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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V, 27, 5. ON THE DAILY LIFE OF THE BHIKKHUS. 139
Now at that time a certain Bhikkhu had a fistula1, and the ointment would not stick to it.
They told this matter to the Blessed One.
'I allow you, O Bhikkhus, on account of disease, to remove the hair from the private parts.'
5. Now at that time the Khabbaggiya Bhikkhus (&c., as before, down to)
'You are not, O Bhikkhus, to have your hair cut off with a knife 2. Whosoever does so, shall be guilty of a dukkata.'
Now at that time a certain Bhikkhu had a sore on his head, and the hair could not be removed with a razor.
They told this matter to the Blessed One.
'I allow you, O Bhikkhus, on account of disease, to have your hair cut off with a knife.'
Now at that time the Bhikkhus wore the hair in their nostrils long.
People murmured, &c., saying, 'Like the devilworshippers '.'
They told this matter to the Blessed One.
'You are not, O Bhikkhus, to wear the hair in your nostrils long. Whosoever does so, shall be guilty of a dukkata.'
Now at that time the Bhikkhus had the hair in their nostrils pulled out with a potsherd, or with beeswax; and their nostrils were hurt.
1 Compare Mahâvagga VI, 22, 2.
Kattarikâyâ ti ganda-rudhi-(sic MS.)-sisa-rog'-âbâdha-pakkayâ vaftati, which is simply a repetition of the next paragraph, is all that Buddhaghosa here says. See note above on § 4.
Pisâkillika. So also V, 10, 2, of carrying a skull about; and Mahâvagga III, 12, 3, of living in the hollow of a tree.
Sakkharika, said at Mahâvagga VI, 14, 5 to be used as a
lancet.
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