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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MAHAVAGGA.
V, 4, 2.
The temperate Bhikkhus were annoyed, murmured, and became angry, saying, 'How can these Khabbaggiya Bhikkhus walk shod, when the Master and the Thera Bhikkhus walk unshod?'
2. Then those Bhikkhus told this thing to the Blessed One.
'Is it true, what they say, O Bhikkhus, that the Khabbaggiya Bhikkhus walk shod, though the Master and the Elders walk unshod?'
'It is true, Lord.'
The Blessed Buddha rebuked them, saying,
'How, O Bhikkhus, can these foolish persons walk shod, though (&c., as in §§ 1, 2). For even the laymen, O Bhikkhus, who are clad in white, for the sake of some handicraft that may procure them a living, will be respectful, affectionate, hospitable to their teachers. [3.] Do you, therefore, O Bhikkhus, so let (your light) shine forth, that you having left the world (to enter into) so well taught a doctrine and discipline may be respectful, affectionate, hospitable to your teachers (âkariyas), or those who rank as teachers', and to your superiors (upagghâyas), or those who rank as superiors. This will not conduce, O Bhikkhus, to the conversion of the unconverted, and to the augmentation of the number of the con
1 Avassikassa khabbasso âkariyamatto. So hi katuvassakâle tam nissâya vakkhati (Mahâvagga I, 35). Evam ekavassassa sattavasso, duvassassa allhavasso, tivassassa dasavasso (B.).
2 Upagghâyassa samdittha-sambhattâ pana sahâyâ bhikkhu, ye vâ pana keki dasahi vassehi mahantatarâ, te sabbe pi upagghâyamattâ nâma. This confirms the view expressed in a note to the first Book (chap. 32. 1), that the Upagg hâya is a more important person than the Akariya. The former must have ten years, the latter need only have six years, seniority.
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