Early Monastic Buddhism v1.c16.31

v1.c16.31

In this connection it is worth while to refer to one of the causes of dispute between Buddha and his cousin Devadatta. The latter wanted to make some rigorous practices compulsory on the monks of the Saṅgha, to which, however, Buddha was opposed. The practices were, 1. bhikkhū yāvajīvaṃ āraññakā assu
2. ,, ,, piṇḍapātikā ,,
3. ,, ,, paṃsukūlikā ,,
4. ,, ,, rukkhamūlikā ,,
5. ,, ,, macchamaṃsaṃ na khādeyyuṃ.¹