Vinaya Texts

SR No.: 007684
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: T W Rhys Davids, Hermann Oldenberg
Publisher: Oxford
Publication Year: 1881
Total Pages: 2523
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 47 MB

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VIII, 13, 7.
THE DRESS OF THE BHIKKHUS.
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6. Now at that time the Khabbaggiya Bhikkhus, on the ground that three robes had been allowed by the Blessed One, used to frequent the village in one suit of three robes, and in another suit to rest in the Arâma, and in another to go to the bath. Then those Bhikkhus who were modest were annoyed, murmured, and became indignant, saying, “How can the Khabbaggiya Bhikkhus wear extra suits of robes.'
And those Bhikkhus told the matter to the Blessed One. Then the Blessed One on that occasion, when he had delivered a religious discourse, addressed the Bhikkhus, and said :
You are not, O Bhikkhus, to wear an extra suit of robes. Whosoever does so, shall be dealt with according to law?'.
7. Now at that time the venerable Ånanda had acquired an extra suit of robes, and the venerable Ânanda was desirous of giving the extra suit to the venerable Sâriputta, but the venerable Sâriputta was staying at Saketa. Then the venerable Ånanda thought: 'It hath been laid down by the Blessed One that we are not to keep an extra suit of robes. Now I have received one, and I want to give it to the venerable Sâriputta ; but he is staying at Sâketa. What now shall I do?'.
the såtika in the dress of ordinary women, and was of the same shape as the udaka-sâlika, or bathing dress, prescribed for the use both of monks (below, chapter 15) and of nuns (Bhikkhunivibhanga, Pakittiya XXII). The latter was, however, somewhat shorter.
The ordinary dress of the Bhikkhunîs or Sisters consisted of the same three garments as that of the Bhikkhus.
That is, according to the first Nissaggiya. The first section of the Sutta-vibhanga on that rule is identical with this section.
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