Early Monastic Buddhism v1.c23.s6.2

v1.c23.s6.2

¹ In this account the disciplinary action taken against Channa is related thus: Ānanda then announced to the Saṅgha that Buddha had asked him to punish a monk called Channa by *brahmadaṇḍa*, and this he was going to do at Kauśāmbi. Ānanda reached Kauśāmbi. The queen of King Udena approached him with gifts, which were doubled by the King himself after he had been pleased with a talk with Ānanda. Channa on his being so punished made a strong effort for arhathood and attained it soon. He then approached Ānanda to have *brahmadaṇḍa* withdrawn but in reply he was told that the moment he had attained arhathood the *daṇḍa* had ceased. [A monk punished with *brahmadaṇḍa* is not admonished or instructed by any other monk and he is left to do whatever he likes Prof. La Vallée Poussin uses the appropriate synonym "boycotting."]