Vinaya Texts, Part I: The Pâtimokkha and the Mahâvagga I–IV — SBE Vol. 13 (trans. Rhys Davids & Oldenberg, 1881)
English·1879–1910·trans. T. W. Rhys Davids & Hermann Oldenberg·238 passages
The text · part 12 of 12
IV, 16, 14.
to convince their minds, you are right in saying that in such case the Bhikkhu who has been reproved is blameless. But if that Bhikkhu, O Bhikkhus, who reproves (the other one), being questioned by intelligent fellow Bhikkhus, is able to convince their minds, you are right in saying that in such case the Bhikkhu who has been reproved is blamable.
17. ‘If that Bhikkhu, O Bhikkhus, who reproves (another one), admits that he has charged him unfoundedly with a p4r4gika offence, let the Samgha enter upon the samghadisesa proceedings! (against the accuser) and then hold Pavdraza.
‘Tf that Bhikkhu, O Bhikkhus, who reproves (another one), admits that he has charged him unfoundedly with a samgh4disesa offence, let the Samgha treat (the accuser) according to the law? and then hold Pavdrazé.
‘If that Bhikkhu, O Bhikkhus, who reproves (another one), admits that he has charged him unfoundedly with a thullaééaya offence, or with a pa&ittiya offence, or with a pa¢idesantya offence, or with a dukka¢a offence, or with having used wicked language, let the Samgha treat (the accuser) according to the law’ and then hold Pavaravza.
18. ‘If that Bhikkhu, O Bhikkhus, who has been reproved, admits that he has committed a paragika offence, let the Samgha expel him and then hold Pavarazé,
‘If that Bhikkhu, &c., admits that he has com-
1 See the 8th Samghadisesa rule.
2 See the 76th Pafittiya rule.
8 According to Buddhaghosa, the Bhikkhu who brings such an unfounded charge against a fellow Bhikkhu, is guilty of a dukka/a offence.
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mitted a samghadisesa offence, let the Samgha enter upon the samghdadisesa proceedings (against him) and then hold Pavaraza.
‘If that Bhikkhu, &c., admits that he has committed a thullazkaya offence, or a paékittiya offence, .... (&c., down to).... wicked language, let the Samgha treat him according to the law and then hold Pavaraza.
19. ‘In case, O Bhikkhus, a Bhikkhu on the day of Pavaraza is guilty of a thullaZéaya offence. Some Bhikkhus believe that it is a thullakkaya offence, other Bhikkhus believe that it is a samghadisesa offence. In that case, O Bhikkhus, let those Bhikkhus who take it for a thullakéaya offence, take that Bhikkhu, O Bhikkhus, aside, treat him according to the law, go back to the Samgha, and say: “The offence, friends, which this Bhikkhu has committed, he has atoned for according to the law. If the Samgha is ready, let the Samgha hold
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Pavarana,
20. ‘In case, O Bhikkhus, a Bhikkhu on the day of Pav4raza is guilty of a thullakkaya offence. Some Bhikkhus believe that it is a thullakéaya offence, other Bhikkhus believe that it is a paittiya offence. Some Bhikkhus believe that it is a thullagsaya offence, other Bhikkhus believe that it isa pa¢idesantya offence; athullakaya offence ; a dukka¢a offence; a thullagéaya offence, an offence by wicked language. In that case (&c., as in § 19, down to the end).
Some Bhikkhus believe that it is a thullagsaya offence, other Bhikkhus believe that it isa pa¢idesantya offence; athullakaya offence ; a dukka¢a offence; a thullagéaya offence, an offence by wicked language. In that case (&c., as in § 19, down to the end).
21, 22. ‘In case, O Bhikkhus, a Bhikkhu on the day of Pavarawaé is guilty ofa pa&ittiya offence, of a pazidesantya offence, ofa dukka‘#a offence, of an offence by wicked language. Some Bhikkhus believep. 23 that it is an offence by wicked language, other Bhikkhus believe that it is a samghddisesa offence, &c. Some Bhikkhus believe that it is an offence by wicked language, other Bhikkhus believe that it is a dukka/a offence. In that case, O Bhikkhus, let those Bhikkhus who take it for an offence by wicked language, take that Bhikkhu, O Bhikkhus, aside (&c., see § 19).
23. ‘If, O Bhikkhus, a Bhikkhu speaks thus before the assembly on the day of Pavdraw4: “Let the Samgha, reverend Sirs, hear me. Here this deed is known (to me), but not the (guilty) person. If the Samgha is ready, let the Samgha hold Pavaraza excluding this deed,” (the Bhikkhus) ought to reply: “The Blessed One, friend, has prescribed that they who hold Pavdraz4, ought to be pure. If a deed is known, but not the (guilty) person, report it (to us) now.”
24. ‘If,O Bhikkhus, a Bhikkhu speaks thus before the assembly on the day of Pavdrawa: “Let the Samgha, reverend Sirs, hear me. Here a person is known (to me as guilty), but not his deed. If the Samgha is ready, let the Samgha hold Pavaraza excluding this person,” (the Bhikkhus) ought to reply: “The Blessed One, friend, has prescribed that they who hold Pavdraz4, ought to be complete. Ifa person is known to you (as guilty), but not his deed, report it (to us) now.”
25. ‘If, O Bhikkhus, a Bhikkhu speaks thus before the assembly on the day of Pavdrawza: “Let the Samgha, reverend Sirs, hear me. Here a deed is known (to me) as well as the (guilty) person. If the Samgha is ready, let the Samgha hold Pavaraz& excluding this deed and this person,” (the
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. Bhikkhus) ought to reply: “The Blessed One, friend, has prescribed that they who hold Pavaraz&, ought to be pure as well as complete. If the deed and the (guilty) person are known to you, report it (to us) now.”
26. ‘If, O Bhikkhus, a deed becomes known before the Pav4raza, and the (guilty) person afterwards (i.e. after the Pavarav4), it is right to bring it forward (then)}.
‘If, O Bhikkhus, the (guilty) person becomes known before the Pavdraz4, and his deed afterwards, it is right to bring it forward (then).
‘If, O Bhikkhus, the deed as well as the (guilty) person becomes known before the Pavaraz4, and if (a Bhikkhu)raises up that matter again after the Pav4raz, he makes himself guilty of a pazittiya offence for raising up (a matter that has been settled)*.’
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‘If, O Bhikkhus, the deed as well as the (guilty) person becomes known before the Pavaraz4, and if (a Bhikkhu)raises up that matter again after the Pav4raz, he makes himself guilty of a pazittiya offence for raising up (a matter that has been settled)*.’
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1. At that time a number of Bhikkhus, companions and friends of each other, entered upon Vassa in a certain district of the Kosala country. In their neighbourhood other Bhikkhus, litigious, contentious, quarrelsome, disputatious persons, who used to raise questions before the Samgha, entered upon Vassa with the intention of inhibiting, on the Pavaraza day, the Pav4raza of those Bhikkhus when
1 «Because it had not been possible to decide the matter at the Pavarama’ (Buddhaghosa). 2 See the 63rd Pafittiya rule.
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they should have finished their Vassa residence. Now those Bhikkhus heard: ‘In our neighbourhood other Bhikkhus, &c. Well, what are we to do?’
They told this thing to the Blessed One.
2. ‘In case, O Bhikkhus, a number of Bhikkhus, companions and friends of each other, enter upon Vassa ina certain district. In their neighbourhood other Bhikkhus, .... (&c., §1). I prescribe, O Bhikkhus, that those Bhikkhus hold U posatha twice or thrice on the fourteenth day (of the half-month)? in order that they may be able to hold Pavarama before those (other) Bhikkhus. If those litigious, contentious, .... (&c., §1) Bhikkhus approach that district, let the resident Bhikkhus, O Bhikkhus, quickly assemble and hold Pavdrawz4; having held Pavaraz4, let them say to them: “We have held our Pavdravza, friends; do you do, Sirs, as you think fit.”
3. ‘If those litigious,....(&c, §1) Bhikkhus come to that residence unexpectedly, let the resident Bhikkhus, O Bhikkhus, prepare seats (for them), get water for the washing of their feet, foot-stools, and towels’, then let them go to meet them, take their bowls and their robes, and offer them (water) to drink; having thus looked after those Bhikkhus, let them go outside the boundary and hold Pavd4raz4; having held Pavadraza, letp. 351 them say: “We have held our Pavarawa, friends, do you do, Sirs, as you think fit.”
1 In this way, when the inimical Bhikkhus are arriving about the time of Pavarama, the resident Bhikkhus count the day which is the thirteenth or fourteenth to the other Bhikkhus, as the fifteenth, and thus they are enabled to finish their Pavaraz4 before they can be prevented.
2 See I, 6, 11.
2 See I, 6, 11.
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them say: “We have held our Pavarawa, friends, do you do, Sirs, as you think fit.”
4. ‘If they succeed in this way, well and good; if they do not succeed, let a learned, competent, resident Bhikkhu proclaim the following #atti before the resident ‘Bhikkhus: “Let the resident Bhikkhus hear me, Sirs. If you are ready, Sirs, let us now hold Uposatha and recite the Patimokkha, and let us hold Pavdraz4 on the next new-moon day.” If, O Bhikkhus, the litigious,.... (&c., §1) Bhikkhus say to those Bhikkhus: “ Well, friends, hold Pavdraza with us now,” let them reply: “You are not masters, friends, of our Pav4raza; we will not hold Pavaraz4 now.”
5. ‘If, O Bhikkhus, those litigious, .... (&c., § 1) Bhikkhus stay there till that new-moon day, let a learned, competent, resident Bhikkhu, ....1
6. ‘If, O Bhikkhus, those litigious, .... (&c., § 1) Bhikkhus stay there still till that full-moon day, those Bhikkhus, O Bhikkhus, ought to hold PavérazA all of them, no matter whether they like it or not, on the next full-moon day, on the day of the komudt £atumA4sint*
7. ‘If those Bhikkhus, O Bhikkhus, hold Pavaraz4, and a sick Bhikkhu inhibits the Pavaraza4 of a healthy Bhikkhu, let them say (to the inhibiting Bhikkhu) : “ You are sick, Sir, and the Blessed One has said that a sick person cannot endure being questioned. Wait, friend, until you have recovered ;
1 As in § 4, down to the end of the paragraph; instead of, ‘On the next new-moon day,’ it is to be read here, ‘On the next full-moon day.’
3 See the note on III, 14, 11.
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having recovered, you may reprove him, if you like.” If they speak to him thus, and he reproves (that Bhikkhu) notwithstanding, he makes himself guilty of the paittiya offence of disregard?.
8. ‘If those Bhikkhus, O Bhikkhus, hold Pavaraz4, and a healthy Bhikkhu inhibits the PavarazA of a sick Bhikkhu, let them say (to the inhibiting Bhikkhu): “ This Bhikkhu is sick, friend, and the Blessed One has said that a sick person cannot endure being questioned. Wait, friend until this Bhikkhu has recovered ; when he has recovered you may reprove him, if you like.” If they speak to him thus, .... (&c., as in § 7).
g. ‘If those Bhikkhus, O Bhikkhus, hold Pavéraz, and a sick Bhikkhu inhibits the Pavaraz4 of another sick Bhikkhu, let them say (to the inhibiting Bhikkhu): “You are sick, Sirs, and the Blessed One has said that a sick person cannot endure being questioned. Wait, friend, until you have recovered; when he has recovered? you may reprove him, if you like.” If they speak to him thus,.... (&c., as in § 7).
10. ‘If those Bhikkhus, O Bhikkhus, hold Pavaraza, and a healthy Bhikkhu inhibits the Pavaraza of another healthy Bhikkhu, let the Samgha question and examine them both and treat them according to the law, and then hold PavarazA.’
1 See the 54th Pafittiya rule.
(&c., as in § 7).
