Text of Confucianism Part 02

SR No.: 007676
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: James Legge
Publisher: Oxford
Publication Year: 1882
Total Pages: 2405
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 43 MB

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KULLAVAGGA.
V, 5, 3.
my good men, to the park, and bring me hither a mango.'
Even so, Lord,' said the men in assent to Seniya Bimbisâra, the king of Magadha : and they went to the park, and said to the park-keepers, 'Our lord, good friends, has need of a mango. Give us one!'
*There are no mangoes, Sirs. The Bhikkhus have plucked even the young ones, and eaten them.'
Then those men told the matter to Seniya Bimbisâra, the king of Magadha, and he said: “The mangoes have been well used, my good men, by the venerable ones. Notwithstanding it is moderation that has been exalted by the Blessed One.'
The people murmured, were shocked, and were indignant, &c., saying, 'How can the Sakyaputtiya Samanas, knowing no moderation, use up the king's mangoes ?' The Bhikkhus heard those men murmuring, shocked, and indignant. Then those Bhikkhus told this matter to the Blessed One.
You are not, O Bhikkhus, to eat mangoes. Whosoever does so, shall be guilty of a dukkata.'
2. Now at that time it was the turn of a certain multitude to provide the Samgha with a meal. Mango-peal was put into the curry. The Bhikkhus, fearing to offend, would not partake of it.
*Take it, О Bhikkhus, and eat. I allow you, O Bhikkhus, to eat the peal of the mango.'
Now at that time it was the turn of a certain multitude to provide the Samgha with a meal. They did not get so far as to make (curry with) the peal, but went about in the dining-hall with whole mangoes. The Bhikkhus, fearing to offend, would not accept them.
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