdvagga IV, 1, 2-4. 2 Avakk&ra-p4ti. We have had pa/iggaha used just above (VIII, 4, 4) in a very similar sense and connection. The present word occurs also at Mahavagga IV, 1, 2. U2 292 KULLAVAGGA. VIII, 6, 1. for washing, and sweep the room where the meal was eaten. ‘Whosoever sees a pot for drinking-water or for washing-water, or a chamber utensil empty and void, should put it in its proper place. If he is not able to do so single-handed, he should call some one else, and they should put it away with their united effort, and silence should not be broken on that account ?, ‘This, O Bhikkhus, is the rule of conduct which I establish for Bhikkhus going their rounds for alms, which they are to observe therein.’ 6. 1. Now at that time a number of Bhikkhus dwelt in the woods; and they provided neither drinkingwater, nor water for washing, nor fire, nor drill sticks nor tinder (for starting a fire)?; nor did they know the stations of the constellations, nor the divisions of the (ten) ‘ directions’ (of the sky). Thieves went there and said to the Bhikkhus, ‘Have you, Sirs, got drinking-water ?’ 1 Vakam bhindati. To break silence by speaking. See Mahavagga IV, 1, 3, where it makes good sense. * Arazi-sahitam, on which Buddhaghosa merely says aranisahite sati aggim katum pi va/fati. In the Gataka Commentary (I, 212, ed. Fausbéll) we have the phrase arazi-sahitam nfharitva aggim karonti. At p. 34 of the Assaldyana Sutta (ed. Pischel) we hear of there being an upper and lower stick to the arani; and at p. 53 of the Milinda Pawha (ed. Trenckner) we find the same upper and lower sticks, the thong by which to turn the latter, and the piece of rag for tinder mentioned as the constituent parts of this ancient means of producing fire. The expression in the text is probably a collective term for the whole of these. VIII,6,2. REGULATIONS AS TO DUTIES OF BHIKKHUS. 293 ‘No, friends, we have not.’ ‘ Have you, Sirs, got water for washing ?’ ‘No, friends, we have not.’ ‘Have you, Sirs, got fire ?’ ‘No, friends, we have not.’ ‘Have you, Sirs, got sticks and tinder for producing fire ?’ ‘No, friends, we have not.’
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.
1The whole of this paragraph is repeated below, § 6. * Uttaribhangam. See the note on VI, 4, 1. * On the expressions in this sentence, compare the notes on Sekhiyas 27-32. 288 KULLAVAGGA. VIII, 4, 5. ' Bhikkhu is not to begin to eat until the boiled rice has been served out to all. 15. ‘The alms given are to be eaten with mind alert, paying attention to the bowl, with equal curry, and equally heaped up; without pressing down from the top; without covering up the curry or the condiment with the rice, desiring to make it nicer; and without asking for either rice or curry for the Bhikkhu’s own particular use, unless he be sick. Others’ bowls are not to be looked at with envious thoughts. The food is not to be rolled up (by the fingers) into balls that are too large, but into round mouthfuls. The door of the mouth is not to be opened till the ball is brought close to it. When eating, the whole hand is not to be put into the mouth. He is not to talk with his mouth full, nor to toss the food into his mouth as he eats, nor to nibble at the balls of food, nor to stuff his cheeks out as he eats, nor to shake (particles of food off) his hands, nor to scatter lumps of rice about, nor to put out his tongue, nor to smack his lips, nor to make a hissing sound as he eats, nor to lick his fingers, or his bowl, or his lips. And the jar containing drinking-water is not to be taken hold of with hands soiled with food. 6. ‘ The senior Bhikkhu is not to accept water (to rinse out his bowl with) until all Bhikkhus have finished eating. When water is being given out (after the meal. ... &c., as in the first paragraph of § 4, down to the end). The water that has been used for washing the bowl is not to be thrown with the rinsings in it into the inner court®. 1 This paragraph repeats Sekhiyas 31-55, where see our notes. ® This is the 57th Sekhiya. VIII, 5,1. REGULATIONS AS TO DUTIES OF BHIKKHUS. 289 ‘In returning, the junior Bhikkhus are to go back first, and the senior Bhikkhus after them. Each Bhikkhu is to pass amidst the houses properly clad.... (&c., as above, § 3, down to) without walking on his heels, ‘This, O Bhikkhus, is the rule of conduct that I establish for Bhikkhus at a meal, which they are to observe thereat.’ Here ends the First Portion for Recitation. 5. 1. Now at that time Bhikkhus who were going on their rounds for alms did so with their under garments or their robes improperly put on, and not decently attired, and they entered dwellings without deliberation, and left them without deliberation, and they entered dwellings roughly, and left them roughly, and they stood at too great a distance or too near, and they stood too long or turned back too soon. |
