Chulavagga 6.19

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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-19.

1. Now at that time there was a very valuable rug, and a very valuable piece of cloth, among the bedding furniture belonging to the Sangha.

They told this matter to the Lord Buddha.

'I allow you, O Bhikkhus, to barter either of these things in order to increase the stock of legally permissible furniture.'

Now at that time the Sangha had received a

bear-skin, and a kakkali rug, and a kolaka cloth.

They told this matter to the Lord Buddha.

'I allow you, O Bhikkhus, to use them as mats to wipe your feet on'