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Vinaya Texts 5/^^^ r^ '^( r5 T>T?TTsrCETON, N. J. /I BL 1010 .S3 V.20 Tipi taka. Vinaya texts 5/^^^ THE SACRED BOOKS OF THE EAST / [20] bonbon HENRY FROWDE Oxford University Press Warehouse Amen Corner, E.C. THE SACRED BOOKS OF THE EAST TRANSLATED BY VARIOUS ORIENTAL SCHOLARS AND EDITED BY F. MAX MOLLER VOL. XX AT THE CLARENDON PRESS 1885 [ ^// rights reserved'^ VINAYA TEXTS TRANSLATED FROM THE PALI BY V T. W. RHYS DAVIDS ANDy HERMANN OLDENBERG PART III THE AOJLLAVAGGA, IV—XII AT THE CLARENDON PRESS 1885 \^All rights reserved ] CONTENTS. PACK The ^ullavagga. Fourth Khandhaka (The Settlement of Disputes among the Fraternity) I Fifth Khandhaka (On the Daily Life of the Bhikkhus) 66 Sixth Khandhaka (On Dwellings and Furniture) . 157 Seventh Khandhaka (Dissensions in the Order) . 224 Eighth Khandhaka (Regulations as to the Duties of the Bhikkhus towards one another) . 272 Ninth Khandhaka (On Exclusion from the Patimokkha Ceremony) .....•• 299 Tenth Khandhaka (On the Duties of Bhikkhunis) 320 Eleventh Khandhaka (On the Council of Ra^^agaha) 370 Twelfth Khandhaka (On the Council of Vesali) . 386 Note on the Bhawavaras ...... 415 Index of Subjects ....... 421 Index of Proper Names 428 Index of Pali Words explained or referred to in the Notes 433 Transliteration of Oriental Alphabets adopted for the Trans- lations of the Sacred Books of the East . -441 TC'ULLAVAGGA. FOURTH KHANDHAKA. \ THE SETTLEMENT OF DISPUTES AMONG THE FRATERNITY. 1. I. Now at that time the Blessed Buddha was dwelHng at Savatthi, in the Arama of Anatha- p'mdika. And at that time the AV/abbaggiya Bhikkhus used to carry out the formal Acts—the Ta^^aniya, and the Nissaya, and the Pabba- ^aniya, and the Pa^isara;^iya, and the Ukkhe- paniya — against Bhikkhus who were not present. Then those Bhikkhus who were modest were annoyed, murmured, and became indignant, saying, ' How can the A^/^abbaggiya Bhikkhus [act thus]^?' And those Bhikkhus told the matter to the Blessed One. ' Is it true, O Bhikkhus, as they say, that the /T/^abbaggiya Bhikkhus carry out the (aforesaid)^ formal Acts against Bhikkhus who are not present?' Tt is true, Lord!' The Blessed Buddha rebuked them, saying, 'This is improper (&c., as in I, i, 2, down to the end).' And when he had thus rebuked them, and had ^ The words above are repeated. [20] B ^ULLAVAGGA. IV, 2, I. delivered a religious discourse, he addressed the ' Bhikkhus, and said : The formal Acts, O Bhikkhus, theTa^^aniya-, the Nissaya-, the Pabba^aniya-, the Pa/isara^eiya-, and the Ukkhepaniya-kam- mas, ought not to be carried out against Bhikkhus who are not present. Whosoever does so, shall be guilty of a dukka/a offence.' I. The single Bhikkhu who speaks not in ac- cordance with the right, the many who speak not in accordance with the right, the Sa;;^gha which speaks not in accordance with the right. The single Bhikkhu who speaks in accordance with the right, the many who speak in accordance with the right, the Sa;;^gha which speaks in accordance with the right \ Now (it may happen that) the one Bhikkhu who speaks not in accordance with the right may point out (the right course) to a single Bhikkhu who speaks in accordance with the right, or gives him to understand what it is^, or urges him to see or consider the matter in that light ^, or teaches him, or ^ This short enumeration of the different categories occurring in the subsequent paragraphs is quite in the style of the Abhi- dhamma texts, in which such lists are accustomed to be called matika; compare the expression matika-dharo as applied to a learned i Bhikkhu in the stock phrase at Mahavagga X, 2, ; A'ullavagga I, 11; IV, 14, 25, &c. '^ The Samanta Pasadika here says: ni^^/^apetiti yatha so tarn atthaw ni_§'^Z!ayati oloketi evaw karoti. ^ Pekkheti anupekkhetiti yatha so ta,m attha;« pekkhati ^ eva puna[)puna7t X'a pekkhati cva.m karoti. (Samanta Pasadika.) lY, 3. THE SETTLEMENT OF DISPUTES. 3 instructs him, saying, 'This is the Dhamma, this the Vinaya, this the teaching of the Master. Accept this, and approve this.' If the dispute should be thus settled, it is settled contrary to the Dhamma, and with a mere counterfeit of the Vinaya rule of pro- cedure (that cases of dispute must be settled before a duly constituted meeting of the Sa;;^gha, and in the presence of the accused person) \ [And in like manner, if he instruct the many, or the Sawgha, who speak according to the right ; —or if the many or the Sa;;/gha who speak not according to the right instruct the one, or the many, or the Sawgha who speak according to the right ; —then the dispute is settled contrary to the Dhamma (&c., as before).] End of the nine cases in which the wrongf side decides. 