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114. 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.’ th you present the Samaza Ananda with any gift ?’ ‘We gave, Sire, to the venerable Ananda five hundred robes.’ Then king Udena was indignant and annoyed, and became angry, saying: XI, 1,14. ON THE COUNCIL OF RAGAGAHA, 383 ‘How can the Samama Ananda accept so many robes? Would he set up as a hawker in cloths, or would he open a shop ??’ . And king Udena went to where the venerable Ananda was, and after exchanging with him the greetings and compliments of friendship and civility, sat down by his side. And when he was so seated, he said to him: ‘ Did our ladies come hither, Ananda ?’ ‘Yes, great king.’ ‘Did they give anything to your reverence?’ ‘ They gave me, great king, five hundred robes.’ ‘ And what does your reverence intend to do with those five hundred robes?’ ‘I shall divide them, great king, among those of the Bhikkhus whose robes are worn out.’ ‘And what do you intend, Ananda, to do with the worn-out robes ?’ ‘ Of those, great king, we shall make counterpanes.’ ‘ And what do you intend to do, Ananda, with the old counterpanes ?’ ‘Of those, great king, we shall make bolster cases.’ ; ‘And what do you intend to do, Ananda, with the old bolster cases ?’ ‘Of those, great king, we shall make carpets.’ ‘And what do you intend to do, Ananda, with the old carpets ?’ ‘Of those, great king, we shall make towels for the washing of the feet.’ ‘And what do you intend to do, Ananda, with the old towels ?’ 2 Paggahika-sal4, on which Buddhaghosa says nothing. 384 KULLAVAGGA. XI, 1, 15. ‘Of those, great king, we shall make dusters.’ ‘And what do you intend to do, Ananda, with the old dusters ?’ ‘Those, great king, we shall tear in shreds, and beat up with mud, and use them for making flooring of clay.’ Then king Udena thought: ‘These Sakyaputtiya Samamas make general use of everything in a conscientious way, and take nothing as one man’s peculiar property *. And he presented other five hundred pieces of cloth to the venerable Ananda. 15. But Ananda went on to the Ghosita Arama, and sat down then on the seat spread out for him. And the venerable Kanna went to the place where he was and saluted him, and took his seat beside him. And when he was so seated, Ananda said to him: ‘The Samgha, friend X/anna, has imposed upon you the higher penalty.’ ‘What then, friend Ananda, is the higher penalty ?’ ‘You, friend A/anna, may say to the Bhikkhus whatever you wish; but the Bhikkhus are neither to speak to you, nor exhort you, nor admonish you. ‘Shall I not be even a slain man, friend Ananda, so long as I am neither spoken to, nor exhorted, nor admonished by the Bhikkhus?’ said fanna, and he fainted and fell.
2‘Shall I not be even a slain man, friend Ananda, so long as I am neither spoken to, nor exhorted, nor admonished by the Bhikkhus?’ said fanna, and he fainted and fell. ’ Then the venerable Kanna, pained, grieved, and seized with remorse through the higher penalty, remained alone and separate, earnest, zealous, and resolved. And ere long he attained to that supreme 1 Na kulfvam g4menti, on which Buddhaghosa says nothing. XI, 1,16. ON THE COUNCIL OF RAGAGAHA. 385 goal’ of the higher life for the sake of which men even of good family go out from all and every household gain and comfort to become houseless wanderers— yea, that supreme goal did he, by himself, and while yet in this visible world, bring himself to the knowledge of, and continue to realise, and to see face to face! And he became conscious that rebirth was at an end for him, that the higher life had been fulfilled, that all that should be done had been accomplished, and that, after this present life, there would be no beyond?! So the venerable KAanna became yet another among the Arahats. And after he had attained to Arahatship, the venerable AZanna went to the venerable Ananda, and said: — ‘Remove from me now, friend Ananda, the higher penalty.’ ‘From the moment, friend Kanna, that you had realised Arahatship, from that moment was the higher penalty removed from you.’ 16. Now whereas five hundred Bhikkhus, without one failing, without one more, took part in this rehearsal of the Vinaya, therefore is that rehearsal’ of the Vinaya called ‘that of the five hundred 8,’ Here ends the Eleventh Khandhaka, on the Rehearsal by the Five Hundred. 