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V, 19, I.
ON THE DAILY LIFE OF THE BHIKKHUS. 117
'A sheath, O Bhikkhus, is neither to be appropriated nor to be handed over1'
Now at that time the Khabbaggiya Bhikkhus used to eat lying on decorated divans.
People murmured, &c. . . . . saying, 'Like those still living in the pleasures of the world.'
They told this matter to the Blessed One.
'You are not, O Bhikkhus, to eat lying on decorated divans. Whosoever does so, shall be guilty of a dukkata.'
Now at that time a certain Bhikkhu was sick, and when eating he was not able to hold his bowl in his hand.
They told this matter to the Blessed One.
'I allow, O Bhikkhus, the use of a stand for the bowl 3.'
Now at that time the Khabbaggiya Bhikkhus used to eat out of one dish, to drink out of one vessel, and to lie on one bed, one coverlet, or one mat1.
The people murmured, &c. . . .
They told this matter to the Blessed One.
Na adhi thâtabbam na vikappetabbam. That is, it is always to be kept as common property of the Samgha (Samghika). See Mahâvagga VIII, 20, 2, where the same expressions occur.
Âsittakupadhânam nâma tamba-lohena vâ ragatena vâ katâya pelâya (MS. belâya) etam adhivakanam. The use of an ubhato-lohitakupadhânam is condemned, among other things of a like kind, in the Magghima Sila, § 5 (Rh. D.'s 'Buddhist Suttas,' p. 193), and above, Mahâvagga V, 10, 2.
Malorikâ ti dandâdhârako vukkati. Yatthi-âdhâraka-pannâdharaka-pakkhita-pillhâni pi etth' eva pavitthâni. Âdhâraka-samkhepana-gamanato hi patthâya khiddam viddham pi aviddham pi vaflati yeva (B.).
All these words have already occurred above at Kullavagga I, 13, 1. Sitting on one seat' is there added to the list.
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