1. Now at that time the Blessed One walked up and down in the open air 3 unshod. Noticing that, 'The Master walks unshod,' the Elders (the Thera Bhikkhus) also went unshod when they were walking up and down 3. But though the Master and the Thera Bhikkhus went unshod, the Khabbaggiya Bhikkhus walked up and down with coverings on their feet.
17:3 This walking up and down thinking is represented as a constant habit of the early Buddhist Samanas. 18:1 Avassikassa khabbasso âkariyamatto. So hi katuvassakâle tam nissâya vakkhati (Mahâvagga I, 35). Evam ekavassassa sattavasso, duvassassa atthavasso, tivassassa dasavasso (B.). 18:2 Upagghâyassa samdittha-sambhattâ pana sahâyâ bhikkhû, ye vâ pana keki dasahi vassehi mahantatarâ, te sabbe pi upagghâyamattâ nâma. This confirms the view expressed in a note to the first Book (chap. 32. I), that the Upagghâya is a more important person than the Âkariya. The former must have ten years, the latter need only have six years, seniority.
