1.1.0Origin story

1.1.1Tena samayena buddho bhagavā sāvatthiyaṁ viharati jetavane anāthapiṇḍikassa ārāme.At one time when the Buddha was staying at Sāvatthī in Anāthapiṇḍika’s Monastery,1.1.2Tena kho pana samayena aññataro mahāmatto pavāsaṁ gacchanto bhikkhūnaṁ santike dūtaṁ pāhesi—a government official who was about to set out on a journey sent a message to the monks, saying,1.1.3“āgacchantu bhadantā vassāvāsikaṁ dassāmī”ti.“Come, venerables, I wish to give robe-cloth to those who have completed the rainy-season residence.”

1.1.4Bhikkhū—The monks thought,1.1.5“vassaṁvuṭṭhānaṁ bhagavatā vassāvāsikaṁ anuññātan”ti,“The Buddha has allowed such robes only for those who have completed the rains residence,”1.1.6kukkuccāyantā nāgamaṁsu.and being afraid of wrongdoing they did not go.1.1.7Atha kho so mahāmatto ujjhāyati khiyyati vipāceti—That government official complained and criticized them,1.1.8“kathañhi nāma bhadantā mayā dūte pahite nāgacchissanti.“How could they not come when I send a message?1.1.9Ahañhi senāya gacchāmi.I’m about to set out with the army.1.1.10Dujjānaṁ jīvitaṁ dujjānaṁ maraṇan”ti.It’s hard to know whether I’ll live or die.”

1.1.11Assosuṁ kho bhikkhū tassa mahāmattassa ujjhāyantassa khiyyantassa vipācentassa.The monks heard the complaints of that government official,1.1.12Atha kho te bhikkhū bhagavato etamatthaṁ ārocesuṁ.and they told the Buddha.1.1.13Atha kho bhagavā etasmiṁ nidāne etasmiṁ pakaraṇe dhammiṁ kathaṁ katvā bhikkhū āmantesi—Soon afterwards the Buddha gave a teaching and addressed the monks:

1.1.14“anujānāmi, bhikkhave, accekacīvaraṁ paṭiggahetvā nikkhipitun”ti.“Monks, I allow you to receive a haste-cloth, and then store it.”

1.2.1PTS 3.261Tena kho pana samayena bhikkhū—When they heard about this,1.2.2“bhagavatā anuññātaṁ accekacīvaraṁ paṭiggahetvā nikkhipitun”ti,1.2.3accekacīvarāni paṭiggahetvā cīvarakālasamayaṁ atikkāmenti.monks received haste-cloths and stored them beyond the robe season,1.2.4Tāni cīvarāni cīvaravaṁse bhaṇḍikābaddhāni tiṭṭhanti.keeping them in bundles on a bamboo robe rack.

1.2.5Addasa kho āyasmā ānando senāsanacārikaṁ āhiṇḍanto tāni cīvarāni cīvaravaṁse bhaṇḍikābaddhāni tiṭṭhante disvā bhikkhū etadavoca—While walking about the dwellings, Venerable Ānanda saw those cloths, and he asked the monks,1.2.6“kassimāni, āvuso, cīvarāni cīvaravaṁse bhaṇḍikābaddhāni tiṭṭhantī”ti?“Whose cloths are these?”

1.2.7“Amhākaṁ, āvuso, accekacīvarānī”ti.“They’re our haste-cloths.”

1.2.8“Kīvaciraṁ panāvuso, imāni cīvarāni nikkhittānī”ti?“But how long have you stored them?”

1.2.9Atha kho te bhikkhū āyasmato ānandassa yathānikkhittaṁ ārocesuṁ.They told him.1.2.10Āyasmā ānando ujjhāyati khiyyati vipāceti—Ānanda then complained and criticized them,1.2.11“kathañhi nāma bhikkhū accekacīvaraṁ paṭiggahetvā cīvarakālasamayaṁ atikkāmessantī”ti.“How could these monks receive haste-cloths and then store them beyond the robe season?”

1.2.12Atha kho āyasmā ānando te bhikkhū anekapariyāyena vigarahitvā bhagavato etamatthaṁ ārocesi …pe…—After rebuking those monks in many ways, Ānanda told the Buddha. Soon afterwards he had the Sangha gathered and questioned the monks:1.2.13“saccaṁ kira, bhikkhave, bhikkhū accekacīvaraṁ paṭiggahetvā cīvarakālasamayaṁ atikkāmentī”ti?“Is it true, monks, that there are monks who do this?”

1.2.14“Saccaṁ, bhagavā”ti.“It’s true, sir.”

1.2.15Vigarahi buddho bhagavā …pe…The Buddha rebuked them …1.2.16kathañhi nāma te, bhikkhave, moghapurisā accekacīvaraṁ paṭiggahetvā cīvarakālasamayaṁ atikkāmessanti.“How could those foolish men do this?1.2.17Netaṁ, bhikkhave, appasannānaṁ vā pasādāya …pe…This will affect people’s confidence …” …1.2.18evañca pana, bhikkhave, imaṁ sikkhāpadaṁ uddiseyyātha—“And, monks, this training rule should be recited like this: