Motif
Appeal to authoritative precedent
appeal_to_authoritative_precedent
A motif of the Sacred Law and Social Order family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
2 occurrences
1 traditions
buddhist
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Vinaya Texts, Part III: The Kullavagga IV-XII (Sacred Books of the East, Vol. 20) AULLAVAGGA. / XII, 2 , 7 . / A'ULLAYAGGA. / XII, 2 , 8.; lines 19224-19336 confidence: high
A question asks whether one who has finished a meal may drink non-leftover milk that is no longer milk but not yet curds; the answer says no, cites Savatthi in the Sutta Vibhanga, identifies an offence in eating food not left over, and declares the seventh point false Dhamma and false Vinaya.
For each point, the dialogue asks where the rule was rejected or forbidden and cites the Sutta Vibhanga with a named place.
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Vinaya Texts, Part III: The Kullavagga IV-XII (Sacred Books of the East, Vol. 20) ON THE COUNCIL OF VESALI. / AULLAVAGGA. / XII, 2 , 7 . / A'ULLAYAGGA.; lines 19017-19156 confidence: high
The village-trip-license asks whether one who has finished a meal and refused more may eat non-leftover food because he is about to go to the village; it is rejected, tied to Sāvatthi in the Sutta Vibhaṅga, classified as Pācittiya, and followed by the third vote.
Several decisions cite earlier rejections in named places or Vinaya sections, and the precedent-license explicitly asks whether a teacher's or preceptor's practice can authorize an act.
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