1. Now the venerable Upananda the Sâkyan, after having had a lodging allotted to him in
'Have not you, friend Upananda, had a lodging allotted to you in Sâvatthi?'
That is so, Sirs.'
'What then do you, friend Upananda, being one, yet take exclusive possession of two (lodging-places)?'
'Well, I do now, Sirs, set (the lodging) here free, and take the one there.'
Those Bhikkhus who were moderate murmured, &c., and they told the matter to the Blessed One. Then the Blessed One, on that occasion and in that connection, convened a meeting of the Bhikkhu-samgha, and asked the venerable Upananda the Sâkyan:
'Is it true, Upananda, that you, being one, have taken possession of two places?'
'It is true, Lord.'
Then the Blessed One rebuked him, saying, 'How can you, O foolish one, do such a thing? What you took there, O foolish one, has been lost here; what you took here, has been lost there 2. Thus, O
205:1 These are the acts which render a Bhikkhu liable to the Tagganiya Kamma. See Kullavagga I, 1, 1. 205:2 That is, by taking a lodging here you ipso facto renounced