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direction of the JBuddha. At this people were annoyed, murmured, and 
became angry, saying, “ The (Jramana Gautama causes fathers to be¬ 
get no sons, wives to become widows, and families to be extinct. Now 
he has ordained one thousand Jatila Sannydsis (ascetics), and he has 
ordained these two hundred and fifty Parivrdjaka (wandering ascetics) 
who were the followers of Samjaya.” And, moreover, when they saw 
the Bhikkhus, they reviled them. 
The reason was evident. The Bhikkhus went on their rounds for 
alms, wearing their under and upper garments improperly. While people 
were eating, they held out their alms-bowl in which were held leavings 
of food. They asked for soup and boiled rice themselves and ate it; 
in the dining hall they made a great and loud noise. The Buddha now 
perceived that the order of Bhikkhus had already grown too large, and 
that discipline was necessary for its regulation. He addressed the Bhik¬ 
khus, saying :—“ I prescribe, O Bhikkhus, that young Bhikkhus choose a 
preceptor ( Upddhydya) . The Upddhydya ought to consider the pupil as 
a son, and the pupil ought to consider the Upddhydya as a father. 
Thus these two, with united confidence and communion of life, will pro¬ 
gress, advance, and reach a high stage in this doctrine and discipline.” 
The origin of the Kamma-vdcds. 1 
At that time a certain Brahmana came to the Bhikkhus and asked 
them for the pravrajyd ordination. The Bhikkhus were not willing to 
ordain him. He became lean and emaciated from disappointment and 
the Blessed One saw him, and said :—“ Now, 0 Bhikkhus, who remembers 
anything about this Brahmana P ” The Venerable (Jariputra said to 
the Blessed One : “ This Brahmana, Lord, one day, when I went through 
Rajagrha for alms, ordered a spoonful of food to be given to me ; this 
is what I remember of him, Lord.” The Buddha said, “ Good, good, 
Qariputtra ; therefore confer you the pravrajyd and upasampadd ordina¬ 
tions on that Brahmana.” 
“ Lord, how shall I confer the pravrajyd and upasampadd ordina¬ 
tions on this Brahmana ? ” The Blessed One said, “ I abolish from 
this day the upasampadd ordination by the threefold declaration of 
taking refuge, which I had formerly prescribed. I now prescribe that 
you confer the upasampadd ordination by a formal act of the Order in 
which the announcement is followed by three questions 8 :—Let a 
1 Maliavagga, I, 28, Ed. 
2 The forms for bringing a formal motion before the Order is the following : The 
mover first announces to the assembled Bhikkhus what resolution he is going to pro¬ 
pose ; this announcement is called Jnapti. After the Jnapti follows the question 
put to the Bhikkhus present, if they approve the resolution. This question is put 
three times. 