2| And a certain Bhikkhu, on his round for alms, entered a dwelling without noticing where he was going to, and taking (a doorway) for a house-door he passed into an inner chamber. A woman was lying asleep naked on her back in that chamber ; and when the Bhikkhu saw her he went out again, perceiving that that was no house-door, but a chamber. Now the husband of that woman, seeing his wife in that position in the chamber, thought: ‘My wife has been defiled by that Bhikkhu.’ And he seized him, and beat him. (20] U 290 KULLAVAGGA. VIII, 5, 2. But the woman, being woke up by the noise, said to the man, ‘Why, Sir, are you beating this Bhikkhu ?’ ‘You have been defiled by this Bhikkhu.’ ‘Not so, Sir. This Bhikkhu has done nothing’ (said she), and had the Bhikkhu set free. Then the Bhikkhu, on going to the ArAma, told the matter to the Bhikkhus .... murmured... . told the Blessed One .... he said to the Bhikkhus: ‘ Therefore, O Bhikkhus, do I establish a rule of conduct for Bhikkhus going their rounds for alms, which they are to observe therein. 2. ‘A Bhikkhu, O Bhikkhus, who intends to go his round for alms, should put on his waistcloth (&c., as in chapter 4, § 3, sentences 1 and 3, down to the end). ‘When he enters a dwelling, he should take notice (where he goes, saying to himself), “ By this | way will I go in, and by this way will I come out.” He should not go in, nor come out, roughly. He should not stand too far off, nor too near, nor too long ; and he should not turn back too easily. ‘As he stands still he should notice where (the people in the house) seem willing or not willing to give (him food). If she lays aside her work, or ‘rises from her seat, or wipes a spoon, or wipes or puts ready a dish, he should stand still, perceiving that she seems willing to give. ‘When food is being given to him, he should lift up his robe (Samgh4¢i) with his left hand so as to disclose his bowl!, take the bowl in both his hands, * The bowl is always carried by the left hand under the robe. On pan4meti, see the note at V, 9, 5. VIII,s,3- REGULATIONS AS TO DUTIES OF BHIKKHUS. 291 and receive the food into it. And he should not look into the face of the woman who is giving the food. ‘He should take notice whether she seems willing or not to give curry. If she wipes a spoon, or wipes or puts aside a dish, he should stand still, perceiving that she seems willing to give. ‘After the food has been given, he should cover up the bowl] with his robe, and turn back slowly and carefully. He should pass through the houses (on his way back) properly clad... . (&c., as in § 3, sentence 3, down to the end). 13. ‘He who comes back first from the village, from his round for alms, should make seats ready, and place the water and footstools and towels ready there for washing feet, and clean the waste-tub? and put it ready, and put ready water to drink and water for washing.
313. ‘He who comes back first from the village, from his round for alms, should make seats ready, and place the water and footstools and towels ready there for washing feet, and clean the waste-tub? and put it ready, and put ready water to drink and water for washing. ‘He who comes back last from the village, from his round for alms, may eat if there be any food left (from the meal of the other Bhikkhus), if he desires to do so. If he does not desire to do so, he should throw away the leavings on the (ground at a place) which is free from grass, or pour them away into water in which there are no living things. He should put away the water, footstools, and towels used for washing feet, clean the waste-tub and put it away, put away the drinking-water and the water 1 The following section is, word for word, parallel to Mahdvagga IV, 1, 2-4. 2 Avakk&ra-p4ti. We have had pa/iggaha used just above (VIII, 4, 4) in a very similar sense and connection. The present word occurs also at Mahavagga IV, 1, 2. U2 292 KULLAVAGGA. VIII, 6, 1. for washing, and sweep the room where the meal was eaten. ‘Whosoever sees a pot for drinking-water or for washing-water, or a chamber utensil empty and void, should put it in its proper place. If he is not able to do so single-handed, he should call some one else, and they should put it away with their united effort, and silence should not be broken on that account ?, ‘This, O Bhikkhus, is the rule of conduct which I establish for Bhikkhus going their rounds for alms, which they are to observe therein.’ 6. 1. Now at that time a number of Bhikkhus dwelt in the woods; and they provided neither drinkingwater, nor water for washing, nor fire, nor drill sticks nor tinder (for starting a fire)?; nor did they know the stations of the constellations, nor the divisions of the (ten) ‘ directions’ (of the sky). Thieves went there and said to the Bhikkhus, ‘Have you, Sirs, got drinking-water ?’ 1 Vakam bhindati. To break silence by speaking. See Mahavagga IV, 1, 3, where it makes good sense. * Arazi-sahitam, on which Buddhaghosa merely says aranisahite sati aggim katum pi va/fati. In the Gataka Commentary (I, 212, ed. Fausbéll) we have the phrase arazi-sahitam nfharitva aggim karonti. At p. 34 of the Assaldyana Sutta (ed. Pischel) we hear of there being an upper and lower stick to the arani; and at p. 53 of the Milinda Pawha (ed. Trenckner) we find the same upper and lower sticks, the thong by which to turn the latter, and the piece of rag for tinder mentioned as the constituent parts of this ancient means of producing fire. The expression in the text is probably a collective term for the whole of these. VIII,6,2. REGULATIONS AS TO DUTIES OF BHIKKHUS. 293 ‘No, friends, we have not.’ ‘ Have you, Sirs, got water for washing ?’ ‘No, friends, we have not.’ ‘Have you, Sirs, got fire ?’ ‘No, friends, we have not.’ ‘Have you, Sirs, got sticks and tinder for producing fire ?’ ‘No, friends, we have not.’
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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