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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 10, Chapter 10

1. Now at that time µž³ó¾±°ģ°ģ³ó³Ü²ŌÄ«²õ wore long girdles, and out of them they arranged fringes[1]. The people murmured, were indignant, and complained, saying: 'As the women who are still enjoying the pleasures of the world do!'

'A µž³ó¾±°ģ°ģ³ó³Ü²ŌÄ« is not, O Bhikkhus, to wear a long girdle. Whosoever does so, shall be guilty of a »å³Ü°ģ°ģ²¹į¹­a. I allow a µž³ó¾±°ģ°ģ³ó³Ü²ŌÄ«, O Bhikkhus, a girdle that will go once round the body[2], and fringes are not to be arranged in it. Whosoever does so, shall be guilty of a »å³Ü°ģ°ģ²¹į¹­a.'

Now at that time µž³ó¾±°ģ°ģ³ó³Ü²ŌÄ«²õ arranged fringes in cloth of bambÅ« fibre[3], or in leather, or in white cotton cloth[4], or in plaited cotton cloth[5], or in fringed cotton cloth[6], or in white or, in plaited or in fringed cola cloth[7], or in plaits or fringes made of thread. The people murmured, were indignant, and complained, saying: 'As the women who are still enjoying the pleasures of the world do!'

They told this matter to the Blessed One.

'A µž³ó¾±°ģ°ģ³ó³Ü²ŌÄ« is not, O Bhikkhus, to wear any of these things. Whosoever does so, shall be guilty of a »å³Ü°ģ°ģ²¹į¹­a.'

2. Now at that time µž³ó¾±°ģ°ģ³ó³Ü²ŌÄ«²õ had their backs scrubbed with the steak-bone of an ox, or slapped with the jaw-bone of an ox; and had their fore-arms[8], and the backs of their hands[9], and their calves[10], and the upper part of their feet[11], and their thighs, and their faces, and their gums, so slapped. The people murmured, were indignant, and complained, saying: 'As the women who are still enjoying the pleasures of the world do!'

They told this matter to the Blessed One.

'A µž³ó¾±°ģ°ģ³ó³Ü²ŌÄ« is not, O Bhikkhus, to [do any of these things]. Whosoever does so, shall be guilty of a »å³Ü°ģ°ģ²¹į¹­a.'

3. Now at that time the Chabbaggiya µž³ó¾±°ģ°ģ³ó³Ü²ŌÄ«²õ [&c., down to]

'[12]A µž³ó¾±°ģ°ģ³ó³Ü²ŌÄ« is not, O Bhikkhus, to anoint her face, nor to rub ointments on to her face[13], nor to put chunam on to her face, nor to smear red arsenic on to her face, nor to paint her body, nor to paint her face, nor to paint her body and face. Whosoever does so, shall be guilty of a »å³Ü°ģ°ģ²¹į¹­a.'

4. [Similar paragraph concluding,]

'A µž³ó¾±°ģ°ģ³ó³Ü²ŌÄ« is not, O Bhikkhus, to make (tattoo marks) by the corners of her eyes[14], or on her cheeks[15], nor to peep out of window[16], nor to stand in the light (of a half-opened door)[17], nor to have dances performed, nor to keep courtesans, nor to keep a tavern, nor to keep a slaughter-house, nor to open a shop, nor, to practise usury, nor to supply men slaves or women slaves, or men servants or maid servants, or animals, nor to carry on the business of florist and seedsman[18], nor to carry the razor case[19].'

[Similar paragraph concluding,]

'A µž³ó¾±°ģ°ģ³ó³Ü²ŌÄ« is not, O Bhikkhus, to wear robes that are all of a blue, light yellow, crimson, black, brownish-yellow, or dark yellow colour nor to wear robes with skirts to them which are not made of torn pieces of cloth, or are long, or have flowers worked on them, or cobras' hoods; nor to wear jackets, nor dresses made of the fibre of the TirÄ«taka plant[20]. Whosoever does so, shall be guilty of a »å³Ü°ģ°ģ²¹į¹­a.'

Footnotes and references:

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[1]:

Pāsuke namentÄ«ti gihidārikāyo viya ghanapaį¹­į¹­akena kāyabandhanena pāsuke namanatthāya bandhanti, says Buddhaghosa. Pāsuka is probably equal to the Sanskrit pārśvaka, and means a fringe arranged round the body, as shown in Plate LI of Cunningham's 'Bharhut Tope,' being so called from the rib-like arrangement of the strings or cloth or other substance of which it was made. On corresponding girdles worn by men and forbidden to Bhikkhus, see Cullavagga V, 29, 2.

[2]:

Ekapariyākatan ti ekavāra� parikkhipanaka�, says the Samanta Pāsādikā.

[3]:

Vilivena pattenāti (sic) saṇheti veįø·uviįø·vehi (sic) katapaį¹­į¹­ena.

[4]:

Dussapaṭṭenāti setavatthapaṭṭena.

[5]:

Dussaveṇiyāti dussena kataveniyā.

[6]:

Dussavaṭṭiyāti dussena katavaṭṭiyā.

[7]:

Colapaṭṭādisu colakāvāsa� colan ti veditabba�.

[8]:

Hattha� koṭṭāpentīti agga� bāha� koṭṭāpetvā morapattādīhi cittaka� karonti, says Buddhaghosa. The meaning is not clear. No. 10 of the tattoo marks figured on Plate LII of Cunningham's 'Bharhut Tope,' referred to in the note on the next section, is a representation of a peacock's feathers. On aṭṭhilla, see Buddhaghosa's note at p. 327 of the text. Compare the prohibition of the use by Bhikkhus of back-scratchers and other like things (Cullavagga V, 1, 1) connected with shampooing of luxurious bathing.

[9]:

Hattha-kocchan ti piṭṭhi-hattha�.

[10]:

Pādan ti jaį¹…ghaį¹�.

[11]:

Pāda-kocchan ti piṭṭhi-pāda�.

[12]:

This paragraph has already occurred above, V, 2, 5 of the Bhikkhus.

[13]:

These two injunctions are found also in the 90th and 91st µž³ó¾±°ģ°ģ³ó³Ü²ŌÄ« Pācittiyas.

[14]:

Avaį¹…gaį¹� karontÄ«ti avaį¹…ga-dese adhomukhaį¹� lekhaį¹� karonti (B.). Avaį¹…ga = Sanskrit apāṅga.

[15]:

Visesakaį¹� karontÄ«ti gaį¹‡įøa-padese vicitra-saṇṭhānaį¹� visesakaį¹� karonti (B.). A number of tattoo marks on the cheeks are figured in Plate LII of Cunningham's 'Bharhut Tope.'

[16]:

Olokentīti vātapāna� vivaritvā vīthi� olokenti (B.).

[17]:

Sāloke tiį¹­į¹­hantÄ«ti dvāroį¹� vivaritvā upaįøįøha-kāyaį¹� dassentiyo tiį¹­į¹­hanti (B.). Compare Theri-gāthā 73.

[18]:

HarÄ«taka-paṇṇikaį¹� pakiṇantÄ«ti harÄ«takaƱ cā€� eva paṇṇiƱ ca pakiṇanti, pakiṇṇakāpanaį¹� pasārentÄ«li vuttaį¹� hoti (B.). Compare paṇṇika-upāsako in the Jātaka I, 411 = II, 180.

[19]:

Namataka� dhāreti. See V, 27, 3, and our note above on V, 11, 1. The expression evidently means here 'to be a barber.'

[20]:

This paragraph has already occurred above, in respect to the Bhikkhus (Mahāvagga VIII, 29), where see our notes on the various items.

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