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 27
1. Now at that time 叠丑颈办办丑耻苍墨蝉, fearing to offend, would not let men salute them, or cut their hair or nails, or dress their wounds. They told this matter to the Blessed One.
'I allow them, O Bhikkhus, to permit those things.'
2. Now at that time 叠丑颈办办丑耻苍墨蝉, when sitting on a divan, allowed (other people thereon) to touch them with their heels.
They told this matter to the Blessed One.
'A 叠丑颈办办丑耻苍墨 is not, O Bhikkhus, to sit on a divan[1]. Whosoever does so, shall be guilty of a 诲耻办办补峁璦.'
Now at that time a certain 叠丑颈办办丑耻苍墨 was sick, and without using a divan she could not be at ease.
They told this matter to the Blessed One.
'I allow 叠丑颈办办丑耻苍墨蝉, O Bhikkhus, to use a half-divan[2].'
3. [Rule as to construction of privies[3].]
4. Now at that time the 叠丑颈办办丑耻苍墨蝉 used chunam at their baths.
People murmured, saying, 'As the women in the world do!'
They told this matter to the Blessed One.
'A 叠丑颈办办丑耻苍墨 is not, O Bhikkhus, to use chunam at her bath. Whosoever does so, shall be guilty of a 诲耻办办补峁璦. I allow, O Bhikkhus, the use of clay and the red powder of rice husks[4].'
[Similar paragraph, ending]
'A 叠丑颈办办丑耻苍墨 is not, O Bhikkhus, to use scented clay at her bath[5]. Whosoever does so, shall be guilty of a 诲耻办办补峁璦. I allow, O Bhikkhus, the use of common clay.'
Now at that time 叠丑颈办办丑耻苍墨蝉 bathing together in the steam-bath room made a tumult.
They told this matter to the Blessed One.
'叠丑颈办办丑耻苍墨蝉 are not, O Bhikkhus, to bathe in a steam-bath. Whosoever does so, shall be guilty of a 诲耻办办补峁璦.'
Now at that time 叠丑颈办办丑耻苍墨蝉 bathing against the stream allowed the rush of water against them.
They told this matter to the Blessed One.
'A 叠丑颈办办丑耻苍墨 is not, O Bhikkhus, to bathe against the stream. Whosoever does so, shall be guilty of a 诲耻办办补峁璦.'
Now at that time 叠丑颈办办丑耻苍墨蝉 bathed in a place not a common bathing-place, and men of abandoned life violated them.
They told this matter to the Blessed One.
'A 叠丑颈办办丑耻苍墨 is not, O Bhikkhus, to bathe at a place not a common bathing-place. Whosoever does so, shall be guilty of a 诲耻办办补峁璦.'
Now at that time 叠丑颈办办丑耻苍墨蝉 bathed at a bathing-place used also by men. People murmured, were indignant, and complained, saying, 'As those women do who are still living in the pleasures of the world[5].'
They told this matter to the Blessed One.
'A 叠丑颈办办丑耻苍墨 is not, O Bhikkhus, to bathe at a bathing-place used also by men. Whosoever does so, shall be guilty of a 诲耻办办补峁璦. I allow, 叠丑颈办办丑耻苍墨蝉, O Bhikkhus, to bathe at a bathing-place used by women.'
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End of the Third Portion for Recitation.
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End of the Tenth Khandhaka, the 叠丑颈办办丑耻苍墨-Khandhaka.
Footnotes and references:
[1]:
Palla峁卥a峁�. Compare Mah膩vagga V, 10, 4, 5; Cullavagga V, 37, VI, 8, VI, 14; and the 42nd 叠丑颈办办丑耻苍墨 P膩cittiya.
[2]:
A岣嶀笉ha-palla峁卥a峁�. Probably a cushion, which only one person could use at a time.
[3]:
Compare the Rules for the Bhikkhus, Cullavagga VIII, q, 10, which we have also left untranslated. Buddhaghosa says here, He峁弓h膩-viva峁璭 uparicchanne ti ettha sace k奴po khato hoti upari pana padaramattam eva sabba-dis膩su pa帽帽膩yati evar奴pe pi va峁弓ati.
[4]:
Kukkusa峁�. Buddhaghosa says here, Kukkusa峁� mattikan ti ku峁囜笉aka帽 c鈥� eva mattika帽 ca. The use of these last two was allowed to Bhikkhus by Cullavagga VI, 3, I, for building purposes.
[5]:
This is apparently covered by the 88th and 89th 叠丑颈办办丑耻苍墨 P膩cittiya.