Vinaya (3): The Cullavagga
by T. W. Rhys Davids | 1881 | 137,074 words
The Cullavagga (part of the Vinaya collection) includes accounts of the First and Second Buddhist Councils as well as the establishment of the community of Buddhist nuns. The Cullavagga also elaborates on the etiquette and duties of Bhikkhus....
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Cullavagga, Khandaka 6, Chapter 9
1. Now the Blessed One, proceeding on his journey, arrived in due course at 厂腻惫补迟迟丑颈; and there. at 厂腻惫补迟迟丑颈, the Blessed One stayed in the Jetavana, the park of 础苍腻迟丑补 笔颈峁囜笉颈办补. Then 础苍腻迟丑补 笔颈峁囜笉颈办补 the householder [invited the Blessed One for the morrow's meal, and when the meal was over, he said to the Blessed One[1]]:
'What, Lord, shall I do with regard to the Jetavana?'
You may dedicate it, O householder, to the use of the 厂补峁僩丑补 of the four directions[2] either now here present, or hereafter to arrive.'
'Even so, Lord,' said 础苍腻迟丑补 笔颈峁囜笉颈办补 the householder in assent to the Blessed One, and he did so.
2. Then the Blessed One gave thanks to 础苍腻迟丑补 笔颈峁囜笉颈办补 the householder in these verses. [Here follow the same verses as were used above in VI, 1, 5 on the presentation of the Jetavana[3].]
Footnotes and references:
[1]:
The usual terms are here followed throughout: see, for instance, above, VI, 4, 6, 7.
[2]:
That is 'of all the world.' See our note above on Mah膩vagga VIII, 27, 5, where the phrase has already occurred.
[3]:
The verses are quoted in the account of 础苍腻迟丑补 笔颈峁囜笉颈办补's gift given in the J膩taka commentary (Fausböll I, 93; Rh. D.'s 'Buddhist Birth Stories,' I, 131).