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PTS: Mv V 10.4 | CS: vin.mv.05.08
Uccāsayanamahāsayanapaṭikkhepo
'Line by Line'
The Prohibition Against High and Luxurious Seats/Beds
by
Ven. Khematto Bhikkhu
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154. uccāsayanamahāsayanapaṭikkhepo (Mv.V.10.4)
The Prohibition Against High and Luxurious Seats/Beds [BMC]

[15] tena kho pana samayena chabbaggiyā bhikkhū uccāsayanamahāsayanāni dhārenti seyyathīdaṁ āsandiṁ pallaṅkaṁ goṇakaṁ cittakaṁ paṭikaṁ paṭilikaṁ tūlikaṁ vikatikaṁ uddhalomiṁ ekantalomiṁ kaṭissaṁ koseyyaṁ kuttakaṁ hatthattharaṁ assattharaṁ rathattharaṁ ajinappaveṇiṁ kaddalimigapavarapaccatharaṇaṁ sauttaracchadaṁ ubhatolohitakūpadhānaṁ.

Now at that time the Group-of-six monks used high and great furnishings for reclining: a dais, a throne, a long-haired coverlet, a decorated coverlet, a white spread made of animal hair, a wool coverlet with floral designs, a blanket of cotton batting, a wool coverlet decorated with animals, a wool covering with fleece on both sides, a wool covering with the fleece on one side, a silken sheet embroidered with jewels (woven with silver or gold threads), a dancer’s carpet, an elephant-back rug, a horse-back rug, a chariot rug, a spread of black antelope skins, a sheet of kadali-deer hide, a bed with a canopy above, a bed with red cushions at either end.

manussā vihāracārikaṁ āhiṇḍantā passitvā ujjhāyanti khīyanti vipācenti seyyathāpi gihī kāmabhoginoti.

People wandering on a tour of the dwellings, on seeing them, criticized and complained and spread it about, “Just like householders who partake of sensuality.”

bhagavato etamatthaṁ ārocesuṁ.

They reported the matter to the Blessed One.

(Mv.V.10.4) na bhikkhave uccāsayanamahāsayanāni dhāretabbāni seyyathīdaṁ āsandi pallaṅko goṇako cittako paṭikā paṭalikā tūlikā vikatikā uddhalomī ekantalomī kaṭissaṁ koseyyaṁ kuttakaṁ hatthattharaṁ assattharaṁ rathattharaṁ ajinappaveṇi kaddalimigapavarapaccattharaṇaṁ sauttaracchadaṁ ubhatolohitakūpadhānaṁ yo dhāreyya āpatti dukkaṭassāti.

“One should not use high and great furnishings for reclining: a dais, a throne, a long-haired coverlet, a decorated coverlet, a white spread made of animal hair, a wool coverlet with floral designs, a blanket of cotton batting, a wool coverlet decorated with animals, a wool covering with fleece on both sides, a wool covering with the fleece on one side, a silken sheet embroidered with jewels (woven with silver or gold threads), a silken sheet decorated with jewels (fringed with silver or gold), a dancer’s carpet, an elephant-back rug, a horse-back rug, a chariot rug, a spread of black antelope skins, a sheet of kadali-deer hide, a bed with a canopy above, a bed with red cushions at either end. Whoever should use them: an offense of wrong doing.”

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