Chulavagga 5.10

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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-10.

1. Now at that time the Bhikkhus went on their round for alms, carrying water jugs made out of gourds, or water-pots.

People murmured, were shocked, and indignant, saying, 'As the Titthiyas do.'

They told this matter to the Lord Buddha.

'You are not, O Bhikkhus, to go on your rounds for alms with water jugs, or pots. Whosoever does so, shall be guilty of a dukkata.'

2. Now at that time a certain Bhikkhu, who had taken upon himself a vow to wear or use nothing except what he could procure from dust-heaps or cemeteries, went on his rounds for alms carrying a bowl made out of a skull. A certain woman saw him, and was afraid, and made an outcry, saying, 'O horror! This is surely a devil!'

People murmured, were shocked, and indignant, saying, 'How can the Sakyaputtiya Samanas(monks) carry about bowls made out of skulls, as the devil-worshippers do?'

They told this matter to the Lord Buddha.

'You are not, O Bhikkhus, to use bowls made out of skulls. Whosoever does so, shall be guilty of a dukkata. And you are not, O Bhikkhus, to take a vow to wear or to use nothing except what you procure from dust-heaps or cemeteries. Whosoever does so, shall be guilty of a dukkata.'

3. Now at that time the Bhikkhus carried out odd bits, and bones, and dirty water in their bowls.

People murmured, were shocked, and were indignant, saying, 'The very vessel out of which

these Sakyaputtiya Samanas eat, that they use as a waste-tub!'

They told this matter to the Lord Buddha.

'You are not, O Bhikkhus, to carry out odd bits, and bones, and dirty water in your bowls. Whosoever does so, shall be guilty of a dukkata. I allow you, O Bhikkhus, the use of a waste-tub.'