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 2, Chapter 6
Now the Bhikkhus thought: 'The Blessed One has prescribed that completeness (of the assembled fraternity) is to extend as far as one residence[1]. Now how far does one residence extend?'
They told this thing to the Blessed One.
“I prescribe, O Bhikkhus; that you determine a boundary. And it ought to be determined, O Bhikkus, in this way: First the landmarks are to be proclaimed: a landmark consisting in a mountain, in a rock, in a wood, in a tree, in a path, in an anthill, in a river, in a piece of water. The landmarks having been proclaimed, let a learned, competent Bhikkhu proclaim the following ñ²¹³Ù³Ù¾± before the ³§²¹á¹ƒg³ó²¹: "Let the ³§²¹á¹ƒg³ó²¹, reverend Sirs, hear me. If the ³§²¹á¹ƒg³ó²¹ is ready, let the ³§²¹á¹ƒg³ó²¹, as the landmarks have been proclaimed all around, by these land marks determine the boundary for common residence and communion of Uposatha. This is the ñ²¹³Ù³Ù¾±. Let the ³§²¹á¹ƒg³ó²¹, reverend Sirs, hear me. The ³§²¹á¹ƒg³ó²¹ determines the boundary (&c., as above). Thus I understand."â€�
Footnotes and references:
[1]:
See chap. 5. 2.