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1And in like manner did he question him through the five NikAyas, and as he was successively asked, so did Ananda make reply. g. Then the venerable Ananda spake thus to the Thera Bhikkhus: ‘The Blessed One, Sirs, at the time of his passing away, spake thus to me: “ When I am gone, Ananda, let the Samgha, if it should so wish, revoke all the lesser and minor precepts +.”’ ‘Did you then, venerable Ananda, ask the Blessed One which were the lesser and minor precepts ?’ ‘No, Sirs. _ Some Theras then said that all the rules save the four ParAgikas ; others that all save those and the thirteen Samghddisesas; others that all save those and the two Aniyatas; others that all save those and the thirty Nissaggiyas; others that all save those and the ninety-two Pafittiyas ; others that all save those and the four PAsidesaniyas were lesser and minor precepts. Then the venerable Mahé Kassapa laid a. resolution before the Samgha: ‘Let the venerable 1 ‘Book of the Great Decease,’ VI, 3. 378 KULLAVAGGA. XI, 1, 10. Samgha hear me. There are certain of our precepts which relate to matters in which the laity are concerned. Now the laity know of us that “such and such things are proper for you Samasas who are Sakyaputtiyas, and such and such things are not.” If we were to revoke the lesser and minor precepts, it will be said to us: “A set of precepts was laid down for his disciples by the Samaza Gotama to endure until the smoke should rise from his funeral pyre’. So long as their teacher remained with these men, so long did they train themselves in the precepts. Since their teacher has passed away from them, no longer do they now train themselves in the precepts.’ ‘If the time seems ‘meet to the Samgha, not ordaining what has not been ordained, and not revoking what has been ordained, let it take upon itself and ever direct itself in the precepts according as they have been laid down. This is the resolution. ‘Let the venerable Samgha hear me. [These things being so*] the Samgha takes upon itself the precepts according as they have been laid down. Whosoever of the venerable ones approves thereof, let him keep silence. Whosoever approves not thereof, let him speak. The Samgha has taken upon itself the precepts according as they were laid down. Therefore does it keep silence. Thus do I understand.’ to. Now the Thera Bhikkhus said to the vener- ' 1 Dhfimak4likam. See ournote above on VI, 17,1. Buddhaghosa says here, DhOmak4likan ti y4va samanassa Gotamassa parinibbana-Aitika-dhQmo pafi#Ayati tavakélo ti attho. * The whole repeated, , XI, 1,10. ON THE COUNCIL OF RAGAGAHA. 379 able Ananda: ‘That was ill done by thee, friend Ananda, in that thou didst not ask the Blessed One which were the lesser and minor precepts. Confess thy fault.’ ‘ Through forgetfulness was it, Sirs, that I did not. ask that of the Blessed One. I see no fault therein. Nevertheless, out of my faith in you, I confess that as a fault!’
2Confess thy fault.’ ‘ Through forgetfulness was it, Sirs, that I did not. ask that of the Blessed One. I see no fault therein. Nevertheless, out of my faith in you, I confess that as a fault!’ ‘This also, friend Ananda, was ill done by thee, in that thou steppedst upon the Blessed One’s rainyseason garment to sew it. Confess thy fault.’ ‘It was not, Sirs, through any want of respect to the Blessed One that I did so. I see no fault therein. .Nevertheless, out of my faith in you, I confess that as a fault.’ ‘This also, friend Ananda, was ill done by thee, in that thou causedst the body of the Blessed One to be saluted by women first*, so that by their weeping the body of the Blessed One was defiled by tears. Confess that fault.’ ‘I did so, Sirs, with the intention that they should not be kept beyond due time. I see no fault therein. Nevertheless, out of my faith in you, I confess that as a fault.’ ‘ This too, friend Ananda, was ill done by thee, in that even when a suggestion so evident and a hint so clear were given thee by the Blessed One, thou didst not beseech him, saying, “ Let the Blessed One remain on for a kalpa! Let the Happy One remain on for a kalpa for the good and happiness of the 1 Compare Mahfvagga X, 1, 8, at the end. ® It is worthy of notice that this episode is not referred to in the ‘Book. of the Great Decease’ (VI, 23-26. Compare V, 46-51). 380 KULLAVAGGA. XI, 1, 17. great multitudes, out of pity for the world, for the good and the gain and the weal of gods and men?!” Confess that fault.’ ‘I was possessed (by the Evil One)’, friends, when I refrained from so beseeching him. I see no fault therein. Nevertheless, out of my faith in you, I confess that as a fault.’ ‘This also, friend Ananda, was ill done by thee, in that thou exertedst thyself to procure admission for women into the Dhamma and Vinaya proclaimed by the Tathagata*. Confess that fault.’ ‘That did I do, friends, thinking of Maha Pagapati the Gotamf, the sister of the Blessed One's mother; his nurse and comforter, who gave him milk ; how she, when she who had borne him was dead, herself suckled him as with mother’s milk. I see no fault therein. Nevertheless, out of my faith in you, I confess that as a fault.’ 11. Now at that time the venerable Purdza was wandering through the Southern Hills with a great company of Bhikkhus, with five hundred Bhikkhus. And when the Thera Bhikkhus had completed the chanting over together of the Dhamma and the Vinaya, he, having stayed in the Southern Hills as long as he thought fit, went on to R4gagaha to the Ve/uvana, to the Kalandaka Niv4pa, where the Thera Bhikkhus were, and having greeted the Thera Bhikkhus, he took his seat on one side. 1 This refers to the conversations in the ‘Book of the Great Decease,’ III, 1-4, and 43-60 (especially 56). * Pariyuf/hita-kitto. The words in parentheses are supplied from the ‘ Book of the Great Decease,’ III, 4, where see Rh. D.’s note on the spelling of the word.
31 This refers to the conversations in the ‘Book of the Great Decease,’ III, 1-4, and 43-60 (especially 56). * Pariyuf/hita-kitto. The words in parentheses are supplied from the ‘ Book of the Great Decease,’ III, 4, where see Rh. D.’s note on the spelling of the word. 5 Pabbaggam, admission into the Order. XI, 1,12. ON THE COUNCIL OF RAGAGAHA. 381 When he was so seated, the Thera Bhikkhus said to him: _ ‘The Dhamma and the Vinaya, friend Purdza, have been chanted over together by the Thera Bhikkhus. Do thou, then, submit thyself to and learn the text so rehearsed by them?.’ ‘The Dhamma and the Vinaya, Sirs, have been well sung by the Theras. Nevertheless, even in such manner as it has been heard by me, and received by me from the very mouth of the Blessed One, in that manner will I bear it in my memory.’ 12. Now the venerable Ananda said to the Thera Bhikkhus: ‘ The Blessed One, Sirs, said to me at the time of his death: “ Let then the Samgha, Ananda, when I am dead, impose the higher penalty on Khanna the Bhikkhu *.” ‘Didst thou then, friend Ananda, ask the Blessed One what the higher penalty was ?’ ‘I did, Sirs, (and the reply was): ‘ Let AZanna the Bhikkhu, Ananda, say whatever he may wish; but the Bhikkhus should neither speak to him, nor exhort him, nor admonish him.”’ ‘Do thou, then, friend Ananda, let A’Zanna the Bhikkhu know that the higher penalty has been imposed upon him.’ . ‘How can I, Sirs, do so? Passionate is that Bhikkhu, and rough.’ , -*Go then, friend Ananda, in company with a number of other Bhikkhus.’ ‘Even so, Sirs,’ said Ananda, in assent to the Thera Bhikkhus. And he took with him a number 1 Sangftim upehi. 2 See ‘Book of the Great Decease,’ VI, 4. 382 oo KULLAVAGGA. XI, 1, 13. of Bhikkhus, to wit, five hundred Bhikkhus, and embarked on a boat going up stream, and disembarked at Kosambt, and not far from king Udena’s park he took his seat at the foot of a certain tree. 13. Now at that time king Udena was enjoying himself in the park together with the ladies of his palace. And the ladies heard that their teacher, the venerable Ananda, was seated at the foot of a tree not far from the park. And they said to king Udena : ‘ They say that our teacher, the venerable Ananda, is seated at the foot of a tree not far from the park. We desire, Lord, to go and see him.’ ‘Go, then, and see the Samama Ananda.’ And they went and saluted the venerable Ananda, and took their seats on one side. And he instructed, and aroused, and incited, and gladdened them with religious discourse. And when that discourse was concluded, they presented the venerable Ananda with five hundred robes, and exalted and thanked him for his discourse, and arose from their seats, and saluted him, and keeping him on their right sides as they passed him, they departed thence. 14. And king Udena saw the ladies coming from the distance. And on seeing them he said to them: ‘Well, did you succeed in seeing the Samana Ananda ?’ ‘We saw him, Sire.’
