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their minds were freed from the corruptions through letting go. And there were eleven perfected ones in the world. The going forth of the four friends is finished. Fifty of Yasa’s friends from leading families in the countryside also heard that Yasa had shaved off his hair and beard, put on ocher robes, and gone forth into homelessness. They too said to one another, “This must be an extraordinary spiritual path, an extraordinary going forth, for Yasa to have done this.” And they went to Yasa and bowed down to him. Yasa then took his fifty friends to the Buddha. He bowed, sat down, “Sir, these fifty friends of mine are from leading families in the countryside.

At that time in the town of Bhaddiya there was a householder called Meṇḍaka who had supernormal powers. He would wash his hair, sweep out his granary, and sit down outside the door. A shower of grain would then fall out of the sky and fill his granary. His wife, too, had supernormal powers. She would sit down next to a pot of rice and a pot of curry and serve a meal to the slaves, servants, and workers. The food would not be exhausted until she got up. His son, too, had supernormal powers. He would get a bag containing a thousand coins and give the slaves, servants, and workers their wages for six months. That purse would not go empty as long as he held it. His daughter-in-law, too, had supernormal powers. She would sit down next to a four-liter basket and give out rice for six months to the slaves, servants, and workers. The rice would not be exhausted until she got up. Even his slave had supernormal powers.

“Dance here, Sister,” and they made gestures of approval. And they misbehaved in a variety of ways. Just then a monk who had completed the rains residence in Kāsi was on his way to visit the Buddha at Sāvatthī when he arrived at Kīṭāgiri. In the morning he robed up, took his bowl and robe, and entered Kīṭāgiri to collect almsfood. He was pleasing in his conduct: in going out and coming back, in looking ahead and looking aside, in bending and stretching his arms. His eyes were lowered, and he was perfect in deportment. When people saw him, they said, “Who’s this, acting like a moron and always frowning? Who’s gonna give almsfood to him? Almsfood should be given to our Venerables Assaji and Punabbasuka, for they’re gentle, congenial, pleasant to speak with, greeting one with a smile, welcoming, friendly, open, the first to speak.” A certain lay follower saw that monk walking for alms in Kīṭāgiri.

Please show them to me.” Meṇḍaka then washed his hair, swept out his granary, and sat down outside the door. A shower of grain fell out of the sky and filled his granary. Now show me your wife’s supernormal powers.” Meṇḍaka told his wife, “Please serve a meal to the fourfold army.” She sat down next to a pot of rice and a pot of curry and served a meal to the fourfold army. The food was not exhausted until she got up. Now show me your son’s supernormal powers.” Meṇḍaka told his son, “Please give wages for six months to the fourfold army.” He got a bag containing a thousand coins and gave the fourfold army its wages for six months. That purse did not go empty as long as he held it.

To help their friend, they all went searching for that woman. And as they walked about that forest grove, they saw the Buddha seated at the foot of a tree. They approached him and said, “Sir, have you seen a woman by any chance?” “But, young men, why look for a woman?” They told him what had happened. “What do you think is better for you: that you search for a woman, or that you search for yourselves?” “It’s better that we search for ourselves.” “Well then, sit down, and I’ll give you a teaching.” Saying, “Yes, sir,” they bowed to the Buddha and sat down.

He then said to the Buddha, “Wonderful, sir, wonderful! Just as one might set upright what’s overturned, or reveal what’s hidden, or show the way to one who’s lost, or bring a lamp into the darkness so that one with eyes might see what’s there—just so has the Buddha made the Teaching clear in many ways. I go for refuge to the Buddha, the Teaching, and the Sangha of monks. Please accept me as a lay follower who’s gone for refuge for life. And please accept tomorrow’s meal from me together with the Sangha of monks.” The Buddha consented by remaining silent. Knowing that the Buddha had consented, Meṇḍaka got up from his seat, bowed down, circumambulated the Buddha with his right side toward him, and left. The following morning Meṇḍaka had various kinds of fine foods prepared and then had the Buddha informed that the meal was ready. The Buddha robed up, took his bowl and robe, and went to Meṇḍaka’s house where he sat down on the prepared seat together with the Sangha of monks. Then Meṇḍaka’s wife, son, daughter-in-law, and slave approached the Buddha, bowed, and sat down. The Buddha gave them a progressive talk,

Branded, debt, and slave, Shaven, Upāli, deadly disease; Family with faith, and Kaṇṭaka, And the obscure. To live, the boy, the training, And they were, which; The whole, the mouth, the preceptors, Luring away, Kaṇṭaka. <i lang='pi' translate='no'>Paṇḍakas</i>, theft, and left, And serpent, about mother, father;

And the Buddha got up from his seat and left. 24. The account of Roja the Mallian When the Buddha had stayed at Āpaṇa for as long as he liked, he set out wandering toward Kusinārā with a large sangha of twelve-hundred and fifty monks. When the Mallians of Kusinārā heard that the Buddha was coming, they made an agreement that whoever did not go out to meet the Buddha would be fined five hundred coins. At that time Venerable Ānanda had a friend called Roja the Mallian. As the Buddha was approaching Kusinārā, the Mallians, including Roja, went out to meet him. Roja then went to Ānanda and bowed, and Ānanda said to him,

Standing, a similar seat. Those entitled to the same seats, they broke, And a group of three, group of two; Not entitled to the same seat, long, Including a porch, to use. And grandmother, not far, And distributed, in Kīṭāgiri; Āḷavī, fill, with walls, Door, door jamb. Window, white, and black,

