Chapter 10
10.
1. Now at that time the Bhikkhus went on their round for alms, carrying water jugs made out of gourds 2, or water-pots 3.
People murmured, were shocked, and indignant, saying, 'As the Titthiyas do.'
They told this matter to the Blessed One.
'You are not, O Bhikkhus, to go on your rounds for alms with water jugs, or pots. Whosoever does so, shall be guilty of a dukkata.'
2. Now at that time a certain Bhikkhu, who had taken upon himself a vow to wear or use nothing except what he could procure from dust-heaps or cemeteries, went on his rounds for alms carrying a bowl made out of a skull. A certain woman saw him, and was afraid, and made an outcry 1, saying, 'O horror! This is surely a devil!'
People murmured, were shocked, and indignant, saying, 'How can the Sakyaputtiya Samanas carry about bowls made out of skulls, as the devil-worshippers 2 do?'
They told this matter to the Blessed One.
'You are not, O Bhikkhus, to use bowls made out of skulls. Whosoever does so, shall be guilty of a dukkata. And you are not, O Bhikkhus, to take a vow to wear or to use nothing except what you procure from dust-heaps or cemeteries. Whosoever does so, shall be guilty of a dukkata.'
3. Now at that time the Bhikkhus carried out odd bits, and bones, and dirty water 3 in their bowls.
People murmured, were shocked, and were indignant, saying, 'The very vessel out of which
these Sakyaputtiya Samanas eat, that they use as a waste-tub!'
They told this matter to the Blessed One.
'You are not, O Bhikkhus, to carry out odd bits, and bones, and dirty water in your bowls. Whosoever does so, shall be guilty of a dukkata. I allow you, O Bhikkhus, the use of a waste-tub 1.'