Chulavagga 6.14

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Adapted from the Translation by T. W. Rhys Davids and Hermann Oldenberg

CHULAVAGGA (THE MINOR SECTION)

SIXTH KHANDHAKA (ON DWELLINGS AND FURNITURE)

Chapter-14.

1. Now at that time Visakha the mother of Migara was anxious to have a storeyed building (pasada), with a verandah (alinda) to it, supported on pillars with capitals of elephant head, built for the use of the Sangha. Then the Bhikkhus thought, 'Of things which appertain to a storeyed building, which has been permitted by the Lord Buddha, and which not?'

They told this matter to the Lord Buddha.

'I allow, O Bhikkhus, the use of all appurtenances to a storeyed building.'

Now at that time the grandmother of Pasenadi of Kosala had died, and many unauthorised things had come into the hands of the Sangha, such as couches, divans (&c., as in Chapter-8 above, and Mahavagga V, 10, 4).

They told this matter to the Lord Buddha.

'I allow you, O Bhikkhus, to use the stuffed couches (asandi) after having broken off the legs, and the divans (pallanka) after having removed the hair, and to comb out the cotton of the mat-tresses and make pillows of it, and to use all the rest as floor covering.'