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 2, Chapter 35
1. 'You ought not, O Bhikkhus, to go on the day of Uposatha from a residence in which Bhikkhus are, to a residence in which no Bhikkhus are, except with a Saṃgha[1] or in a case of danger[2]. You ought not, O Bhikkhus, to go on the day of Uposatha from a residence in which Bhikkhus are, to a non-residence in which no Bhikkhus are, except, &c. You ought not, O Bhikkhus, to go on the day of Uposatha from a residence in which Bhikkhus are, to a residence or non-residence[3] in which no Bhikkhus are, except, &c.
2. 'You ought not, O Bhikkhus, to go on the day of Uposatha from a non-residence in which Bhikkhus are, to a residence, &c., to a non-residence, &c., to a residence or non-residence in which no Bhikkhus are, except, &c.
3. 'You ought not, O Bhikkhus, to go on the day of Uposatha from a residence or non-residence in which Bhikkhus are, to a residence, &c., to a non-residence, &c., to a residence or non-residence in which no Bhikkhus are, except, &c.
4. 'You ought not, O Bhikkhus, to go on the day of Uposatha from a residence in which Bhikkhus are, to a residence in which Bhikkhus are, if these Bhikkus belong to a different district, except, &c.[4]
5. 'You may go, O Bhikkhus, on the day of U posatha from a residence in which Bhikkhus are, to a residence in which Bhikkhus are, if these Bhikkus belong to the same district, and if you know: "I can attain that place to-day." You may, &c.[4]'
Footnotes and references:
[1]:
I.e. with a number of Bhikkhus sufficient for holding Uposatha.
[2]:
See chap. 15.
[3]:
Probably this means a place the quality of which, whether residence or non-residence, is doubtful.
[4]:
Nine cases are distinguished here quite as in §§ 1-3.