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Vinaya (2): The Mahavagga

by T. W. Rhys Davids | 1881 | 156,382 words

The Mahavagga (part of the Vinaya collection) includes accounts of Gautama Buddha’s and the ten principal disciples� awakenings, as well as rules for ordination, rules for reciting the Patimokkha during uposatha days, and various monastic procedures....

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Mahavagga, Khandaka 6, Chapter 20

1. Nov the Blessed One having remained at ¸éÄåÂá²¹²µ²¹³ó²¹ as long as he thought fit, proceeded on his way to ³§Äå±¹²¹³Ù³Ù³ó¾±. And wandering straight on from place to place he arrived at ³§Äå±¹²¹³Ù³Ù³ó¾±. And there, at ³§Äå±¹²¹³Ù³Ù³ó¾±, the Blessed One stayed at the Jetavana, ´¡²ÔÄå³Ù³ó²¹-±è¾±á¹‡á¸¾±°ì²¹'s Grove.

Now at that time the venerable ³§Äå°ù¾±±è³Ü³Ù³Ù²¹ suffered from fever. And the venerable ²Ñ²¹³óÄå ²Ñ´Ç²µ²µ²¹±ô±ôÄå²Ô²¹ went to the place where the venerable ³§Äå°ù¾±±è³Ü³Ù³Ù²¹ was; and when he had come there he said to the venerable ³§Äå°ù¾±±è³Ü³Ù³Ù²¹:

You have lately had fever, friend ³§Äå°ù¾±±è³Ü³Ù³Ù²¹. By what means has it got well?'

'By lotus stalks, my friend, of various kinds.'

Then the venerable ²Ñ²¹³óÄå ²Ñ´Ç²µ²µ²¹±ô±ôÄå²Ô²¹, as quickly as a strong man would stretch forth his arm, or draw it in again when it had been stretched forth, vanished from the Jetavana and appeared on the bank of the ²Ñ²¹²Ô»åÄå°ì¾±²ÔÄ« lake.

2. And a certain ±·Äå²µ²¹ saw the venerable ²Ñ²¹³óÄå

²Ñ´Ç²µ²µ²¹±ô±ôÄå²Ô²¹ coming from afar: and on seeing him he said to the venerable ²Ñ²¹³óÄå ²Ñ´Ç²µ²µ²¹±ô±ôÄå²Ô²¹:

'May my lord, the venerable ²Ñ²¹³óÄå ²Ñ´Ç²µ²µ²¹±ô±ôÄå²Ô²¹, approach. Welcome to my lord, the venerable ²Ñ²¹³óÄå ²Ñ´Ç²µ²µ²¹±ô±ôÄå²Ô²¹. What may my lord have need of? What shall I give to him?'

'I want the edible stalks of the various lotuses.'

Then that ±·Äå²µ²¹ gave command to another ±·Äå²µ²¹, saying, 'Very well then, good friend, give the venerable one edible stalks of the lotuses.'

And that ±·Äå²µ²¹ plunged into the ²Ñ²¹²Ô»åÄå°ì¾±²ÔÄ« lake, and plucked with his trunk edible stalks of the lotuses, and washed them thoroughly, and bound them in a bundle, and went to the place where the venerable ²Ñ²¹³óÄå ²Ñ´Ç²µ²µ²¹±ô±ôÄå²Ô²¹ was.

3. Then the venerable ²Ñ²¹³óÄå ²Ñ´Ç²µ²µ²¹±ô±ôÄå²Ô²¹ as quickly (&c., as in § 1) vanished from the bank of the ²Ñ²¹²Ô»åÄå°ì¾±²ÔÄ« lake, and appeared in Jetavana. Then that ±·Äå²µ²¹ also vanished from the bank of the ²Ñ²¹²Ô»åÄå°ì¾±²ÔÄ« lake, and appeared in the Jetavana. And when that ±·Äå²µ²¹ had caused the venerable ²Ñ²¹³óÄå ²Ñ´Ç²µ²µ²¹±ô±ôÄå²Ô²¹ to receive those edible stalks of the lotuses he vanished from the Jetavana, and appeared on the shore of the ²Ñ²¹²Ô»åÄå°ì¾±²ÔÄ« lake.

Then the venerable ²Ñ²¹³óÄå ²Ñ´Ç²µ²µ²¹±ô±ôÄå²Ô²¹ presented those edible stalks of the lotuses to the venerable ³§Äå°ù¾±±è³Ü³Ù³Ù²¹. And the fever abated on the venerable ³§Äå°ù¾±±è³Ü³Ù³Ù²¹ when he had eaten the edible stalks of the lotuses. And many of them remained over.

4. Now at that time, during the scarcity (&c., as above, in chap. 18. 4, down to:) did not accept the invitation.

'Accept it, O Bhikkhus, and eat. I allow a Bhikkhu who has eaten, and has refused food still offered, to eat things growing in woods and ponds even if they are not the leavings of the meal of one who has eaten[1].'

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[1]:

See the note above, on VI, 18, 4.

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