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.
1And in like manner did he question him through the five NikAyas, and as he was successively asked, so did Ananda make reply. g. Then the venerable Ananda spake thus to the Thera Bhikkhus: ‘The Blessed One, Sirs, at the time of his passing away, spake thus to me: “ When I am gone, Ananda, let the Samgha, if it should so wish, revoke all the lesser and minor precepts +.”’ ‘Did you then, venerable Ananda, ask the Blessed One which were the lesser and minor precepts ?’ ‘No, Sirs. _ Some Theras then said that all the rules save the four ParAgikas ; others that all save those and the thirteen Samghddisesas; others that all save those and the two Aniyatas; others that all save those and the thirty Nissaggiyas; others that all save those and the ninety-two Pafittiyas ; others that all save those and the four PAsidesaniyas were lesser and minor precepts. Then the venerable Mahé Kassapa laid a. resolution before the Samgha: ‘Let the venerable 1 ‘Book of the Great Decease,’ VI, 3. 378 KULLAVAGGA. XI, 1, 10. Samgha hear me. There are certain of our precepts which relate to matters in which the laity are concerned. Now the laity know of us that “such and such things are proper for you Samasas who are Sakyaputtiyas, and such and such things are not.” If we were to revoke the lesser and minor precepts, it will be said to us: “A set of precepts was laid down for his disciples by the Samaza Gotama to endure until the smoke should rise from his funeral pyre’. So long as their teacher remained with these men, so long did they train themselves in the precepts. Since their teacher has passed away from them, no longer do they now train themselves in the precepts.’ ‘If the time seems ‘meet to the Samgha, not ordaining what has not been ordained, and not revoking what has been ordained, let it take upon itself and ever direct itself in the precepts according as they have been laid down. This is the resolution. ‘Let the venerable Samgha hear me. [These things being so*] the Samgha takes upon itself the precepts according as they have been laid down. Whosoever of the venerable ones approves thereof, let him keep silence. Whosoever approves not thereof, let him speak. The Samgha has taken upon itself the precepts according as they were laid down. Therefore does it keep silence. Thus do I understand.’ to. Now the Thera Bhikkhus said to the vener- ' 1 Dhfimak4likam. See ournote above on VI, 17,1. Buddhaghosa says here, DhOmak4likan ti y4va samanassa Gotamassa parinibbana-Aitika-dhQmo pafi#Ayati tavakélo ti attho. * The whole repeated, , XI, 1,10. ON THE COUNCIL OF RAGAGAHA. 379 able Ananda: ‘That was ill done by thee, friend Ananda, in that thou didst not ask the Blessed One which were the lesser and minor precepts. Confess thy fault.’ ‘ Through forgetfulness was it, Sirs, that I did not. ask that of the Blessed One. I see no fault therein. Nevertheless, out of my faith in you, I confess that as a fault!’
2Confess thy fault.’ ‘ Through forgetfulness was it, Sirs, that I did not. ask that of the Blessed One. I see no fault therein. Nevertheless, out of my faith in you, I confess that as a fault!’ ‘This also, friend Ananda, was ill done by thee, in that thou steppedst upon the Blessed One’s rainyseason garment to sew it. Confess thy fault.’ ‘It was not, Sirs, through any want of respect to the Blessed One that I did so. I see no fault therein. .Nevertheless, out of my faith in you, I confess that as a fault.’ ‘This also, friend Ananda, was ill done by thee, in that thou causedst the body of the Blessed One to be saluted by women first*, so that by their weeping the body of the Blessed One was defiled by tears. Confess that fault.’ ‘I did so, Sirs, with the intention that they should not be kept beyond due time. I see no fault therein. Nevertheless, out of my faith in you, I confess that as a fault.’ ‘ This too, friend Ananda, was ill done by thee, in that even when a suggestion so evident and a hint so clear were given thee by the Blessed One, thou didst not beseech him, saying, “ Let the Blessed One remain on for a kalpa! Let the Happy One remain on for a kalpa for the good and happiness of the 1 Compare Mahfvagga X, 1, 8, at the end. ® It is worthy of notice that this episode is not referred to in the ‘Book. of the Great Decease’ (VI, 23-26. Compare V, 46-51). 380 KULLAVAGGA. XI, 1, 17. great multitudes, out of pity for the world, for the good and the gain and the weal of gods and men?!” Confess that fault.’ ‘I was possessed (by the Evil One)’, friends, when I refrained from so beseeching him. I see no fault therein. Nevertheless, out of my faith in you, I confess that as a fault.’ ‘This also, friend Ananda, was ill done by thee, in that thou exertedst thyself to procure admission for women into the Dhamma and Vinaya proclaimed by the Tathagata*. Confess that fault.’ ‘That did I do, friends, thinking of Maha Pagapati the Gotamf, the sister of the Blessed One's mother; his nurse and comforter, who gave him milk ; how she, when she who had borne him was dead, herself suckled him as with mother’s milk. I see no fault therein. Nevertheless, out of my faith in you, I confess that as a fault.’ 11. Now at that time the venerable Purdza was wandering through the Southern Hills with a great company of Bhikkhus, with five hundred Bhikkhus. And when the Thera Bhikkhus had completed the chanting over together of the Dhamma and the Vinaya, he, having stayed in the Southern Hills as long as he thought fit, went on to R4gagaha to the Ve/uvana, to the Kalandaka Niv4pa, where the Thera Bhikkhus were, and having greeted the Thera Bhikkhus, he took his seat on one side. 1 This refers to the conversations in the ‘Book of the Great Decease,’ III, 1-4, and 43-60 (especially 56). * Pariyuf/hita-kitto. The words in parentheses are supplied from the ‘ Book of the Great Decease,’ III, 4, where see Rh. D.’s note on the spelling of the word.
31 This refers to the conversations in the ‘Book of the Great Decease,’ III, 1-4, and 43-60 (especially 56). * Pariyuf/hita-kitto. The words in parentheses are supplied from the ‘ Book of the Great Decease,’ III, 4, where see Rh. D.’s note on the spelling of the word. 5 Pabbaggam, admission into the Order. XI, 1,12. ON THE COUNCIL OF RAGAGAHA. 381 When he was so seated, the Thera Bhikkhus said to him: _ ‘The Dhamma and the Vinaya, friend Purdza, have been chanted over together by the Thera Bhikkhus. Do thou, then, submit thyself to and learn the text so rehearsed by them?.’ ‘The Dhamma and the Vinaya, Sirs, have been well sung by the Theras. Nevertheless, even in such manner as it has been heard by me, and received by me from the very mouth of the Blessed One, in that manner will I bear it in my memory.’ 12. Now the venerable Ananda said to the Thera Bhikkhus: ‘ The Blessed One, Sirs, said to me at the time of his death: “ Let then the Samgha, Ananda, when I am dead, impose the higher penalty on Khanna the Bhikkhu *.” ‘Didst thou then, friend Ananda, ask the Blessed One what the higher penalty was ?’ ‘I did, Sirs, (and the reply was): ‘ Let AZanna the Bhikkhu, Ananda, say whatever he may wish; but the Bhikkhus should neither speak to him, nor exhort him, nor admonish him.”’ ‘Do thou, then, friend Ananda, let A’Zanna the Bhikkhu know that the higher penalty has been imposed upon him.’ . ‘How can I, Sirs, do so? Passionate is that Bhikkhu, and rough.’ , -*Go then, friend Ananda, in company with a number of other Bhikkhus.’ ‘Even so, Sirs,’ said Ananda, in assent to the Thera Bhikkhus. And he took with him a number 1 Sangftim upehi. 2 See ‘Book of the Great Decease,’ VI, 4. 382 oo KULLAVAGGA. XI, 1, 13. of Bhikkhus, to wit, five hundred Bhikkhus, and embarked on a boat going up stream, and disembarked at Kosambt, and not far from king Udena’s park he took his seat at the foot of a certain tree. 13. Now at that time king Udena was enjoying himself in the park together with the ladies of his palace. And the ladies heard that their teacher, the venerable Ananda, was seated at the foot of a tree not far from the park. And they said to king Udena : ‘ They say that our teacher, the venerable Ananda, is seated at the foot of a tree not far from the park. We desire, Lord, to go and see him.’ ‘Go, then, and see the Samama Ananda.’ And they went and saluted the venerable Ananda, and took their seats on one side. And he instructed, and aroused, and incited, and gladdened them with religious discourse. And when that discourse was concluded, they presented the venerable Ananda with five hundred robes, and exalted and thanked him for his discourse, and arose from their seats, and saluted him, and keeping him on their right sides as they passed him, they departed thence. 14. And king Udena saw the ladies coming from the distance. And on seeing them he said to them: ‘Well, did you succeed in seeing the Samana Ananda ?’ ‘We saw him, Sire.’
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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