Vinaya (3): The Cullavagga
by T. W. Rhys Davids | 1881 | 137,074 words
The Cullavagga (part of the Vinaya collection) includes accounts of the First and Second Buddhist Councils as well as the establishment of the community of Buddhist nuns. The Cullavagga also elaborates on the etiquette and duties of Bhikkhus....
Cullavagga, Khandaka 6, Chapter 18
1. Now at that time the Bhikkhus made use elsewhere of beds which were appurtenances[1] to the Vihāra of a certain lay-disciple (upāsaka).
Then that upāsaka murmured, &c.
They told the matter to the Blessed One.
'Things appurtenant to one place are not, O Bhikkhus, to be used in another. Whosoever does so, shall be guilty of a dukkaṭa.'
Now at that time the Bhikkhus, fearing to offend if they took (things to sit upon) even into the Uposatha Hall, or the meeting-place, sat on the ground; and their legs and robes got soiled.
They told the matter to the Blessed One.
'I allow you, O Bhikkhus, to take things away for a certain time only[2].'
Now at that time a large Vihāra belonging to the Saṃgha went to ruin[3]. The Bhikkhus, fearing to offend, did not take the bedding in it away.
They told this matter to the Blessed One.
'I allow you, O Bhikkhus, to take away things in order to save them from destruction.'
Footnotes and references:
[1]:
Vihāra-paribhogaṃ. 'Meant for use only in that Vihāra.'. Compare above, VI, 14, I.
[2]:
Tāvakālikaṃ. The word occurs in Jātaka I, 121, 393 (on which see Rh. D. in 'Buddhist Birth Stories,' p. 170, and 'Buddhist Suttas,' p. 241), in Buddhaghosa's notes on Mahāvagga VII, 5, 1 (above, II, 154, note 7), in the Bhikkhunī-vibhaṅga, Pācittiya XXV, 2, and in Cullavagga X, 16, 1.
[3]:
Saṃghassa vihāro udriyati. The whole phrase has already occurred at Mahāvagga III, 8.