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 30
1. Now at that time the Chabbaggiya Bhikkhus carried a double pingo (a yoke over the shoulders with the weight to be carried on both sides).
People murmured, &c., saying, 'Like the king's porters[1].
They told this matter to the Blessed One.
'You are not, O Bhikkhus, to carry a double pingo. Whosoever does so, shall be guilty of a dukkaṭa. I allow you, O Bhikkhus, to carry a single pingo, a pingo for two bearers[2], and to carry weights on your head, or your shoulders, or against your hips[3], and suspended over your backs.'
Footnotes and references:
[1]:
Muṇḍa-vaṭṭi or -veṭṭhi. See the note from the Samanta Pāsādikā at p. 319 of the text.
[2]:
Antarā-kājaṃ nāma majjhe laggetvā dvīhi vahitabbaṃ bhāraṃ (B.).
[3]:
That is held round by the arm, and resting against the side of the hips. Women in India commonly carry their children so, the children sitting on the hip, with one leg in front and one behind.