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 4, Chapter 1
1. Now at that time the Blessed Buddha was dwelling at Sāvatthi, in the Ārāma of Anāthapiṇḍika. And at that time the Chabbaggiya Bhikkhus used to carry out the formal Acts—the Tajjaniya, and the Nissaya, and the Pabbājaniya, and the Paṭisāraṇiya, and the Ukkhepaniya—against Bhikkhus who were not present.
Then those Bhikkhus who were modest were annoyed, murmured, and became indignant, saying, 'How can the Chabbaggiya Bhikkhus [act thus][1]?' And those Bhikkhus told the matter to the Blessed One.
'Is it true, O Bhikkhus, as they say, that the Chabbaggiya Bhikkhus carry out the (aforesaid)[1] formal Acts against Bhikkhus who are not present?'
'It is true, Lord!'
The Blessed Buddha rebuked them, saying, 'This is improper (&c., as in I, 1, 2, down to the end).' And when he had thus rebuked them, and had delivered a religious discourse, he addressed the Bhikkhus, and said: 'The formal Acts, O Bhikkhus, the Tajjaniya-, the Nissaya-, the Pabbājaniya-, the Paṭisāraṇiya-, and the Ukkhepaniya-kammas, ought not to be carried out against Bhikkhus who are not present. Whosoever does so, shall be guilty of a dukkaṭa offence.'
Footnotes and references:
[1]:
The words above are repeated.