3. [This chapter is the contrary of the last; the cases put being those in which the three last members of ^ Sammukha- vinaya -pa/irfipakena. The rule of proce- dure, called Sam mukha-vi nay a, hereafter rendered ' Proceeding in Presence,' is one of the seven modes of settling disputes already referred to in the closing chapter of the Patimokkha (' Vinaya Texts,' vol. i, p. 68), and is more fully described below in Aulla- vagga IV, 14, 16, and following sections. It will be seen below, from §§ IV, 14, 27-30, tlvxt it is involved in, or rather is supposed to accompany, each of the other Pro- ceedings mentioned in this chapter. B 2 ATULLAVAGGA. IV, 4, I. the matika in the first paragraph of chapter 2 in- struct, &c., the three first members.] End of the nine cases in which the right side decides. 41. I. Now at that time the Blessed Buddha was staying at Ri^agaha, in the Kalandaka Nivapa, in the Bamboo Grove. Now at that time the venerable Dabba the Mal- lian, who had realised Arahatship when he was seven years old, had entered into possession of every (spiritual gift) which can be acquired by a disciple; there was nothing left that he ought still to do, nothing left that he ought to gather up of the fruit of his past labour^. And when the vener- able Dabba the Mallian had retired into solitude, and was sunk in thought, the following consideration presented itself to his mind : 'Arahatship had I * The whole of the following story of Dabba down to the end of section 9 (except the last sentence) recurs in the Sutta-vibhanga as the Introductory Story to the Eighth Sa^ghadisesa. The Samanta Pasadika has therefore no commentary upon it here, and the few extracts that we give from it are taken from the notes of that work on the corresponding passage in the Sutta-vibhahga. The stupidity of Udayi, who once supplanted Dabba the Mallian in the performance of his duty as bhattuddesaka, forms the burthen ' of the Introductory Story to the Gataka on ' the Measure of Rice (No. 5 in the G^ataka book; ' Buddhist Birth Stories,' pp. 172 and following). ^ On this phrase compare Mahavagga V, i, 21, and the verses at V, I, 27. : OF DISPUTES. IV, 4. 3- THE SETTLEMENT 5 acquired when I was seven years old. I have gained everything that a learner can reach to. There is nothing further left for me to do, nothing to gather up of the fruit of that which I have done. What service is it possible for me to render to the Sawgha?' And it occurred to the venerable Dabba the Mallian: 'It would be a good thing for me to regulate the lodging-places for the Sa?;2gha, and to apportion the rations of food.' 2. And when, at eventide, the venerable Dabba the Mallian had arisen from his meditations, he went to the place where the Blessed One was ; and when he had come there he saluted the Blessed One, and took his seat on one side ; and when he was so seated the venerable Dabba the Mallian spake thus to the Blessed One 'When I had retired, Lord, into solitude and was sunk in thought, the following consideration pre- sented itself to my mind (&c., as before, down to) It would be a good thing for me to regulate the lodging-places for the Sawgha, and to apportion the rations of food. I desire, Lord, [so to do].' 'Very good, Dabba. Do you then regulate the lodging-places for the Sawgha, and apportion the !' rations of food 'It is well, Lord,' said the venerable Dabba the Mallian, accepting the word of the Blessed One. occasion and in 3. And the Blessed One on that that connection, when he had delivered a religious discourse, addressed the Bhikkhus, and said : ' Let then the Sawgha, O Bhikkhus, appoint Dabba the Mallian as the regulator of lodging- places, and as the apportioner of rations. And thus, O Bhikkhus, should the appointment be made. A^ULLAVAGGA. IV, 4, 4. ' First Dabba should be asked (whether he is wilHng to undertake the office). When he has been asked, some able and discreet Bhikkhu should lay the resolution before the Sa;;^gha, saying, * " Let the venerable Sawgha hear me. '"If it be convenient to the Sa;;^gha, let the Sawgha appoint Dabba the Mallian as regulator of lodging-places, and as apportioner of rations. ' "This is the resolution (natt'i). * " Let the venerable Samgha. hear me. ' "The Saw^gha appoints the venerable Dabba the Mallian as regulator of lodging-places, and as ap- portioner of rations. Whosoever of the venerable ones agrees that Dabba should be so appointed, let him remain silent; whosoever does not agree, let him speak.
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