9.1 Kassapagottabhikkhuvatthu

Tena samayena buddho bhagavā campāyaṃ viharati gaggarāya pokkharaṇiyā tīre. Tena kho pana samayena kāsīsu janapade vāsabhagāmo nāma hoti. Tattha kassapagotto nāma bhikkhu āvāsiko hoti tantibaddho ussukkaṃ āpanno—

“kinti anāgatā ca pesalā bhikkhū āgaccheyyuṃ, āgatā ca pesalā bhikkhū phāsu vihareyyuṃ, ayañca āvāso vuddhiṃ viruḷhiṃ vepullaṃ āpajjeyyā”ti. Tena kho pana samayena sambahulā bhikkhū kāsīsu cārikaṃ caramānā yena vāsabhagāmo tadavasaruṃ. Addasā kho kassapagotto bhikkhu te bhikkhū dūratova āgacchante, disvāna āsanaṃ paññapesi, pādodakaṃ pādapīṭhaṃ pādakathalikaṃ upanikkhipi, paccuggantvā pattacīvaraṃ paṭiggahesi, pānīyena āpucchi, nahāne ussukkaṃ akāsi, ussukkampi akāsi yāguyā khādanīye bhattasmiṃ. Atha kho tesaṃ āgantukānaṃ bhikkhūnaṃ etadahosi—

“bhaddako kho ayaṃ, āvuso, āvāsiko bhikkhu nahāne ussukkaṃ karoti, ussukkampi karoti yāguyā khādanīye bhattasmiṃ. Handa mayaṃ, āvuso, idheva vāsabhagāme nivāsaṃ kappemā”ti. Atha kho te āgantukā bhikkhū tattheva vāsabhagāme nivāsaṃ kappesuṃ.

Atha kho kassapagottassa bhikkhuno etadahosi—

“yo kho imesaṃ āgantukānaṃ bhikkhūnaṃ āgantukakilamatho so paṭippassaddho. Yepime gocare appakataññuno tedānime gocare pakataññuno. Dukkaraṃ kho pana parakulesu yāvajīvaṃ ussukkaṃ kātuṃ, viññatti ca manussānaṃ amanāpā. Yannūnāhaṃ na ussukkaṃ kareyyaṃ yāguyā khādanīye bhattasmin”ti. So na ussukkaṃ akāsi yāguyā khādanīye bhattasmiṃ.

Atha kho tesaṃ āgantukānaṃ bhikkhūnaṃ etadahosi—

“pubbe khvāyaṃ, āvuso, āvāsiko bhikkhu nahāne ussukkaṃ akāsi, ussukkampi akāsi yāguyā khādanīye bhattasmiṃ. Sodānāyaṃ na ussukkaṃ karoti yāguyā khādanīye bhattasmiṃ. Duṭṭhodānāyaṃ, āvuso, āvāsiko bhikkhu. Handa mayaṃ, āvuso, āvāsikaṃ bhikkhuṃ ukkhipāmā”ti.

Atha kho te āgantukā bhikkhū sannipatitvā kassapagottaṃ bhikkhuṃ etadavocuṃ—

“pubbe kho tvaṃ, āvuso, nahāne ussukkaṃ karosi, ussukkampi karosi yāguyā khādanīye bhattasmiṃ. Sodāni tvaṃ na ussukkaṃ karosi yāguyā khādanīye bhattasmiṃ. Āpattiṃ tvaṃ, āvuso, āpanno. Passasetaṃ āpattin”ti?

“Natthi me, āvuso, āpatti, yamahaṃ passeyyan”ti. Atha kho te āgantukā bhikkhū kassapagottaṃ bhikkhuṃ āpattiyā adassane ukkhipiṃsu.

Atha kho kassapagottassa bhikkhuno etadahosi—

“ahaṃ kho etaṃ na jānāmi ‘āpatti vā esā anāpatti vā, āpanno camhi anāpanno vā, ukkhitto camhi anukkhitto vā, dhammikena vā adhammikena vā, kuppena vā akuppena vā, ṭhānārahena vā aṭṭhānārahena vā’. Yannūnāhaṃ campaṃ gantvā bhagavantaṃ etamatthaṃ puccheyyan”ti. Atha kho kassapagotto bhikkhu senāsanaṃ saṃsāmetvā pattacīvaramādāya yena campā tena pakkāmi. Anupubbena yena campā yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami, upasaṅkamitvā bhagavantaṃ abhivādetvā ekamantaṃ nisīdi. Āciṇṇaṃ kho panetaṃ buddhānaṃ bhagavantānaṃ āgantukehi bhikkhūhi saddhiṃ paṭisammodituṃ. Atha kho bhagavā kassapagottaṃ bhikkhuṃ etadavoca—

“kacci, bhikkhu, khamanīyaṃ, kacci yāpanīyaṃ, kacci appakilamathena addhānaṃ āgato, kuto ca tvaṃ, bhikkhu, āgacchasī”ti?

