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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I, 16, 1. THE MINOR DISCIPLINARY PROCEEDINGS.
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of Assagi and Punabbasu, to the intent that those Bhikkhus should no longer dwell on the Kitâ Hill. And they, when subjected by the Samgha to the Pabbaganiya-kamma, did not conduct themselves aright, they did not become subdued, they did not seek for release, they did not ask the Bhikkhus for forgiveness, they reviled them, they found fault with them', saying that they were offending by acting in partiality, in ill-feeling, in folly, and in fear 2; and they not only departed from the place, but also left the Order 3.
Those Bhikkhus who were moderate were offended, murmured, and became indignant, saying, 'How can those Bhikkhus who are followers of Assagi and Punabbasu, after having been subjected by the Samgha to the Pabbâganiya-kamma, refuse to conduct themselves aright (&c., as before, down to) leave the Order?' And those Bhikkhus told the matter to the Blessed One.
Then the Blessed One on that occasion, and in that connection, convened a meeting of the Bhikkhusamgha, and asked the Bhikkhus:
'Is it true, O Bhikkhus, as they say, that those Bhikkhus who are followers of Assagi and Punabbasu, after having been subjected by the Samgha to the Pabbaganiya-kamma, refuse (&c., as before, down to) leave the Order?'
'It is true, Lord!'
1 Compare Samghâdisesa 13.
These are the four so-called Agatis, usually occurring as the faults of a judge (Rh. D., 'Buddhist Birth Stories,' p. xxii, and Dasaratha Gâtaka, p. 1), but compare Sigâlovâda Sutta, ed. Grimbolt, p. 299.
Compare Gâtaka I, 117, and Mahâvagga I, 39, 5.
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