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KULLAVAGGA.
VI, 6, 2.
Now at that time the pupils of the Khabbaggiya Bhikkhus went on in front of the Bhikkhu-samgha which had the Buddha at its head, and occupied the rooms, and occupied the sleeping-places, saying, * This will do for our superiors (upagghầyas), this for our teachers (akariyas), this for ourselves.' And the venerable Sâriputta who had followed after the Bhikkhu-samgha which had the Buddha at its head, since all the rooms and all the sleeping-places had been occupied, found no place to sleep in, and took his seat at the foot of a certain tree.
Now the Blessed One, at early dawn, after he had risen, coughed. The venerable Sâriputta coughed also.
Who is this?' (said the Blessed One.) * It is I, Lord; Sariputta.' How do you come to be sitting here, Sâriputta?'
Then the venerable Sâriputta told the matter to the Blessed One.
2. Then the Blessed One on that occasion and in that connection convened a meeting of the Bhikkhusamgha, and asked, “Is it true, as I have been told, O Bhikkhus, that the pupils of the Khabbaggiya Bhikkhus have (acted in this way)?' • It is true, Lord.
Then the Blessed One rebuked them, saying (as usual, see Kullavagga I, 1, 2, 3), and he said to the Bhikkhus, 'Who is it, О Bhikkhus, who is worthy of the best seat, and the best water, and the best food?'
Some of the Bhikkhus said, One who belonged to a Kshatriya family before he entered the Order.' Others of the Bhikkhus said, 'One who belonged to a Brahman family before he entered the Order.' Others again said, 'One who belonged to a Gaha
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