Vinaya (3): The Cullavagga
by T. W. Rhys Davids | 1881 | 137,074 words
The Cullavagga (part of the Vinaya collection) includes accounts of the First and Second Buddhist Councils as well as the establishment of the community of Buddhist nuns. The Cullavagga also elaborates on the etiquette and duties of Bhikkhus....
Cullavagga, Khandaka 2, Chapter 7
1. Now the venerable Upāli went up to the place where the Blessed One was; and on arriving there, he saluted the Blessed One, and took his seat on one side. And when he was so seated the venerable Upāli said to the Blessed One: 'Now in what case, Lord, can there be an interruption of the Mānatta discipline[1] of a Bhikkhu who is undergoing that discipline?'
There are four ways of interruption of the Mānatta discipline, O Upāli, of a Bhikkhu who is undergoing that discipline; (that is to say), by dwelling together[2], by dwelling alone[2], by not announcing[2], and by living with less than four other Bhikkhus[3]. These are the four ways (&c., as before, down to) undergoing that discipline.'
Footnotes and references:
[1]:
See chapter 2, note 1.
[2]:
See the notes above on chapter 2.
[3]:
The Samanta Pāsādikā says, ūne gaṇe ti cattāro vā atirekā vā.