Vinaya (2): The Mahavagga
by T. W. Rhys Davids | 1881 | 156,382 words
The Mahavagga (part of the Vinaya collection) includes accounts of Gautama Buddha’s and the ten principal disciples’ awakenings, as well as rules for ordination, rules for reciting the Patimokkha during uposatha days, and various monastic procedures....
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Mahavagga, Khandaka 6, Chapter 39
1. Now at that time, seedlings belonging to the Saṃgha grew upon private ground, and seedlings belonging to private persons grew upon ground which was the property of the Saṃgha.
They told this thing to the Blessed One.
'Of seedlings belonging to the Saṃgha, grown upon private ground, half the produce, O Bhikkhus, you may have, when you have given a part to the private owner. Of seedlings belonging to a private person, grown upon ground the property of the Saṃgha, you may have the use, when you have given a part to the private owner[1].'
Footnotes and references:
[1]:
Buddhaghosa explains the 'part' (bhāgaṃ) as the twelfth part, which, he says, is in accordance with the ancient custom of India. Used absolutely, as in this passage, bhāga usually means 'half.'