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 5, Chapter 18
1. Now at that time the Chabbaggiya Bhikkhus separated themselves from the mats on which they sat down for four months[1].
They told this matter to the Blessed One.
'You are not, O Bhikkhus, to separate yourselves for four months from the mats on which you sit down. Whosoever does so, shall be guilty of a dukkaṭa.'
Now at that time the Chabbaggiya Bhikkhus lay down to sleep on beds scattered over with flowers.
People who came on a visit to the Vihāras saw it, and murmured, &c., saying, 'Like those who still live in the pleasures of the world.'
They told this matter to the Blessed One.
'You are not, O Bhikkhus, to sleep on beds scattered over with flowers. Whosoever does so, shall be guilty of a dukkaṭa.'
Now at that time people came to the Ārāma, bringing perfumes and garlands. The Bhikkhus, fearing to offend, would not accept them.
They told this matter to the Blessed One.
'I allow you, O Bhikkhus; to accept the perfume, and to apply it to the door for a space of five finger-breadths[2]; and to accept the flowers, and put them on one side in the Vihāra.'
Footnotes and references:
[1]:
Compare the 2nd Nissaggiya.
[2]:
Kavāṭe pañcaṅgulikaṃ dātuṃ, on which Buddhaghosa has no note. This measure occurs in Jātaka I, 166, 192; Fausböll's 'Five Jātakas' 6; and Mahāvaṃsa, p. 193.