[642] Then the Venerable Sambhūta Sāṇavāsī said this to the Venerable Yasa Kākaṇḍakaputta: "Friend, this Venerable Revata is greatly learned, versed in the scriptures, a bearer of the Dhamma, a bearer of the Vinaya, a bearer of the summaries (mātikā); he is wise, competent, intelligent, conscientious, scrupulous, and desirous of the training. If we ask the Venerable Revata a question, the Venerable Revata is capable of passing the entire night with a single question. And just now the Venerable Revata will invite a bhikkhu, his pupil, to intoned recitation (sarabhañña). So when that bhikkhu has finished the intoned recitation, you should approach the Venerable Revata and ask him about these ten points (vatthu)." "Yes, venerable sir," the Venerable Yasa Kākaṇḍakaputta assented to the Venerable Sambhūta Sāṇavāsī. Then the Venerable Revata invited the bhikkhu, his pupil, to intoned recitation. Then the Venerable Yasa Kākaṇḍakaputta, when that bhikkhu had finished the intoned recitation, approached the Venerable Revata; having approached, he paid homage to the Venerable Revata and sat down to one side. Sitting to one side, the Venerable Yasa Kākaṇḍakaputta said this to the Venerable Revata:
"Venerable sir, is the horn-salt practice (siṅgiloṇakappa) allowable?"
"What, friend, is the horn-salt practice?"
"Venerable sir, is it allowable to carry about salt in a horn, thinking, 'Where there is unsalted food, there I will make use of it'?"
"It is not allowable, friend."
"Venerable sir, is the two-fingerbreadth practice (dvaṅgulakappa) allowable?"
"What, friend, is the two-fingerbreadth practice?"
"Venerable sir, is it allowable to eat a meal at the wrong time, when the shadow has passed beyond two fingerbreadths?"
"It is not allowable, friend."
"Venerable sir, is the next-village practice (gāmantarakappa) allowable?"
"What, friend, is the next-village practice?"
"Venerable sir, is it allowable for one who has eaten and refused further food, thinking, 'I will now go to the next village,' to eat food that has not been left over (anatiritta)?"
"It is not allowable, friend."
"Venerable sir, is the residence practice (āvāsakappa) allowable?"
"What, friend, is the residence practice?"
"Venerable sir, is it allowable for several residences having the same boundary (sīmā) to carry out the Uposatha separately?"
"It is not allowable, friend."
"Venerable sir, is the assent practice (anumatikappa) allowable?"
"What, friend, is the assent practice?"
"Venerable sir, is it allowable for an incomplete Saṅgha to carry out a formal act, thinking, 'We will obtain the assent of the bhikkhus when they arrive'?"
"It is not allowable, friend."
"Venerable sir, is the customary practice (āciṇṇakappa) allowable?"
"What, friend, is the customary practice?"
"Venerable sir, is it allowable to practice something, thinking, 'This was habitually practiced by my preceptor, this was habitually practiced by my teacher'?"
"The customary practice, friend, is in some cases allowable, in some cases not allowable."
"Venerable sir, is the unchurned practice (amathitakappa) allowable?"
"What, friend, is the unchurned practice?"
"Venerable sir, is it allowable for one who has eaten and refused further food to drink milk that has left the state of milk but has not yet reached the state of curd, when it has not been left over?"
"It is not allowable, friend."
"Venerable sir, is it allowable to drink jaḷogi?"
"What, friend, is jaḷogi?"
"Venerable sir, is it allowable to drink liquor that has not fermented, that has not yet reached the state of an intoxicant?"
"It is not allowable, friend."
"Venerable sir, is a sitting cloth without a border allowable?"
"It is not allowable, friend."
"Venerable sir, are gold and silver allowable?"
"They are not allowable, friend."
"Venerable sir, these bhikkhus of Vesālī, sons of the Vajjis, are proclaiming these ten points in Vesālī. Come, venerable sir, let us take up this legal issue (adhikaraṇa) before what is not Dhamma shines forth and the Dhamma is put aside, before what is not Vinaya shines forth and the Vinaya is put aside; before those who speak what is not Dhamma become strong and those who speak the Dhamma become weak, before those who speak what is not Vinaya become strong and those who speak the Vinaya become weak."
"So be it, friend," the Venerable Revata assented to the Venerable Yasa Kākaṇḍakaputta.
The First Recitation Section (paṭhamabhāṇavāra) is concluded.
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.