1 That is, Arahatship, Nirvana. * This Nirvana paragraph is constantly recurring (e.g. ‘ Book of the Great Decease,’ V, 68; Mah4vagga V, 1, 18; Samyutta VII, 1). ® Compare XII, 2, g. [20] cc 386 EKULLAVAGGA. _ XII, 1, 1. TWELFTH KHANDHAKA. On THE CouncIL oF VESALf. 1. 1. Now at that time, a century! after the death of the Blessed One, the Bhikkhus of Ves4li, Vaggians, promulgated at Vesdlt the ten theses :—(1) that storing salt in a horn vessel was permissible ; (2) that the midday meal might be eaten when the sun’s shadow showed two finger breadths after noon; (3) that he who intends to go into the village could begin to eat again after he had once left off; (4) that a number of Bhikkhus residing within the same boundary might hold Uposatha separately; (5) that a Samgha not at unity within itself might carry out an official act, undertaking to inform Bhikkhus of it; (6) that it was permissible for a Bhikkhu to do anything adopted as a practice by his Upagghaya ; (7) that curds might be eaten by one who had already finished his midday meal; (8) that it was permissible to drink unfermented toddy; (9) that a rug or mat need not be of the limited size prescribed if it had no fringe; (10) that it was permissible to receive gold and silver ?.
31 As pointed out at p. xxii of our Introduction, we believe this number ought not to be taken too literally, but to be considered a round number, * The above terms are explained below, §§ 1, 10, and 2, 8. XII, 1, 1. ON THE COUNCIL OF VESALi. 387 Now at that time the venerable Yasa, the son of Kakazdaka, who was wandering through the Vaggian country, arrived at Vesalt; and there the venerable Yasa stayed at the Mah4vana, in the Kas4gara Hall. Now at that time the Vaggian Bhikkhus of VesAll, on Uposatha day, filled a copper pot with water and placed it in the midst of the Bhikkhu-samgha, and said to such of their Vesdlian lay disciples as came there: ‘ Give, Sirs, to the Samgha a kah4paza}, or half a one, or a p4da, or a m4saka. It will be wanted for the Samgha, for the provision of various utensils.’ When they had thus spoken, the venerable Yasa, the son of Kakazdaka, said to the lay disciples : ‘Do, Sirs, nothing of the kind. The use of gold and silver is not allowed to the Sakyaputtiya Samazas. The Sakyaputtiya Samazas neither allow it to be given to them, nor take charge of it. The Sakyaputtiya Samavas are men whose gems and jewelry have been laid aside, and who are without silver and without gold.’ , Though the lay disciples from Vesalt had been thus addressed by the venerable Yasa, the son of Kakazdaka, they gave money to the Samgha. And the Vaggian Bhikkhus of Ves4li, at the close of the night, reserving one portion’, divided that money according to the number of the Bhikkhus. And they said to the venerable Yasa, the son of Kakandaka : ‘ This, friend Yasa, is thy due portion of the money.’ 1 About a penny; on this and the following terms, see Rh. D.’s ‘Ancient Coins and Measures, &c.,’ p. 6. . 2 Pafiviso. See Mahfvagga VIII, 27, 4. Cc2 388 KULLAVAGGA. XII, 1, 2. ‘I have no due portion in that money. I do not allow any money to be given to me.’ 2. Then the Vaggian Bhikkhus of VesAli said one to another: ‘ This brother, Yasa, the son of K&akazdaka, upbraids and reviles, and renders dissatisfied believing and faithful followers. Come, let us carry out against him the Act of Reconciliation 1’ And they did so. Then the venerable Yasa, the son of Kakazdaka, said to them: ‘It has been laid down, Sirs, by the Blessed One, that a companion shall be appointed to go as messenger with a Bhikkhu against whom the Act of Reconciliation has been carried out? Appoint, Sirs, a Bhikkhu, as companion messenger to me.’ And the Vaggian Bhikkhus of Ves4li deputed a Bhikkhu to that work, and gave him as a companion messenger to the venerable Yasa. And the venerable Yasa, taking the companion Bhikkhu with him, entered into Ves4li, and said to the believing laymen there:
