{"collection":"Buddhism","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/bud/sbe17/sbe17009.htm","path":"bud/sbe17/sbe17009.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/bud/sbe17/sbe17009.htm","text":"1. Now when the Blessed One had remained at Benares as long as he thought fit, he set out on his journey towards Bhaddiya. And wandering from place to place he came to Bhaddiya: and there, at Bhaddiya, he stayed in the G\u00e2tiy\u00e2 Grove.\nNow at that time the Bhikkhus at Bhaddiya were accustomed to the use of various kinds of foot coverings for the sake of ornament. They made,\nor had made for themselves foot coverings of tina-grass, of mu\u00f1ga-grass, of babbaga-grass, of the leaves of the date-palm 1, of kamala-grass 2, and of wool 3. And they neglected 4 instruction, enquiry, morality, self-concentration, and wisdom 5.\n2. The moderate Bhikkhus were annoyed, murmured, and became angry, thinking, 'How can they [do so]?' And those Bhikkhus told this thing to the Blessed One.\n'Is it true' (&c., as in chap. 4. 2)?\n'It is true, Lord.'\nThe Blessed Buddha rebuked them, saying, 'How can they [do so]?' This will not conduce (&c., as in chap. 4. 2, down to:) becoming estranged.\n3. Having thus rebuked them, and having delivered a religious discourse, he thus addressed the Bhikkhus: 'Shoes, O Bhikkhus, made of tina-grass are not to be worn, or made of mu\u00f1ga-grass, or of babbaga-grass, or of leaves of the date-palm, or of kamala-grass, or of wool, nor [ornamented with] gold, or silver, or pearls, or beryls, or crystal, or copper, or glass, or tin, or lead, or bronze. Whosoever does so, is guilty of a dukkata offence.\n'And clogs, O Bhikkhus, that are taken away 1, are not to be worn. Whosoever does so, is guilty of a dukkata offence.\n'I allow you, O Bhikkhus, the use of three kinds of clogs, that are fixed to the ground, and are not taken away 2, privy-clogs, urinal-clogs, and rinsing-clogs 3.'\n23:1 Hint\u00e2la-p\u00e2duk\u00e2 \u2019ti khagg\u00fbra- (MS. khaggari) pattehi katap\u00e2duk\u00e2: hint\u00e2la-pattehi pi na vattati yeva (B.).\n23:2 Kamala-p\u00e2duk\u00e2 \u2019ti kamala-tinam n\u00e2ma atthi, tena kata-p\u00e2duk\u00e2. Uss\u00eera-p\u00e2duk\u00e2 \u2019ti pi vadanti. Childers only gives lotus as the meaning of kamala. At G\u00e2taka I, 119, 149, 178; IV, 42, it must be kamala, and not kambala as printed by Fausb\u00f6ll, that is meant.\n23:3 Kambala-p\u00e2duk\u00e2 \u2019ti unn\u00e2hi kata-p\u00e2duk\u00e2.\n23:4 On ri\u00f1kanti (Sanskrit rik, rinakti), compare the verses in Milinda Pa\u00f1ha, p. 419 (ed. Trenckner).\n23:5 The adhis\u00eel\u00e2di-sikkh\u00e2-ttayam mentioned at Dhp. p. 358 is explained in the Samgiti Sutta as training in adhis\u00eela, adhikitta, and adhipa\u00f1\u00f1\u00e2. On the first, compare the note on Mah\u00e2vagga I, 36, 8.\n24:1 See next clause.\n24:2 Asamkamaniy\u00e2yo \u2019ti bh\u00fbmiyam supatitth\u00e2 nikkal\u00e2 asamhariy\u00e2 (sic), (B. here). Compare P\u00e2timokkha, pp. 106, 113 (ed. Minayeff), and Childers's interpretation of those passages under samkamati.\n24:3 On vakka-p\u00e2duk\u00e2, see Kullavagga V, 35, 2, at the end; and VIII, 10, 3, at the beginning. On the other two, Kullavagga V, 35; 1, 4, and VIII, 10, 3; and see also VIII, 9. The use of them was part of the sanitary arrangements enjoined upon the Order. A very ancient pair of stone vakka-p\u00e2duk\u00e2, forming part of a slab of stone, was discovered at Anur\u00e2dhapura by Rhys Davids, and is now in the Colombo Museum. As they were dug up in one of the palaces there, they were probably for the use of the king, or some high official. These ruins are among the most ancient in Ceylon, and are certainly pre-Christian in date.","title":"SBE 17: Fifth Khandhaka: Chapter 8","type":"page"}