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 3, Chapter 8

1. When he had undergone that probation, and was liable to the Mānatta, he committed an offence—the first Saṃghādisesa—which he did not conceal.

He told the Bhikkhus, saying, &c. . . .

They told this matter to the Blessed One.

'Let then the Saṃgha, O Bhikkhus, throw back Udāyi the Bhikkhu to the commencement (of his probationary course).'

2, 3. [Here follows the kammavācā in the same form as is given in chapter 1.]

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