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114. 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.’ th you present the Samaza Ananda with any gift ?’ ‘We gave, Sire, to the venerable Ananda five hundred robes.’ Then king Udena was indignant and annoyed, and became angry, saying: XI, 1,14. ON THE COUNCIL OF RAGAGAHA, 383 ‘How can the Samama Ananda accept so many robes? Would he set up as a hawker in cloths, or would he open a shop ??’ . And king Udena went to where the venerable Ananda was, and after exchanging with him the greetings and compliments of friendship and civility, sat down by his side. And when he was so seated, he said to him: ‘ Did our ladies come hither, Ananda ?’ ‘Yes, great king.’ ‘Did they give anything to your reverence?’ ‘ They gave me, great king, five hundred robes.’ ‘ And what does your reverence intend to do with those five hundred robes?’ ‘I shall divide them, great king, among those of the Bhikkhus whose robes are worn out.’ ‘And what do you intend, Ananda, to do with the worn-out robes ?’ ‘ Of those, great king, we shall make counterpanes.’ ‘ And what do you intend to do, Ananda, with the old counterpanes ?’ ‘Of those, great king, we shall make bolster cases.’ ; ‘And what do you intend to do, Ananda, with the old bolster cases ?’ ‘Of those, great king, we shall make carpets.’ ‘And what do you intend to do, Ananda, with the old carpets ?’ ‘Of those, great king, we shall make towels for the washing of the feet.’ ‘And what do you intend to do, Ananda, with the old towels ?’ 2 Paggahika-sal4, on which Buddhaghosa says nothing. 384 KULLAVAGGA. XI, 1, 15. ‘Of those, great king, we shall make dusters.’ ‘And what do you intend to do, Ananda, with the old dusters ?’ ‘Those, great king, we shall tear in shreds, and beat up with mud, and use them for making flooring of clay.’ Then king Udena thought: ‘These Sakyaputtiya Samamas make general use of everything in a conscientious way, and take nothing as one man’s peculiar property *. And he presented other five hundred pieces of cloth to the venerable Ananda. 15. But Ananda went on to the Ghosita Arama, and sat down then on the seat spread out for him. And the venerable Kanna went to the place where he was and saluted him, and took his seat beside him. And when he was so seated, Ananda said to him: ‘The Samgha, friend X/anna, has imposed upon you the higher penalty.’ ‘What then, friend Ananda, is the higher penalty ?’ ‘You, friend A/anna, may say to the Bhikkhus whatever you wish; but the Bhikkhus are neither to speak to you, nor exhort you, nor admonish you. ‘Shall I not be even a slain man, friend Ananda, so long as I am neither spoken to, nor exhorted, nor admonished by the Bhikkhus?’ said fanna, and he fainted and fell.
2‘Shall I not be even a slain man, friend Ananda, so long as I am neither spoken to, nor exhorted, nor admonished by the Bhikkhus?’ said fanna, and he fainted and fell. ’ Then the venerable Kanna, pained, grieved, and seized with remorse through the higher penalty, remained alone and separate, earnest, zealous, and resolved. And ere long he attained to that supreme 1 Na kulfvam g4menti, on which Buddhaghosa says nothing. XI, 1,16. ON THE COUNCIL OF RAGAGAHA. 385 goal’ of the higher life for the sake of which men even of good family go out from all and every household gain and comfort to become houseless wanderers— yea, that supreme goal did he, by himself, and while yet in this visible world, bring himself to the knowledge of, and continue to realise, and to see face to face! And he became conscious that rebirth was at an end for him, that the higher life had been fulfilled, that all that should be done had been accomplished, and that, after this present life, there would be no beyond?! So the venerable KAanna became yet another among the Arahats. And after he had attained to Arahatship, the venerable AZanna went to the venerable Ananda, and said: — ‘Remove from me now, friend Ananda, the higher penalty.’ ‘From the moment, friend Kanna, that you had realised Arahatship, from that moment was the higher penalty removed from you.’ 16. Now whereas five hundred Bhikkhus, without one failing, without one more, took part in this rehearsal of the Vinaya, therefore is that rehearsal’ of the Vinaya called ‘that of the five hundred 8,’ Here ends the Eleventh Khandhaka, on the Rehearsal by the Five Hundred. 