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 1, Chapter 26
1. 'The upajjhāya, O Bhikkhus, ought to observe a strict conduct towards his saddhivihārika. And these are the rules for his conduct: Let the upajjhāya, O Bhikkhus, afford (spiritual) help and furtherance to the saddhivihārika by teaching by putting questions to him, by exhortation, by instruction. If the upajjhāya has an alms-bowl and the saddhivihārika has not, let the upajjhāya give the alms-bowl to the saddhivihārika or take care that the saddhivihārika gets an alms-bowl. If the upajjhāya has a robe and the saddhivihārika has not, let the upajjhāya give the robe, &c. If the upajjhāya has the articles (required for a Bhikkhu) and the saddhivihārika has not, &c.
2-6. 'If the saddhivihārika is sick, let (the upajjhāya) arise betimes and give him the teeth-cleanser and water to rinse his mouth with. Then let him prepare a seat (for the saddhivihārika). If there is rice-milk (&c., as in chap. 25. 8, 9, down to:), and give it him with some water in it. When he expects: "Now he must be about to return," let him prepare a seat, get water for the washing of his feet (&c., as in chap. 25. 10-13[1], down to:). Let him offer to the saddhivihārika water to drink.
7-10. 'If the Vihāra in which the saddhivihārika dwells, is dirty . . . . (&c., as in chap. 25. 14-22).
11. 'If the robe of the saddhivihārika must be washed, let the upajjhāya tell the saddhivihārika: "Thus must you wash your robe," or let him take care that the saddhivihārika's robe is washed. If a robe must be made for the saddhivihārika, let the upajjhāya tell the saddhivihārika: "Thus must you make the robe," or let him take care that the saddhivihārika's robe is made. If dye must be boiled for the saddhivihārika, &c. If the robe of the saddhivihārika must be dyed, let the upajjhāya tell, &c. When he dyes the robe, let him dye it properly, and turn it whenever required, and let him not go away before the dye has ceased to drop. If the saddhivihārika is sick, let him nurse him as long as his life lasts and wait until he has recovered.'
End of the duties towards a saddhivihārika.
Footnotes and references:
[1]:
Instead of, 'Follow the upajjhāya from behind' (chap. 25. 12), read here, 'Go (with the saddhivih~rika).'