{"collection":"Buddhism","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/bud/sbe17/sbe17110.htm","path":"bud/sbe17/sbe17110.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/bud/sbe17/sbe17110.htm","text":"1. And the Blessed One, having dwelt at P\u00e2rileyyaka as long as he thought fit, went forth to S\u00e2vatthi. Wandering from place to place he came to S\u00e2vatthi. There the Blessed One dwelt at S\u00e2vatthi, in the Getavana, the garden of An\u00e2tha-pindika. And the lay-devotees of Kosamb\u00ee thought: 'These venerable Bhikkhus of Kosamb\u00ee have brought much misfortune to us; worried 1 by them the Blessed One is gone. Well, let us neither salute the venerable Bhikkhus of Kosamb\u00ee, nor rise from our seats before them, nor raise our hands before them, nor perform the proper duties towards them, nor honour and esteem and revere and sup-port them, nor give them food when they come on their walks for alms; thus, when they are not honoured, esteemed, revered, supported, and hospitably received by us, they will go away, or return to the world, or propitiate the Blessed One.'\n2. Thus the lay-devotees of Kosamb\u00ee did not salute any more the Bhikkhus of Kosamb\u00ee, nor did they rise from their seats before. them (&c., down to:) nor gave them food when they came on their walks for alms.\nThen the Bhikkhus of Kosamb\u00ee, when they were no more honoured (&c., down to:) and hospitably\nreceived by the lay-devotees of Kosamb\u00ee, said to each other: 'Well, friends, let us go to S\u00e2vatthi and let us settle there that question before the Blessed One.' And the Bhikkhus of Kosamb\u00ee put their resting-places in order, took up their alms-bowls and their robes, and went forth to S\u00e2vatthi.\n3. And the venerable S\u00e2riputta heard: Those litigious, contentious, quarrelsome, disputatious Bhikkhus of Kosamb\u00ee, the constant raisers of questions before the Samgha, are coming to S\u00e2vatthi.' And the venerable S\u00e2riputta went to the place where the Blessed One was; having approached him and respectfully saluted the Blessed One, he sat down near him. Sitting near him the venerable S\u00e2riputta said to the Blessed One: 'Lord, those litigious, contentious (&c., down to:) are coming to S\u00e2vatthi. How am I to behave, Lord, towards those Bhikkhus?'\n'Well, S\u00e2riputta, you must side with those who are right according to the Dhamma.'\n'But how shall I discern, Lord, what is right and what is wrong?'\n4. 'There are eighteen things, S\u00e2riputta, by which you may conclude that a Bhikkhu is wrong according to the Dhamma. In case, S\u00e2riputta, a Bhikkhu declares what is not Dhamma to be Dhamma, or declares what is Dhamma not to be Dhamma, or declares what is not Vinaya to be Vinaya, or declares what is Vinaya not to be Vinaya, or declares what has not been taught and spoken by the Tath\u00e2gata to have been taught and spoken by the Tath\u00e2gata, or declares something taught and spoken by the Tath\u00e2gata not to have been taught and spoken by the Tath\u00e2gata, or declares what has not been\npractised by the Tath\u00e2gata to have been practised by the Tath\u00e2gata, or declares something practised by the Tath\u00e2gata not to have been practised by the Tath\u00e2gata, or declares what has not been ordained by the Tath\u00e2gata to have been ordained by the Tath\u00e2gata, or declares something ordained by the Tath\u00e2gata not to have been ordained by the Tath\u00e2gata, or declares what is no offence to be an offence, or declares an offence to be no offence, or declares a slight offence to be a grievous offence, or declares a grievous offence to be a slight offence, or declares (a rule regarding) an offence to which there is an exception to be without an exception, or declares (a rule regarding) an offence to which there is no exception to admit of exceptions 1, or declares a grave offence 2 to be a not grave offence, or declares an offence that is not grave to be a grave offence,--these are the eighteen things, S\u00e2riputta, by which you may conclude that a Bhikkhu is wrong according to the Dhamma.\n5. 'And there are eighteen things, S\u00e2riputta, by which you may conclude that a Bhikkhu is right according to the Dhamma. In case, S\u00e2riputta, a Bhikkhu declares what is not Dhamma to be not\n[paragraph continues] Dhamma, or declares what is Dhamma to be Dhamma (&c., down to:), or declares a grave offence to be a grave offence, or declares an offence that is not grave to be not grave,--these are the eighteen things, S\u00e2riputta, by which you may conclude that a Bhikkhu is right according to the Dhamma.'