Early Monastic Buddhism v1.c23.s2.9

v1.c23.s2.9

Immediately after Budhda’s death an aged monk called Subhadda or Upānanda, who was ordained towards the end of Buddha’s life, gave out that Buddha, so long he had been alive, was a source of trouble to the monks for he constantly admonished the monks to do a certain act and not to do certain others. Now that he was dead, the monks would be free to do as they liked.