Vinaya (3): The Cullavagga

by T. W. Rhys Davids | 1881 | 137,074 words

The Cullavagga (part of the Vinaya collection) includes accounts of the First and Second Buddhist Councils as well as the establishment of the community of Buddhist nuns. The Cullavagga also elaborates on the etiquette and duties of Bhikkhus....

Cullavagga, Khandaka 5, Chapter 4

1. Now at that time the Chabbaggiya Bhikkhus used to wear woollen cloth with long fleece to it[1].

The people murmured . . . (&c., down to) They told this matter to the Blessed One.

'You are not, O Bhikkhus, to wear woollen cloth with long fleece to it. Whosoever does so, shall be guilty of a dukkaṭa.'

Footnotes and references:

[1]:

Bāhira-lomiṃ-uṇṇim. Literally, 'with the fleece outside.' Compare Mahāvagga V, 10, 4, and the Majjhima Sīla, § 5 (p. 193 of Rh. D.'s 'Buddhist Suttas').

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