“Khamanīyaṃ, bhagavā, yāpanīyaṃ, bhagavā; appakilamathena cāhaṃ, bhante, addhānaṃ āgato. Atthi, bhante, kāsīsu janapade vāsabhagāmo nāma. Tatthāhaṃ, bhagavā, āvāsiko tantibaddho ussukkaṃ āpanno—  ‘kinti anāgatā ca pesalā bhikkhū āgaccheyyuṃ, āgatā ca pesalā bhikkhū phāsu vihareyyuṃ, ayañca āvāso vuddhiṃ viruḷhiṃ vepullaṃ āpajjeyyā’ti. Atha kho, bhante, sambahulā bhikkhū kāsīsu cārikaṃ caramānā yena vāsabhagāmo tadavasaruṃ. Addasaṃ kho ahaṃ, bhante, te bhikkhū dūratova āgacchante, disvāna āsanaṃ paññapesiṃ, pādodakaṃ pādapīṭhaṃ pādakathalikaṃ upanikkhipiṃ, paccuggantvā pattacīvaraṃ paṭiggahesiṃ, pānīyena apucchiṃ, nahāne ussukkaṃ akāsiṃ, ussukkampi akāsiṃ yāguyā khādanīye bhattasmiṃ. Atha kho tesaṃ, bhante, āgantukānaṃ bhikkhūnaṃ etadahosi—  ‘bhaddako kho ayaṃ āvuso āvāsiko bhikkhu nahāne ussukkaṃ karoti, ussukkampi karoti yāguyā khādanīye bhattasmiṃ. Handa mayaṃ, āvuso, idheva vāsabhagāme nivāsaṃ kappemā’ti. Atha kho te, bhante, āgantukā bhikkhū tattheva vāsabhagāme nivāsaṃ kappesuṃ. Tassa mayhaṃ, bhante, etadahosi—  ‘yo kho imesaṃ āgantukānaṃ bhikkhūnaṃ āgantukakilamatho so paṭippassaddho. Yepime gocare appakataññuno tedānime gocare pakataññuno. Dukkaraṃ kho pana parakulesu yāvajīvaṃ ussukkaṃ kātuṃ, viññatti ca manussānaṃ amanāpā. Yannūnāhaṃ na ussukkaṃ kareyyaṃ yāguyā khādanīye bhattasmin’ti. So kho ahaṃ, bhante, na ussukkaṃ akāsiṃ yāguyā khādanīye bhattasmiṃ. Atha kho tesaṃ, bhante, āgantukānaṃ bhikkhūnaṃ etadahosi—  ‘pubbe khvāyaṃ, āvuso, āvāsiko bhikkhu nahāne ussukkaṃ karoti, ussukkampi karoti yāguyā khādanīye bhattasmiṃ. Sodānāyaṃ na ussukkaṃ karoti yāguyā khādanīye bhattasmiṃ. Duṭṭhodānāyaṃ, āvuso, āvāsiko bhikkhu. Handa mayaṃ, āvuso, āvāsikaṃ bhikkhuṃ ukkhipāmā’ti. Atha kho te, bhante, āgantukā bhikkhū sannipatitvā maṃ etadavocuṃ—  ‘pubbe kho tvaṃ, āvuso, nahāne ussukkaṃ karosi, ussukkampi karosi yāguyā khādanīye bhattasmiṃ. Sodāni tvaṃ na ussukkaṃ karosi yāguyā khādanīye bhattasmiṃ. Āpattiṃ tvaṃ, āvuso, āpanno. Passasetaṃ āpattin’ti? ‘Natthi me, āvuso, āpatti yamahaṃ passeyyan’ti. Atha kho te, bhante, āgantukā bhikkhū maṃ āpattiyā adassane ukkhipiṃsu. Tassa mayhaṃ, bhante, etadahosi—  ‘ahaṃ kho etaṃ na jānāmi “āpatti vā esā anāpatti vā, āpanno camhi anāpanno vā, ukkhitto camhi anukkhitto vā, dhammikena vā adhammikena vā, kuppena vā akuppena vā, ṭhānārahena vā aṭṭhānārahena vā”. Yannūnāhaṃ campaṃ gantvā bhagavantaṃ etamatthaṃ puccheyyan’ti. Tato ahaṃ, bhagavā, āgacchāmī”ti.

