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 22
1. Now at that time a certain Bhikkhu had committed two Saṃghādisesa offences which he had concealed for two months. And it occurred to him, 'Lo! I have committed two Saṃghādisesa offences which I have concealed for two months. Let me now ask the Saṃgha for a probation of two months for one offence concealed for two months.' And he asked the Saṃgha for a probation of two months for one offence concealed for two months. And the Saṃgha imposed upon him a probation (&c., as before, down to) for two months. Whilst he was undergoing that probation, shame overcame him in that he thought, 'I have committed, &c. . . . And it occurred to me, &c. . . . And I asked, &c. . . . And the Saṃgha imposed . . . . And whilst I was undergoing . . . . (&c., as before, down to) for two months.'
'Let me now ask the Saṃgha for a probation of two months for the other offence concealed for two months.'
2. He told the Bhikkhus [all that had happened]. They told this thing to the Blessed One.
3. 'Let then the Saṃgha, O Bhikkhus, impose upon that Bhikkhu a probation of two months for that other offence concealed for two months.'
[Here follows the kammavācā as before.]
'Then that Bhikkhu, O Bhikkhus, should undergo probation for two months from that date[1].'
Footnotes and references:
[1]:
Tadupādāya; see chapters 23. 1 and 2, 24. 3.