Left, and disrobed. And died, and novice monk, Renounced the training, the worst; Insane, and deranged, Pain, not recognizing an offense. Not making amends, of a view, <i lang='pi' translate='no'>Paṇḍakā</i>, fake, monastics of another religion; Animal, mother, father, And perfected ones, rapists. Schismatics, those who cause the Buddha to bleed,

one for the winter, one for the summer, and one for the rainy season. He spent the four months of the rainy season in the rainy-season house, attended on only by female musicians, never descending from that house. Mahānāma thought, “A number of well-known young Sakyans have just followed the Buddha in going forth, but no-one from our household. Why doesn’t Anuruddha or I go forth?” He then went to Anuruddha and told him what he had thought. Anuruddha replied, “I’ve been brought up in great comfort. I’m not able to go forth. You go forth.” “Come, then, let me teach you how to run the family business.

“But when does the work stop? I can’t see any end to it. When can you enjoy yourself with worldly pleasures, free from bother?” “The work doesn’t stop and you won’t see any end to it. While the work was still unfinished, our fathers and grandfathers have all died.” “Well then, you go ahead and run the family business. I’ll go forth into homelessness.” Anuruddha then went to his mother and said, “Mom, I wish to go forth into homelessness.

Please allow me.” “Both of you, Anuruddha, my two sons, are dear and beloved to me. Even if you died, I would lose you against my wishes. So how can I allow you to go forth into homelessness while you’re still living?” A second time Anuruddha asked the same question and got the same reply. He then asked a third time. At that time the Sakyans were ruled by King Bhaddiya, a friend of Anuruddha’s. Anuruddha’s mother considered this and thought, “Bhaddiya won’t be able to go forth into homelessness.”

But the wanderer Sañcaya vomited hot blood right there. When the Buddha saw Sāriputta and Moggallāna coming, he said to the monks, “The two friends Kolita and Upatissa are coming. They will become my most eminent disciples, an excellent pair.” They had not even reached the Bamboo Grove, Yet had a profound range of knowledge, About the supreme end of ownership, about freedom. And the Teacher said of them: “These two friends are coming, Kolita and Upatissa.

lie down on the same sheet, lie down under the same cover, or lie down both on the same sheet and under the same cover. If you do, you commit an offense of wrong conduct.” Overturning the bowl At one time Vaḍḍha the Licchavī was a friend of the monks Mettiya and Bhūmajaka. On one occasion he went to them and said, “Respectful greetings, venerables.” They did not respond. and a third time he said the same thing,

It’s as if water is burning. Venerable Dabba the Mallian has raped my wife.’” Saying, “Alright, venerables,” he went to the Buddha, bowed, sat down, what he had been told to say. Soon afterwards the Buddha had the Sangha gathered and questioned Dabba: “Dabba, do you remember doing as Vaḍḍha says?” “Sir, you know what I’m like.” and a third time the Buddha asked the same question and got the same response. He then said, “Dabba, the Dabbas don’t give such evasive answers.

Turning the bowl upright After robing up the following morning, Venerable Ānanda took his bowl and robe, went to the house of Vaḍḍha the Licchavī, and told him, “Vaḍḍha, the Sangha has overturned the bowl against you. You’re prohibited from interacting with the Sangha.” And Vaḍḍha fainted right there. But Vaḍḍha’s friends and relatives said to him, “Don’t be sad, Vaḍḍha. We’ll reconcile you with the Buddha and the Sangha of monks.” Soon afterwards Vaḍḍha, together with his wives and children, together with his friends and relatives, with wet clothes and wet hair, went to the Buddha. He bowed down at the Buddha’s feet and said, “Sir, I’ve made a mistake. I’ve been foolish, confused, and unskillful.

If the offense is known about before the invitation ceremony, but the offender only afterwards, the offender should be corrected. If the offender is known about before the invitation ceremony, but the offense only afterwards, the offender should be corrected. If both the offense and the offender are known about before the invitation ceremony, and someone reopens the case after the invitation ceremony has been done, he commits an offense entailing confession for the reopening.” 25. Creators of quarrels, etc. At one time in a certain monastery in the Kosalan country, a number of monks who were friends had entered the rainy-season residence together. Other monks who were quarrelsome, argumentative, and creators of legal issues in the Sangha had entered the rains residence nearby. They said to one another, “At the invitation ceremony, when those monks have completed the rains residence, we’ll cancel their invitation.” The monks who were friends heard about this and wondered what to do. They told the Buddha.

“How could a nun hit a monk?” They told the Buddha. “A nun shouldn’t hit a monk. If she does, she commits an offense of wrong conduct. When a nun sees a monk coming, she should make way for him by stepping off the path.” At one time a certain woman became pregnant by a lover while her husband was away. After having an abortion, she said to the nun who was associating with her family, “Venerable, please take this fetus away in your almsbowl.” The nun did as asked, covered her bowl with her upper robe, and left. At that time a certain alms-collecting monk had resolved

The monks heard the complaints of those people. … They then told the Buddha. “Is it true, monks … ?” “It’s true, sir.” … After rebuking them, the Buddha gave a teaching and addressed the monks: “There should be a teacher. The teacher should think of his pupil as a son and the pupil his teacher as a father. In this way they will respect, esteem, and be considerate toward each other, and they will grow and reach greatness on this spiritual path. You should live with formal support for ten years. And I allow a monk of ten years’ seniority to give such support. A teacher should be chosen like this.