{"collection":"Buddhism","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/bud/sbe20/sbe20053.htm","path":"bud/sbe20/sbe20053.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/bud/sbe20/sbe20053.htm","text":"1. Now at that time the Blessed Buddha 1 was staying at R\u00e2gagaha in the Veluvana, in the Kalandaka Niv\u00e2pa 2. And at that time no permission had been given to the Bhikkhus by the Blessed One with respect to dwellings. So the Bhikkhus dwelt now here, now there--in the woods, at the foot of trees, on hill-sides, in grottoes, in mountain caves, in cemeteries, in forests, in open plains, and in heaps of straw. And at early morn they came in from this place or from that place--from the woods (&c., as before) decorous in their walking and turning, in their looking on or looking round, in stretching out their arms or in drawing them back, with eyes cast down, and dignified in deportment 3.\n2. Now at that time the Setthi of R\u00e2gagaha went at early morn to his garden. And the Setthi of\n[paragraph continues] R\u00e2gagaha saw those Bhikkhus coming in from this place and from that place, from the woods (&c., as in \u00a7 1, down to the end), and on seeing them he took pleasure therein 1. And the Setthi of R\u00e2gagaha went up to those Bhikkhus, and said to them:\n'If, Sirs, I were to have dwellings erected for you, would you take up your abode in those dwellings?'\n'Not so, O householder. Dwellings have not been allowed by the Blessed One.'\n'Then, Sirs, ask the Blessed One about it, and let me know.'\n'Very well, O householder,' said they, in assent to the Setthi of R\u00e2gagaha. And they went up to the Blessed One, and saluted him, and took their seats on one side. And when they were so seated, they said to the Blessed One:\n'The Setthi of R\u00e2gagaha, Lord, wishes to have dwellings erected for us. What, Lord, should be done?'\nThen the Blessed One, on that occasion and in that connection, when he had delivered a religious discourse, addressed the Bhikkhus, and said:\n'I allow you, O Bhikkhus, abodes of five kinds--Vih\u00e2ras, Addhayogas, storied dwellings, attics, caves 2.'\n3. Then those Bhikkhus went up to the Setthi of R\u00e2gagaha, and said to him: 'The Blessed One, Sir, has allowed us dwellings; do, therefore, what seemeth to thee good.' And the Setthi of R\u00e2gagaha had sixty dwelling-places put up in one day.\n4. And when the Setthi of R\u00e2gagaha had completed those sixty dwelling-places, he went up to the place where the Blessed One was, and [invited him and the Bhikkhu Samgha for the morrow's meal; and so on, as usual 1, down to the time when, after the meal, the Setthi] said to the Blessed One:\nI have had, Lord, these sixty dwelling-places made for the sake of merit, and for the sake of heaven. What am I to do, Lord, with respect to them?'\nThen, O householder, dedicate 2 these sixty dwelling-places to the Samgha of the four directions, whether now present, or hereafter to arrive.'\n'Even so, Lord!' said the Setthi of R\u00e2gagaha, in assent to the Blessed One, and he dedicated those sixty dwelling-places to the use of the Samgha of the four directions whether present or to come 3.'\n5. Then the Blessed One gave thanks to the Setthi of R\u00e2gagaha in these verses 4:\nAnd when the Blessed One had given thanks to the Setthi of R\u00e2gagaha in these verses, he rose from his seat, and departed thence.\n157:1 Our readers will have noticed that the phrase at the beginning of each Khandhaka is 'the Blessed Buddha,' and not merely 'the Blessed One.' It recurs besides only in the constantly-repeated paragraph 'The Blessed Buddha rebuked them, saying, &c.' (see, for instance, Kullavagga I, 1, 2, where the connection is given in full).\n157:2 Compare the note on Mah\u00e2vagga III, 1, 1.\n157:3 So also Mah\u00e2vagga I, 23, 2, and frequently in the Suttas.\n158:1 So also of Bimbis\u00e2ra in the G\u00e2taka Commentary, I, 66.\n158:2 Buddhaghosa's note on these pa\u00f1ka len\u00e2ni has already been given in our note above, Mah\u00e2vagga I, 30, 4.\n159:1 See, for instance, Mah\u00e2vagga VI, 30, or Kullavagga V, 27.\n159:2 Literally, 'establish' (patitth\u00e2pehi).\n159:3 This formula of dedication has been constantly found in rock-inscriptions in India and Ceylon over the ancient cave-dwellings of Buddhist hermits. See Rh. D. in the 'Indian Antiquary' for May, 1872.\n159:4 The following verses recur below at VI, 9, 2; and also in that connection in the G\u00e2taka Commentary, I, 93.\n160:1 This verse forms the subject of one of the 'Questions of Milinda' (ed. Trenckner, p. 211).\n160:2 The above verses may have stood originally in a different con-text from that in which they have been handed down, as the opening phrase s\u00eetam patihanti would be more intelligible if the word vih\u00e2ro occurred in the immediately preceding clause.","title":"SBE 20: Sixth Khandhaka: Chapter 1","type":"page"}