Vinaya Pitaka (3): Khandhaka
by I. B. Horner | 2014 | 386,194 words | ISBN-13: 9781921842160
The English translation of the Khandhaka: the second book of the Pali Vinaya Pitaka, one of the three major ‘baskets’ of Therevada canonical literature. It is a collection of various narratives. The English translation of the Vinaya-pitaka (third part, khandhaka) contains many Pali original words, but transliterated using a system similar to the I...
The story of a parricide
Kd.1.65.1 At that time a certain brahmin youth deprived his father of life. He was troubled about his evil deed … = Kd.1.64.1, Kd.1.64.2 … The monks told this matter to the Lord. He said:
“Monks, if a parricide is not ordained, he should not be ordained; if he is ordained, he should be expelled.”