Cullavagga, Khandaka 6, Chapter 12

1. Now the venerable Upananda the Sākyan, after having had a lodging allotted to him in Sāvatthi, went to a certain country-place where a community of the Saṃgha resided, and there also had a lodging allotted to him. Then the Bhikkhus there thought, 'Now this brother, Upananda the Sākyan, is a maker of strife, quarrelsome, a maker of disputes, given to idle talk, a raiser of legal questions in the Saṃgha^[1]. If he should spend the rainy season here, then shall we all dwell in discomfort. Come, let us question him.' And they asked the venerable Upananda the Sākyan:

'Have not you, friend Upananda, had a lodging allotted to you in Sāvatthi?'

That is so, Sirs.'

'What then do you, friend Upananda, being one, yet take exclusive possession of two (lodging-places)?'

'Well, I do now, Sirs, set (the lodging) here free, and take the one there.'

Those Bhikkhus who were moderate murmured, &c., and they told the matter to the Blessed One. Then the Blessed One, on that occasion and in that connection, convened a meeting of the Bhikkhu-saṃgha, and asked the venerable Upananda the Sākyan:

'Is it true, Upananda, that you, being one, have taken possession of two places?'

'It is true, Lord.'

Then the Blessed One rebuked him, saying, 'How can you, O foolish one, do such a thing? What you took there, O foolish one, has been lost here; what you took here, has been lost there^[2]. Thus, O foolish one, you are deprived of both.' And when he had delivered a religious discourse, he said to the Bhikkhus:

'One man is not, O Bhikkhus, to take two lodging-places. Whosoever does so, shall be guilty of a dukkaṭa.'

Footnotes and references:

[1]:

These are the acts which render a Bhikkhu liable to the Tajjaniya Kamma. See Cullavagga I, 1, 1.

[2]:

That is, by taking a lodging here you ipso facto renounced your right to a lodging there, and by taking one there you ipso facto renounced your right to get one here.