The Blessed Buddha was staying in Śrāvastī, in the Jetavana, Anāthapiṇḍada’s Park, when a tīrthika arrived at Jetavana. When this tīrthika saw the fine seats arranged there and the array of communal food and drink, he thought, “As far as culinary pleasures are concerned, these ascetic sons of the Śākya have it good. But as far as the wealth of Dharma is concerned, ours is better. So I shall go forth and take my meals here while taking my Dharma among my fellow tīrthika.”
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With that thought, he approached a monk and said, “Noble one, I want to go forth”; his going forth was allowed, and he was granted ordination.
EN
As the tīrthikas’ restoration takes place on the fourteenth day of the month, while the monks’ restoration takes place on the fifteenth day of the month, he would participate in the tīrthikas’ restoration on the fourteenth day and the monks’ on the fifteenth.
EN
After some time, a day was skipped and the monks’ restoration fell on the fourteenth, which caused him some consternation: “Should I join them there or participate in the restoration here?”
EN
Then he had an idea: “These ascetic sons of the Śākya are more easy going, but my fellow brahmacārin are bad-tempered. If I don’t join them, they may even split my tally stick, switch out my seat plank, overturn my alms bowl, throw out my staff, and expel me from among my fellow brahmacārin.”
EN
And so he attended the tīrthikas’ restoration. Meanwhile, the disciplinarian stood at the end of the senior monks’ row. When the monks were counted, the disciplinarian noticed that the monk, who was still committed to his tīrthika order, was missing so he asked, “Venerables, has the monk [monk’s name] come or sent his consent?”
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“No.”
EN
After looking around him into the four directions, the Blessed One declared, “Let us perform the restoration.” The monks then looked around them into the four directions and performed the restoration. Later that same day, the monk arrived and the monks asked him, “Venerable, where have you come from?”
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“From the company of my fellow brahmacārin.”
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“Who are your fellow brahmacārin?”
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“The tīrthikas, for I enjoy my food with you and my Dharma with them.”
EN
The monks then asked the Blessed One about it, and the Blessed One decreed, “Monks, this person is a convert to a tīrthika order. A person who is a convert to a tīrthika order will not take root in this Dharma and Vinaya. Therefore, you must banish from this Dharma and Vinaya those persons who are converts to a tīrthika order. If someone wishing to go forth approaches any of you, you should ask, ‘You are not a convert to a tīrthika order, are you?’ If you allow going forth without asking this, a breach occurs.”
EN
The venerable Upāli asked the Blessed One, “Reverend, since the Blessed One has said, ‘You must banish from this Dharma and Vinaya those persons who are converts to a tīrthika order,’ then reverend, what is it that makes those persons who are converts to a tīrthika order fit for exclusion?”
EN
“Upāli, he who bears this banner while still being enamored with that view invites the dusk, and for that alone you must banish from this Dharma and Vinaya those persons who are converts to a tīrthika order.”
The Blessed Buddha was staying in Śrāvastī, in the Jetavana, Anāthapiṇḍada’s Park, when a tīrthika arrived at Jetavana. When this tīrthika saw the fine seats arranged there and the array of communal food and drink, he thought, “As far as culinary pleasures are concerned, these ascetic sons of the Śākya have it good. But as far as the wealth of Dharma is concerned, ours is better. So I shall go forth and take my meals here while taking my Dharma among my fellow tīrthika.”
EN
With that thought, he approached a monk and said, “Noble one, I want to go forth”; his going forth was allowed, and he was granted ordination.
EN
As the tīrthikas’ restoration takes place on the fourteenth day of the month, while the monks’ restoration takes place on the fifteenth day of the month, he would participate in the tīrthikas’ restoration on the fourteenth day and the monks’ on the fifteenth.
EN
After some time, a day was skipped and the monks’ restoration fell on the fourteenth, which caused him some consternation: “Should I join them there or participate in the restoration here?”
EN
Then he had an idea: “These ascetic sons of the Śākya are more easy going, but my fellow brahmacārin are bad-tempered. If I don’t join them, they may even split my tally stick, switch out my seat plank, overturn my alms bowl, throw out my staff, and expel me from among my fellow brahmacārin.”
EN
And so he attended the tīrthikas’ restoration. Meanwhile, the disciplinarian stood at the end of the senior monks’ row. When the monks were counted, the disciplinarian noticed that the monk, who was still committed to his tīrthika order, was missing so he asked, “Venerables, has the monk [monk’s name] come or sent his consent?”
EN
“No.”
EN
After looking around him into the four directions, the Blessed One declared, “Let us perform the restoration.” The monks then looked around them into the four directions and performed the restoration. Later that same day, the monk arrived and the monks asked him, “Venerable, where have you come from?”
EN
“From the company of my fellow brahmacārin.”
EN
“Who are your fellow brahmacārin?”
EN
“The tīrthikas, for I enjoy my food with you and my Dharma with them.”
EN
The monks then asked the Blessed One about it, and the Blessed One decreed, “Monks, this person is a convert to a tīrthika order. A person who is a convert to a tīrthika order will not take root in this Dharma and Vinaya. Therefore, you must banish from this Dharma and Vinaya those persons who are converts to a tīrthika order. If someone wishing to go forth approaches any of you, you should ask, ‘You are not a convert to a tīrthika order, are you?’ If you allow going forth without asking this, a breach occurs.”
EN
The venerable Upāli asked the Blessed One, “Reverend, since the Blessed One has said, ‘You must banish from this Dharma and Vinaya those persons who are converts to a tīrthika order,’ then reverend, what is it that makes those persons who are converts to a tīrthika order fit for exclusion?”
EN
“Upāli, he who bears this banner while still being enamored with that view invites the dusk, and for that alone you must banish from this Dharma and Vinaya those persons who are converts to a tīrthika order.”
Sutraya