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 6, Chapter 19
1. Now at that time there was a very valuable rug, and a very valuable piece of cloth, among the bedding furniture belonging to the Saṃgha.
They told this matter to the Blessed One[1].
'I allow you, O Bhikkhus, to barter either of these things in order to increase the stock of legally permissible furniture[2].'
Now at that time the Saṃgha had received a bear-skin, and a cakkali[3] rug, and a colaka cloth[4].
They told this matter to the Blessed One.
'I allow you, O Bhikkhus, to use them as mats to wipe your feet on[5]'
Footnotes and references:
[1]:
Because such things were forbidden by Mahāvagga V, 10, 4, though kambala is not there specially mentioned.
[2]:
Phātikammatthāyā ti vaḍḍhikammatthāyā ti. Vaddhikammatthāya phātikammaṃ k’ ettha samakaṃ vā atirekaṃ va agghanakaṃ mañca-pīṭhādi-senāsanam eva vaṭṭati (B.).
[3]:
According to VI, 2, 2, and VI, 3, 5, this could also be used as a screen or curtain over the space in a wall left for a window.
[4]:
According to Mahāvagga VIII, 18, this might be used to wipe faces with; and according to Cullavagga V, 9, 4, VI, 19, to place crockery or furniture on. The word cola means simply cotton cloth, but it is clear from these passages that colaka has some special connotation.
[5]:
Not to sit upon.