10. ‘If those Bhikkhus, O Bhikkhus, hold Pavaraza, and a healthy Bhikkhu inhibits the Pavaraza of another healthy Bhikkhu, let the Samgha question and examine them both and treat them according to the law, and then hold PavarazA.’
1 See the 54th Pafittiya rule.
2 Probably we should read in the P4li text, ‘drogo frogam akankhaméno odessasiti.’ Then the translation would be: ‘When you have recovered and he has recovered, &c.’
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1, At that time a number of Bhikkhus, companions and friends of each other, entered upon Vassa in a certain district of the Kosala country. These Bhikkhus, living in unity, and concord, and without quarrel, had found a comfortable place to dwell in. Now those Bhikkhus thought: ‘ Living in unity, &c., we have found a comfortable place to dwell in. If we hold Pavadraza4 now, (other Bhikkhus) might come on a journey, having held their Pav4rawa, (and might occupy this place); thus we should lose this place which is comfortable to dwell in. Well, what are we to do?’
They told this thing to the Blessed One.
2. ‘In case, O Bhikkhus, a number of Bhikkhus, companions and friends of each other, have entered upon Vassa in a certain district. These Bhikkhus,
‘If these Bhikkhus think : “ Living in unity, .... (&c., § 1, down to:) thus we should lose this place which is comfortable to dwell in,” I allow, O Bhikkhus, these Bhikkhus to agree upon pavarazasamgahal.
3. ‘And you ought, O Bhikkhus, to agree upon it in this way: Let them all assemble together. When
* Literally this word means, we believe, ‘Keeping back one’s own Pavarana.’ Buddhaghosa says: ‘When the decree of pavaranasamgaha has been issued, the Bhikkhus (who have issued it) ought to live as in the rainy season. Incoming Bhikkhus are not allowed to take possession of their places of rest. On the other side, they ought not to interrupt their Vassa residence.’
(13] Aap. 4 they have assembled, let a learned, competent Bhikkhu proclaim the following #atti before the Samgha: “Let the Samgha, reverend Sirs, hear me. Living in unity,....(&c., §1, down to:) thus we should lose this place which is comfortable to dwell in. Ifthe Samgha is ready, let the Samgha agree upon pavdrazAsamgaha; let it now hold Uposatha and recite the P4timokkha, and let the Samgha hold Pavdraz4 on the next komudt AAtumAsint day. This is the #atti.”
4. ‘“Let the Samgha, &c.?”
5. ‘If, O Bhikkhus, after those Bhikkhus have agreed upon pavarazdsamgaha, a Bhikkhu should say: “I wish, friends, to go on my travels through the country; I have a business in the country,” let them reply to him: “Good, friend, hold Pavaraza and go.” If that Bhikkhu, O Bhikkhus, when holding Pavdraz4 inhibits the Pavaraza of another Bhikkhu, let (that other Bhikkhu) say to him: “ You are not master of my Pav4rav4, friend; I will not hold Pavarazaé now.”
‘If, O Bhikkhus, when that Bhikkhu holds Pavaraz4, another Bhikkhu inhibits his Pavaravzé, let the Samgha question and examine them both and treat them according to the law.
6. ‘If that Bhikkhu, O Bhikkhus, has finished that business in the country and comes back to that district before the day of komudt £a4tumAsinf, and if a Bhikkhu, O Bhikkhus, when the Bhikkhus hold PavAravz4, inhibits the Pavdraz4 of that Bhikkhu (who has been absent), let him say (to the
1 Here follows the usual formula of a wattidutiya kamma as in Book II, chap. 6. Comp. the note on Book I, chap. 28, § 3.
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inhibiting Bhikkhu): “You are not master of my Pavaraz, friend; I have held my Pavaraza.”
‘If, O Bhikkhus, when the Bhikkhus hold Pav4raz4, this Bhikkhu inhibits the Pavdraza of another Bhikkhu, let the Samgha question and examine them both and treat them according to the law, and then hold PavarazA.’
End of the Pav4raz4-Khandhaka.
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