\n6. And the venerable Mah\u00e2moggall\u00e2na heard (&c., as in \u00a7 3--5)--and the venerable Mah\u00e2kassapa heard, &c.--and the venerable Mah\u00e2kakk\u00e2na heard, &c.--and the venerable Mah\u00e2kotthita 1 heard, &c.--and the venerable Mah\u00e2kappina heard, &c.--and the venerable Mah\u00e2kunda heard, &c.--and the venerable Anuruddha heard, &c.--and the venerable Revata heard, &c.--and the venerable Up\u00e2li heard, &c.--and the venerable \u00c2nanda heard, &c.--and the venerable R\u00e2hula heard (&c., as above).\n7. And Mah\u00e2pag\u00e2pati Gotam\u00ee heard: 'Those litigious, contentious, quarrelsome, disputatious Bhikkhus of Kosamb\u00ee, the constant raisers of questions before the Samgha, are coming to S\u00e2vatthi.' And Mah\u00e2pag\u00e2pati Gotam\u00ee went to the place where the Blessed One was; having approached him and respectfully saluted the Blessed One, she stationed herself near him. Standing near him Mah\u00e2pag\u00e2pati Gotam\u00ee said to the Blessed One: 'Lord, those litigious, contentious (&c., down to:) are coming to S\u00e2vatthi. How am I to behave, Lord, towards those Bhikkhus?'\n'Well, Gotam\u00ee, hear the Dhamma on both sides. When you have heard the Dhamma on both sides,\nthen accept the opinion and the belief and the doctrine and the cause of those Bhikkhus who are right according to the Dhamma; and whatever the Bhikkhun\u00eesamgha has to apply for to the Bhikkhusamgha 1, for all that you must apply to the party of those who are right.'\n8. And An\u00e2tha-pindika the householder heard (&c., as in 3, down to:). 'How am I to behave, Lord, towards those Bhikkhus?'\n'Well, householder, bestow gifts on both sides; having bestowed gifts on both sides, hear the Dhamma on both sides. When you have heard the Dhamma on both sides, then accept the opinion and the belief and the doctrine and the cause of those Bhikkhus who are right according to the Dhamma.'\n9. And Vis\u00e2kh\u00e2 Mig\u00e2ram\u00e2t\u00e2 heard, &c. 2\n10. And the Bhikkhus of Kosamb\u00ee in due course came to S\u00e2vatthi. And the venerable S\u00e2riputta went to the place where the Blessed One was; having approached him and respectfully saluted the Blessed One, he sat down near him. Sitting near him the venerable S\u00e2riputta said to the Blessed One: 'Lord, those litigious, contentious, quarrelsome, disputatious Bhikkhus of Kosamb\u00ee, the constant raisers of questions before the Samgha, have arrived at S\u00e2vatthi. How are we, Lord, to arrange the dwelling-places of those Bhikkhus?'\n'Well, S\u00e2riputta, assign separate dwelling-places to them.'\n'And if there be no separate dwelling-places, what are we to do then, Lord?'\n'Then, S\u00e2riputta, you must separate (some dwelling-places from the rest) and then assign them (to those Bhikkhus). But in no wise, S\u00e2riputta, do I say that the dwelling-place of a senior Bhikkhu must be taken from him. He who does that, commits a dukkata offence.'\n'And how are we to act, Lord, regarding (the distribution of) material gifts 1?'\n'Material gifts, S\u00e2riputta, must be distributed among all in equal parts.'\n11. And that Bhikkhu against whom expulsion had been pronounced, pondering over both Dhamma and Vinaya, came to the following conclusion: 'This is an offence; this is not no offence. I am an offender; I am not offenceless. I am expelled; I am not un-expelled. The sentence by which I have been expelled is lawful, unobjectionable, and valid.' Then that expelled Bhikkhu went to the expelled Bhikkhu's partisans; having approached them, he said to the partisans of the expelled Bhikkhu: 'This is an offence, friends; this is not no offence, &c. Come now, my venerable brethren, and restore me.'\n12. Then the partisans of that expelled Bhikkhu took with them the expelled Bhikkhu, and went to the place where the Blessed One was; having approached him and respectfully saluted the Blessed One, they sat down near him. Sitting near him those Bhikkhus said to the Blessed One: 'Lord, this Bhikkhu, against whom expulsion has been pronounced, says, \"This is an offence, friends (&c.,\ndown to:) and restore me.\" What are we to do here, Lord?'