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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IV, 14, 25.
THE SETTLEMENT OF DISPUTES.
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Bhikkhus were discontented with the settlement of the case by the Samgha at Sâvatthi. And they heard that in a certain residence there were dwelling a number of Theras versed in the traditions ; men to whom the Agamas had been handed down; reciters of the Dhamma, of the Vinaya, and of the Mâtikas ļ, learned, discreet, wise, modest, conscientious, anxious to learn. And they thought, 'If those Theras would settle this case according to the Dhamma, and according to the Vinaya, and according to the teaching of the Master, then would this case be indeed well settled. So those Bhikkhus went to that residence, and spake to those Theras thus : *This legal question, Sirs, has arisen in such and such a manner, and has grown up in such and such a manner. It would be well if the venerable Theras would settle the case according to the Dhamma, and according to the Vinaya, and according to the teaching of the Master!' Then those Theras, saying, 'Even as the case has been settled by the Samgha at Sâvatthi, so is it well settled !' decided the case in the same way. Then those Bhikkhus who had been discontented with the decision of the Samgha at Sâvatthi were discontented with the decision of the number of Theras.
[The paragraph is repeated with the necessary alterations of consecutive applications to three, two, and one Thera with the same result.]
Then those Bhikkhus, discontented with the decision of the Samgha at Sâvatthi, discontented with the decision of the number of Theras, dis
1 That is, the Four Nikâyas, now forming the Sutta Pitaka. ? See our note above on Kullavagga IV, 1, 2.
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