The Sacred Books of the East Volume 20 (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1885 edition. Excerpt: ...of two (lodgingplaces)?' 'Well, I do now, Sirs, set (the lodging) here free, and take the one there.' Those Bhikkhus who were moderate murmured, &c, and they told the matter to the Blessed One. Then the Blessed One, on that occasion and in that connection, convened a meeting of the Bhikkhusawgha, and asked the venerable Upananda the Sakyan: 'Is it true, Upananda, that you, being one, have taken possession of two places?' 'It is true, Lord.' Then the Blessed One rebuked him, saying, ' How can you, O foolish one, do such a thing? What you took there, O foolish one, has been lost here; what you took here, has been lost there2. Thus, O foolish one, you are deprived of both.' And when he had delivered a religious discourse, he said to the Bhikkhus: 1 These are the acts which render a Bhikkhu liable to the Taaniya Kamma. See Al1llavagga I, 1, 1. 2 That is, by taking a lodging here you ipso facto renounced 'One man is not, O Bhikkhus, to take two lodging-places. Whosoever does so, shall be guilty of a dukka/a.' 13. 1. Now at that time the Blessed One spake in many a figure concerning the Vinaya, speaking in praise of the Vinaya, in praise of learning the Vinaya, and again and again in reference thereto in praise of the venerable Upali. Then said the Bhikkhus: 'The Blessed One speaks (&c, down to) Upali. Come, let us learn the Vinaya under the venerable Upali.' And many Bhikkhus, senior and junior, and of medium standing, went to learn the Vinaya under the venerable Upali. The venerable Upali taught them standing, out of reverence for the senior Bhikkhus, and the senior Bhikkhus heard him standing, out of reverence for the law; and thereby both the senior Bhikkhus grew weary, and the venerable Upali. They told this matter to the Blessed...