Chulavagga 6.7

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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-7.

1. Now at that time people provided arbours (mandapas), and couches, and room for the use of the Sangha. And the pupils of the Chabbaggiya Bhikkhus, saying, 'It has been laid down by the Lord Buddha that that which pertains (wholly) to the Sangha shall be used according to seniority, but not that which is given only for the temporary use of the Sangha,' went on in front of the Sangha and occupied the mandapas, and occupied the couches, and occupied the room, saying, 'This shall be for our superiors, and this for our teachers, and this for ourselves.'

And Sariputta (&c., as in last chapter, §§-1, 2, down to) Then the Lord Buddha rebuked them, &c., and said to the Bhikkhus, 'Even that which has been set aside only for the temporary use of

the Sangha is not, O Bhikkhus, to be reserved for exclusive use according to seniority.'