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Sanghabhedavastu [sanskrit]
79,275 words
The Sanskrit edition of the Sanghabhedavastu: The 17th and last section of the Vinaya of the Mulasarvastivadin. The text includes descriptions of the life of the Buddha Original titles: Saṅghabhedavastu (सङ्घभेदवस्तु), Saṃghabhedavastu (संघभेदवस्तु, Samghabhedavastu)
Chapter 187 - Upāli is the foremost among those who master and know the Vinaya
bhūtapūrvaṃ bhikṣavo'sminneva bhadrake kalpe viṃśativarṣasahasrāyuṣi prajāyāṃ kāśyapo nāma samyaksaṃbuddho loka udapādi pūrvavadyāvatsa vārāṇasīṃ nagarīm (a 444 ) upaniśritya viharati ṛṣivadane mṛgadāve; tasyāyaṃ pravacane pravrajitaḥ; yaḥ pravrajito (i 52) bhikṣuḥ sa punaḥ kāśyapena samyaksaṃbuddhena vinayadharāṇāmagro nirdiṣṭaḥ; tatrānena yāvadāyurbrahmacaryaṃ caritaṃ; na kaścidguṇagaṇo'dhigataḥ; tadanena maraṇakālasamaye praṇidhānaṃ kartumārabdhaṃ: yadmayā kāśyape bhagavati samyaksaṃbuddhe yāvadāyurbrahmacaryaṃ caritaṃ, na kaścidguṇagaṇo'dhigataḥ; anenāhaṃ kuśalamūlena yo'sau bhagavatā kāśyapena samyaksaṃbuddhena uttaro nāma māṇavo vyākṛto bhaviṣyasi tvaṃ māṇava varṣaśatāyuṣi prajāyāṃ śākyamunirnāma tathāgato'rhan samyaksaṃbuddha iti; tasyāhaṃ pravacane pravrajya sarvakleśaprahāṇādarhatvaṃ sākṣātkuryām; yathā ca me upādhyāyena bhagavatā kāśyapena samyaksaṃbuddhena vinayadhārāṇāmagro nirdiṣṭaḥ; evaṃ māmapi sa bhagavāṃsśākyamunirvinayadharāṇāmagraṃ nirdiṣediti tatpraṇidhānavaśāttathāgatena vinayadharāṇāmagro nirdiṣṭaḥ; iti hi bhikṣavaḥ ekāntakṛṣṇānāṃ karmaṇāmekāntakṛṣṇo vipākaḥ pūrvavadyāvadābhogaḥ karaṇīyaḥ; ityevaṃ vo bhikṣavaḥ śikṣitavyam.