1 That is, Arahatship, Nirvana. * This Nirvana paragraph is constantly recurring (e.g. ‘ Book of the Great Decease,’ V, 68; Mah4vagga V, 1, 18; Samyutta VII, 1). ® Compare XII, 2, g. [20] cc 386 EKULLAVAGGA. _ XII, 1, 1. TWELFTH KHANDHAKA. On THE CouncIL oF VESALf. 1. 1. Now at that time, a century! after the death of the Blessed One, the Bhikkhus of Ves4li, Vaggians, promulgated at Vesdlt the ten theses :—(1) that storing salt in a horn vessel was permissible ; (2) that the midday meal might be eaten when the sun’s shadow showed two finger breadths after noon; (3) that he who intends to go into the village could begin to eat again after he had once left off; (4) that a number of Bhikkhus residing within the same boundary might hold Uposatha separately; (5) that a Samgha not at unity within itself might carry out an official act, undertaking to inform Bhikkhus of it; (6) that it was permissible for a Bhikkhu to do anything adopted as a practice by his Upagghaya ; (7) that curds might be eaten by one who had already finished his midday meal; (8) that it was permissible to drink unfermented toddy; (9) that a rug or mat need not be of the limited size prescribed if it had no fringe; (10) that it was permissible to receive gold and silver ?.
31 As pointed out at p. xxii of our Introduction, we believe this number ought not to be taken too literally, but to be considered a round number, * The above terms are explained below, §§ 1, 10, and 2, 8. XII, 1, 1. ON THE COUNCIL OF VESALi. 387 Now at that time the venerable Yasa, the son of Kakazdaka, who was wandering through the Vaggian country, arrived at Vesalt; and there the venerable Yasa stayed at the Mah4vana, in the Kas4gara Hall. Now at that time the Vaggian Bhikkhus of VesAll, on Uposatha day, filled a copper pot with water and placed it in the midst of the Bhikkhu-samgha, and said to such of their Vesdlian lay disciples as came there: ‘ Give, Sirs, to the Samgha a kah4paza}, or half a one, or a p4da, or a m4saka. It will be wanted for the Samgha, for the provision of various utensils.’ When they had thus spoken, the venerable Yasa, the son of Kakazdaka, said to the lay disciples : ‘Do, Sirs, nothing of the kind. The use of gold and silver is not allowed to the Sakyaputtiya Samazas. The Sakyaputtiya Samazas neither allow it to be given to them, nor take charge of it. The Sakyaputtiya Samavas are men whose gems and jewelry have been laid aside, and who are without silver and without gold.’ , Though the lay disciples from Vesalt had been thus addressed by the venerable Yasa, the son of Kakazdaka, they gave money to the Samgha. And the Vaggian Bhikkhus of Ves4li, at the close of the night, reserving one portion’, divided that money according to the number of the Bhikkhus. And they said to the venerable Yasa, the son of Kakandaka : ‘ This, friend Yasa, is thy due portion of the money.’ 1 About a penny; on this and the following terms, see Rh. D.’s ‘Ancient Coins and Measures, &c.,’ p. 6. . 2 Pafiviso. See Mahfvagga VIII, 27, 4. Cc2 388 KULLAVAGGA. XII, 1, 2. ‘I have no due portion in that money. I do not allow any money to be given to me.’ 2. Then the Vaggian Bhikkhus of VesAli said one to another: ‘ This brother, Yasa, the son of K&akazdaka, upbraids and reviles, and renders dissatisfied believing and faithful followers. Come, let us carry out against him the Act of Reconciliation 1’ And they did so. Then the venerable Yasa, the son of Kakazdaka, said to them: ‘It has been laid down, Sirs, by the Blessed One, that a companion shall be appointed to go as messenger with a Bhikkhu against whom the Act of Reconciliation has been carried out? Appoint, Sirs, a Bhikkhu, as companion messenger to me.’ And the Vaggian Bhikkhus of Ves4li deputed a Bhikkhu to that work, and gave him as a companion messenger to the venerable Yasa. And the venerable Yasa, taking the companion Bhikkhu with him, entered into Ves4li, and said to the believing laymen there:
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