First Khandhaka. Chapter 15
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1. So the Bhikkhu-Sa"m"gha, with Sriputta and Moggallna at their head, proceeded to the Ki"t" Hill, and there carried out the Pabb"g"aniyakamma against those Bhikkhus who were followers
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of Assa"g"i and Punabbasu, to the intent that those Bhikkhus should no longer dwell on the Ki"t" Hill. And they, when subjected by the Sa"m"gha to the Pabb"g"aniya-kamma, did not conduct themselves aright, they did not become subdued, they did not seek for release, they did not ask the Bhikkhus for forgiveness, they reviled them, they found fault with them 1, saying that they were offending by acting in partiality, in ill-feeling, in folly, and in fear 2; and they not only departed from the place, but also left the Order 3.
Those Bhikkhus who were moderate were offended, murmured, and became indignant, saying, 'How can those Bhikkhus who are followers of Assa"g"i and Punabbasu, after having been subjected by the Sa"m"gha to the Pabb"g"aniya-kamma, refuse to conduct themselves aright (&c., as before, down to) leave the Order?' And those Bhikkhus told the matter to the Blessed One.
Then the Blessed One on that occasion, and in that connection, convened a meeting of the Bhikkhusa"m"gha, and asked the Bhikkhus:
'Is it true, O Bhikkhus, as they say, that those Bhikkhus who are followers of Assa"g"i and Punabbasu, after having been subjected by the Sa"m"gha to the Pabb"g"aniya-kamma, refuse (&c., as before, down to) leave the Order.?'
'It is true, Lord!'
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'How can those Bhikkhus who ( but rather to the unconverted being not converted, and to the turning back of those which have been converted.' And when the Blessed One had rebuked those Bhikkhus in various ways, and had delivered a religious discourse, he addressed the Bhikkhus, and said:
'Then, O Bhikkhus, let not the Sa"m"gha revoke the Pabb"g"aniya-kamma. There are five things, O Bhikkhus (&c., as before, from chapter 6, 2, down to the end of chapter 7, reading Pabb"g"aniya for Ta"g"g"aniya):
"Here end the eighteen cases in which there ought to be a revocation (of the Pabb"g"aniya-kamma).
Footnotes
356:1 Corresponding to chapters 6 and 11 above.
357:1 Compare Sa"m"ghdisesa 13
357:2 These are the four so-called Agatis, usually occurring as the faults of a judge (Rh. D., 'Buddhist Birth Stories,' p. xxii, and Dasaratha "G"taka, p. 1), but compare Siglovda Sutta, ed. Grimblot, p. 299.
357:3 Compare "G"taka I, 117, and Mahvagga I, 39, 5.
1. So the Bhikkhu-Sa"m"gha, with Sriputta and Moggallna at their head, proceeded to the Ki"t" Hill, and there carried out the Pabb"g"aniyakamma against those Bhikkhus who were followers
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of Assa"g"i and Punabbasu, to the intent that those Bhikkhus should no longer dwell on the Ki"t" Hill. And they, when subjected by the Sa"m"gha to the Pabb"g"aniya-kamma, did not conduct themselves aright, they did not become subdued, they did not seek for release, they did not ask the Bhikkhus for forgiveness, they reviled them, they found fault with them 1, saying that they were offending by acting in partiality, in ill-feeling, in folly, and in fear 2; and they not only departed from the place, but also left the Order 3.
Those Bhikkhus who were moderate were offended, murmured, and became indignant, saying, 'How can those Bhikkhus who are followers of Assa"g"i and Punabbasu, after having been subjected by the Sa"m"gha to the Pabb"g"aniya-kamma, refuse to conduct themselves aright (&c., as before, down to) leave the Order?' And those Bhikkhus told the matter to the Blessed One.
Then the Blessed One on that occasion, and in that connection, convened a meeting of the Bhikkhusa"m"gha, and asked the Bhikkhus:
'Is it true, O Bhikkhus, as they say, that those Bhikkhus who are followers of Assa"g"i and Punabbasu, after having been subjected by the Sa"m"gha to the Pabb"g"aniya-kamma, refuse (&c., as before, down to) leave the Order.?'
'It is true, Lord!'
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'How can those Bhikkhus who ( but rather to the unconverted being not converted, and to the turning back of those which have been converted.' And when the Blessed One had rebuked those Bhikkhus in various ways, and had delivered a religious discourse, he addressed the Bhikkhus, and said:
'Then, O Bhikkhus, let not the Sa"m"gha revoke the Pabb"g"aniya-kamma. There are five things, O Bhikkhus (&c., as before, from chapter 6, 2, down to the end of chapter 7, reading Pabb"g"aniya for Ta"g"g"aniya):
"Here end the eighteen cases in which there ought to be a revocation (of the Pabb"g"aniya-kamma).
Footnotes
356:1 Corresponding to chapters 6 and 11 above.
357:1 Compare Sa"m"ghdisesa 13
357:2 These are the four so-called Agatis, usually occurring as the faults of a judge (Rh. D., 'Buddhist Birth Stories,' p. xxii, and Dasaratha "G"taka, p. 1), but compare Siglovda Sutta, ed. Grimblot, p. 299.
357:3 Compare "G"taka I, 117, and Mahvagga I, 39, 5.