“Anāpatti esā, bhikkhu, nesā āpatti. Anāpannosi, nasi āpanno. Anukkhittosi, nasi ukkhitto. Adhammikenāsi kammena ukkhitto kuppena aṭṭhānārahena. Gaccha tvaṃ, bhikkhu, tattheva vāsabhagāme nivāsaṃ kappehī”ti.

“Evaṃ, bhante”ti kho kassapagotto bhikkhu bhagavato paṭissuṇitvā uṭṭhāyāsanā bhagavantaṃ abhivādetvā padakkhiṇaṃ katvā yena vāsabhagāmo tena pakkāmi.

Atha kho tesaṃ āgantukānaṃ bhikkhūnaṃ ahudeva kukkuccaṃ, ahu vippaṭisāro—

“alābhā vata no, na vata no lābhā; dulladdhaṃ vata no, na vata no suladdhaṃ, ye mayaṃ suddhaṃ bhikkhuṃ anāpattikaṃ avatthusmiṃ akāraṇe ukkhipimhā. Handa mayaṃ, āvuso, campaṃ gantvā bhagavato santike accayaṃ accayato desemā”ti. Atha kho te āgantukā bhikkhū senāsanaṃ saṃsāmetvā pattacīvaramādāya yena campā tena pakkamiṃsu. Anupubbena yena campā yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkamiṃsu, upasaṅkamitvā bhagavantaṃ abhivādetvā ekamantaṃ nisīdiṃsu. Āciṇṇaṃ kho panetaṃ buddhānaṃ bhagavantānaṃ āgantukehi bhikkhūhi saddhiṃ paṭisammodituṃ. Atha kho bhagavā te bhikkhū etadavoca—

“kacci, bhikkhave, khamanīyaṃ, kacci yāpanīyaṃ, kaccittha appakilamathena addhānaṃ āgatā, kuto ca tumhe, bhikkhave, āgacchathā”ti?

“Khamanīyaṃ, bhagavā, yāpanīyaṃ, bhagavā; appakilamathena ca mayaṃ, bhante, addhānaṃ āgatā. Atthi, bhante, kāsīsu janapade vāsabhagāmo nāma. Tato mayaṃ, bhagavā, āgacchāmā”ti.

“Tumhe, bhikkhave, āvāsikaṃ bhikkhuṃ ukkhipitthā”ti?

“Evaṃ, bhante”ti.

“Kismiṃ, bhikkhave, vatthusmiṃ kāraṇe”ti?

“Avatthusmiṃ, bhagavā, akāraṇe”ti. Vigarahi buddho bhagavā—

“ananucchavikaṃ, moghapurisā, ananulomikaṃ appatirūpaṃ assāmaṇakaṃ akappiyaṃ akaraṇīyaṃ. Kathañhi nāma tumhe, moghapurisā, suddhaṃ bhikkhuṃ anāpattikaṃ avatthusmiṃ akāraṇe ukkhipissatha. Netaṃ, moghapurisā, appasannānaṃ vā pasādāya…pe…  vigarahitvā dhammiṃ kathaṃ katvā bhikkhū āmantesi—

“na, bhikkhave, suddho bhikkhu anāpattiko avatthusmiṃ akāraṇe ukkhipitabbo. Yo ukkhipeyya, āpatti dukkaṭassā”ti.

Atha kho te bhikkhū uṭṭhāyāsanā ekaṃsaṃ uttarāsaṅgaṃ karitvā bhagavato pādesu sirasā nipatitvā bhagavantaṃ etadavocuṃ—

“accayo no, bhante, accagamā yathābāle yathāmūḷhe yathāakusale, ye mayaṃ suddhaṃ bhikkhuṃ anāpattikaṃ avatthusmiṃ akāraṇe ukkhipimhā. Tesaṃ no, bhante, bhagavā accayaṃ accayato paṭiggaṇhātu āyatiṃ saṃvarāyā”ti.

“Taggha tumhe, bhikkhave, accayo accagamā yathābāle yathāmūḷhe yathāakusale, ye tumhe suddhaṃ bhikkhuṃ anāpattikaṃ avatthusmiṃ akāraṇe ukkhipittha. Yato ca kho tumhe, bhikkhave, accayaṃ accayato disvā yathādhammaṃ paṭikarotha, taṃ vo mayaṃ paṭiggaṇhāma. Vuddhihesā, bhikkhave, ariyassa vinaye yo accayaṃ accayato disvā yathādhammaṃ paṭikaroti, āyatiṃ saṃvaraṃ āpajjatī”ti.