Mahavogga 1.58

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Translated from the Pâli by T. W. Rhys Davids and Hermann Oldenberg (1881)

At that time the Khabbaggiya Bhikkhus laid a ban upon novices without the consent of the upagghâyas (of those novices). The upagghâyas searched after them, thinking: 'How is it that our novices have disappeared?' The Bhikkhus said: 'TheKhabbaggiya Bhikkhus, friends, have laid a ban upon them.' The upagghâyas were annoyed, &c.: 'How can the Khabbaggiya Bhikkhus lay a ban upon our novices without having obtained our consent?'

They told this thing to the Blessed One.

'Let no one, O Bhikkh us, lay a ban (upon novices) without consent of the upagghâyas. He who does, commits a dukkata offence.'