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Kaṇṭakavatthu: The Case of Kaṇṭaka 'line by line'

Kaṇṭakavatthu

Summary:

Mv I 38 PTS: Mv I 51 | CS: vin.mv.01.38

Kaṇṭakavatthu

'Line by Line'

The Case of Kaṇṭaka

by

Ven. Khematto Bhikkhu

Alternate translations/layout: Ven. Thanissaro | 'read-friendly' layout

38. kaṇṭakavatthu (Mv.I.52.1) The Case of Kaṇṭaka

(Cross-reference: BMC BMCII: Chap. 24: Dependence)

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[114] tena kho pana samayena āyasmato upanandassa sakyaputtassa dve sāmaṇerā honti kaṇṭako ca mahako ca.Now at that time Ven. Upananda the Sakyan had two novices, Kaṇṭaka and Mahaka.
Te aññamaññaṁ dūsesuṁ.They committed sodomy with each other.
bhikkhū ujjhāyanti khīyanti vipācenti kathaṁ hi nāma sāmaṇerā evarūpaṁ anācāraṁ ācarissantīti.The monks criticized and complained and spread it about, “How can novices engage in that sort of misbehavior?”
bhagavato etamatthaṁ ārocesuṁ.They reported the matter to the Blessed One.
na bhikkhave ekena dve sāmaṇerā upaṭṭhāpetabbā yo upaṭṭhāpeyya āpatti dukkaṭassāti.“One (monk) should not get two novices to attend to him. Whoever should get them to attend to him: an offense of wrong doing.”

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