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....
Mahavagga, Khandaka 8, Chapter 8
1. At that time the cloth in the Saṃgha's store-room was not protected (from rain, mice, &c.) They told this thing to the Blessed One.
'I prescribe, O Bhikkhus, that you appoint a Bhikkhu possessed of the following five qualities, to take charge of the store-room: (a person) who does not go in the evil course of lust (&c., as in chap. 5, § 1), and who knows what is protected and what is not.
'And you ought, O Bhikkhus, to appoint (&c., see chap. 5, § 2):
2. At that time the Chabbaggiya Bhikkhus expelled a Bhikkhu, who had charge of a store-room, from his place.
They told this thing to the Blessed One.
'Let no one, O Bhikkhus, expel a Bhikkhu, who has charge of a store-room, from his place. He who does so, commits a dukkaṭa offence.'