Chulavagga 5.2

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

CHULAVAGGA (THE MINOR SECTION)

FIFTH KHANDHAKA (ON THE DAILY LIFE OF THE BHIKKHUS)

Chapter-2.

1. Now at that time the Chabbaggiya Bhikkhus

used to wear ear-rings, and ear-drops, and strings of beads for the throat, and girdles of beads, and bangles, and necklaces, and bracelets, and rings.

The people murmured, &c. . . . . The Bhikkhus heard, &c. . . . . They told the, Lord Buddha (&c., as in II, 1, 1, down to) he addressed the Bhikkhus, and said:

'You are not, O Bhikkhus, to wear any of these things. Whosoever does so, shall be guilty of a dukkata.'

2. [A similar paragraph concluding]

'You are not, O Bhikkhus, to wear long hair. Whosoever does so, shall be guilty of a dukkata. I allow you, O Bhikkhus, hair that is two months old, or two inches long.'

3. [Similar paragraph concluding]

'You are not, O Bhikkhus, to smooth the hair with a comb, or with a smoothing instrument shaped like a snake's hood, or with the hand used as such an instrument, or with pomade, or with hair-oil of beeswax. Whosoever does so, shall be guilty of a dukkata.'

4. [Similar paragraph concluding]

'You are not, O Bhikkhus, to look at the image of your faces in a looking-glass, or a bowl of water. Whosoever does so, shall be guilty of a dukkata.'

Now at that time a certain Bhikkhu had a sore in his face. He asked the Bhikkhus what kind of a sore he had. 'Such and such a kind of sore,' replied they. He did not believe what they said. They told this matter to the Lord Buddha.

'I allow you, O Bhikkhus, on account of a disease, to look at your faces in a looking-glass, or in a bowl of water.'

5. Now at that time the Chabbaggiya Bhikkhus (&c., down to)

'You are not, O Bhikkhus, to anoint your faces, nor to rub (ointment, &c.) into your faces, nor to put chunam on your faces, nor to smear red arsenic on your faces, nor to paint your bodies, nor to paint your faces.'

Now at that time a certain Bhikkhu had disease in his eyes. They told the matter to the Lord Buddha.

'I allow you, O Bhikkhus, on account of disease, to anoint your faces.'

6. Now at that time there was a festival on the mountain-top at Rajagaha; and the Chabbaggiya Bhikkhus went to see it.

The people murmured, were annoyed, and became indignant, saying, 'How can the Sakyaputtiya Samanas go to see dancing, and singing, and music, like those who are still enjoying the pleasures of the world?' And they told this matter to the Lord Buddha.

'You are not, O Bhikkhus, to go to see dancing, or singing, or music. Whosoever does so, shall be guilty of a dukkata.'