\nThis is an offence, O Bhikkhus; this is not no offence. This Bhikkhu is an offender; this Bhikkhu is not offenceless. This Bhikkhu is expelled; he is not unexpelled; the sentence by which he has been expelled is lawful, unobjectionable, and valid. But since this Bhikkhu, O Bhikkhus, having committed an offence, and having been sentenced to expulsion, sees (his offence), restore now that Bhikkhu, O Bhikkhus.'\n13. And the partisans of that expelled Bhikkhu, having restored that expelled Bhikkhu, went to the Bhikkhus who had sentenced him to expulsion; having approached them, they said to the Bhikkhus who had pronounced that sentence: 'As regards that matter, friends, which gave origin to altercations among the Samgha, to contentions, discord, quarrels, divisions among the Samgha, to disunion among the Samgha, to separations among the Samgha, to schisms among the Samgha,--that Bhikkhu (who was concerned in that matter), having committed an offence, and having been sentenced to expulsion, has seen (his offence) and has been restored. Come, friends, let us declare now the re-establishment of concord among the Samgha in order to bring that matter to an end.'\nThen the Bhikkhus who had pronounced that sentence of expulsion, went to the place where the Blessed One was; having approached him and respectfully saluted the Blessed One, they sat down near him; sitting near him those Bhikkhus said to the Blessed One: 'Lord, those partisans of the expelled Bhikkhu have said to us: \"As regards\nthat matter (&c., down to:) in order to bring that matter to an end.\" What are we to do here, Lord?'\n14. 'Since this Bhikkhu, O Bhikkhus, having committed an offence, and having been sentenced to expulsion, has seen (his offence) and has been re-stored, let the Samgha, O Bhikkhus, declare the re-establishment of concord in order to bring that matter to an end. And this declaration is to be performed in this way: Let all brethren assemble together, both the sick and the healthy; no one is allowed to send his declaration of khanda 1 (and to stay away). When you have assembled, let a learned, competent Bhikkhu proclaim the following \u00f1atti before the Samgha: \"Let the Samgha, reverend Sirs, hear me. As regards that matter which gave origin to altercations among the Samgha, to contentions, discord, quarrels, divisions among the Samgha, to disunion among the Samgha, to separations among the Samgha, to schisms among the Samgha,--that Bhikkhu (concerned in that matter), having committed an offence, and having been sentenced to expulsion, has seen (his offence) and has been restored. If the Samgha is ready, let the Samgha declare the re-establishment of concord in order to bring that matter to an end. This is the \u00f1atti. Let the Samgha, reverend Sirs, hear me (&c. 2, down to:) the re-establishment of concord, in order to bring that matter to an end, has been declared by the Samgha; the division that existed among the Samgha has been settled; the disunion that existed\namong the Samgha has been settled. The Samgha is in favour (of this declaration); therefore you are silent; thus I understand.\" Then let the Samgha hold Uposatha and proclaim the P\u00e2timokkha.'\n314:1 Ubb\u00e2lha; see G\u00e2taka I, 300, and Mah\u00e2vagga III, 9, 1.\n316:1 Our translation of s\u00e2vasesa and anavasesa is entirely conjectural. By the exceptions alluded to here we believe that such clauses must be understood as, for instance, in the sixth Nissaggiya Rule the words: 'Except at the right season;--here the right season means when the Bhikkhu has been robbed of his robe, or when his robe has been destroyed. This is the right season in this connection.'\n316:2 The term 'Dutthull\u00e2 \u00e2patti' is used also in the ninth P\u00e2kittiya Rule, and the Old Commentary there states that by 'grave offences' those belonging to the P\u00e2r\u00e2gika and Samgh\u00e2disesa classes are understood.\n317:1 The name of this Thera is spelt in the MSS. Mah\u00e2kotthita and Mah\u00e2kotthita. In the Northern Buddhist works he is called Mah\u00e2kaushthilya. In the Lalita Vistara (p. 1, ed. Calc.) Kaundilya is a misprint.\n318:1 See Kullavagga X, 1, 4, and the 59th P\u00e2kittiya Rule in the Bhikkhun\u00ee-p\u00e2timokkha.\n318:2 As in \u00a7 8. Instead of 'Well, householder,' read 'Well, Vis\u00e2kh\u00e2.'\n319:1 Such as food, robes, &c.\n321:1 See II, 23.\n321:2 Here follows the repetition of the \u00f1atti and the other solemn formulas belonging to a \u00f1attidutiya kamma in the usual way.","title":"SBE 17: Tenth Khandhaka: Chapter 5","type":"page"}