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 1, Chapter 13
1. And the Blessed One, after having kept the vassa residence[1], thus addressed the Bhikkhus: 'By wise contemplation, O Bhikkhus, and by wise firmness of exertion have I attained the highest emancipation, have I realised the highest emancipation. Attain ye also, O Bhikkhus, the highest emancipation, realise the highest emancipation, by wise contemplation and by wise firmness of exertion.'
2. And ²ÑÄå°ù²¹ the wicked One went to the place where the Blessed One was; having approached him, he addressed the Blessed One by the following stanza: 'Thou art bound by ²ÑÄå°ù²¹'s fetters, human and divine. Thou art bound by strong fetters. Thou wilt not be delivered from me, O ³§²¹³¾²¹á¹‡a.'
(Buddha replied): 'I am delivered from ²ÑÄå°ù²¹'s fetters, human and divine. I am delivered from the strong fetters. Thou art struck down; O Death.'
Then ²ÑÄå°ù²¹ the wicked One understood: 'The Blessed One knows me, the perfect One knows me;' and, sad and afflicted, he vanished away.
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[1]:
See about the vassa residence the rules given in Book III.