Hi again Stephen,


But still there is no evidence that the Vajjiputakasa had anything

> to do with the Mahasanghikas -- if they did, we would expect to

find the ten

> points of disciplinary dispute accepted into the Mahasanghika

Vinaya, which

> we do not, except for the handling of coin.

In the rule against using money, (Pali Nissagiya Pacittiya 18)
Pachow pg 104 for Mahasanghika Vinaya does not note any relevant
difference. He merely notes the Chinese translation 'sheng she shih
she' for 'jaataruuparajata'. He also adds 'or has attachment for
it', which presumably stands for the Pali 'saadiyeyya'. In other
words, apart from translation issues, the rule seems to be identical.

here's the full rule:

'Whatsoever bhikkhu shall receive gold or silver with his own hand
or get someone to receive it for him or allow it to be kept on
deposit for him...'

No, this is not the Pali version, but the heinous and evil
Sarvastivadins (boo! hiss!), as can easily be told by the degenerate
and corrupt insertion of the words 'with one's own hand', absent
from the pure and unstained Theravadins.

For those unfamiliar with this rule, the Vibhanga (explanation of
the rule, an old commentary found in the Vinaya itself) in the Pali
explains 'gold and silver' as money made from anything, whether
shell, or lac, etc. The Dharmaguptakas make this clear in the rule
itself by including the word 'money'. It is to be expected that the
explanations in the Vibhangas will tend to vary more than the rules
themselves.

The other rules involving money are NP 19 (trading precious things)
and NP 20 (buying and selling), and in both of these the other
schools, including Mahasanghika, add no variations of interest.

Nor is NP 10, about how to appoint a kappiya for receiving funds,
significantly different.

Finally Pacittiya 84, the ratanapaacittiya (about picking up
valuable items) is also substantially identical, except the Mula-
sarv, evidently by mistake, adds an exception for when in the house
of a householder (whereas the exception should be when in a
monastery only).

in Dhamma

Bhante Sujato