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KULLAVAGGA.
FIRST KHANDHAKA.
THE MINOR DISCIPLINARY PROCEEDINGS.
I. The TAGGANIYA Kamma (ACT OF REBUKE).
1. At that time the Blessed One was staying at Getavana, in the grove of Anatha-pindika.
Now at that time the Bhikkhus who were followers of Panduka and of Lohitaka !,—who themselves were makers of strife, quarrelsome?, makers of disputes *, given to idle talk, and raisers of legal questions in the Samgha “, –used to go up to such other Bhikkhus as were the same, and say, 'Do not allow such a one, venerable Sirs, to turn you back. Discuss loud and long. You are indeed cleverer, more wise, more well informed, more able at that (than
1 These were two out of the six notorious Khabbaggiya Bhikkhus, who are so frequently mentioned elsewhere. Buddhaghosa says, tesam nissitakâ pi Pandukalohitaka tv'eva paññâyanti.
* In addition to the passages referred to in the two following notes, compare the closing words of the Pâtimokkha, and the end, 3rd, iath, 13th, 17th, 54th, 74th, and 75th Pâkittiyas.
Such persons were formerly dealt with according to the roth, Ilth, and 12th Samghâdisesas.
• Such persons were formerly dealt with according to the 8th and 9th Samghâdisesas and the 76th Pâkittiya. Compare also below, IV, 14, and the 63rd and 79th Pâkittiyas.
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