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1‘In case, O Bhikkhus, the Bhikkhu Samgha consist of twenty persons, and acts lawfully, and is complete, it is entitled to perform all official acts. ‘In case, O Bhikkhus, the Bhikkhu Samgha consist of more than twenty persons, and acts lawfully, and is complete, it is entitled to perform all official acts. 2. ‘An official act, O Bhikkhus, which requires the presence of four persons, if performed by a congregation in which a Bhikkhunt is the fourth, is no real act, and ought not to be performed. An official act, O Bhikkhus, which requires the presence of four persons, if performed by a congregation in which a sikkham4néa is the fourth,. . . . in which a sAmavera, &c.?, is the fourth, ... . in which a person belonging to another communion is the fourth, .... in which a person staying within a different boundary® is the fourth, ... .in which a person poised in the air by supernatural power is 1 As regards the exceptional regulations referring to the upasampada4 ordination in the bordering countries, see above, V, 13, 12. 2 Here follows the very frequent enumeration given, for instance, at IT, 36, §§ 1-4. * ® Generally speaking, the two categories of ‘persons belonging to another communion,’ and ‘persons staying within another boundary,’ can be considered as coincident. In certain cases, however, they could be distinguished; see X, 1, § 9, 10. 270 MAHAVAGGA, IX, 4,3. the fourth, .... in whicha person against whom the Samgha institutes a proceeding is the fourth— is no real act and ought not to be performed.’ End of the regulations about acts performed by four persons. 3-5. ‘An official act, O Bhikkhus, which requires the presence of five (.... ten,.... twenty) persons, if performed by a congregation in which a Bhikkhunf, &c.1, is the fifth (.... tenth, .... twentieth), is no real act and ought not to be performed.’ End of the regulations about acts performed by five, (ten, twenty) persons. 6. ‘If, O Bhikkhus, a congregation in which a person sentenced to the parivasa discipline? is the fourth, institutes the proceedings of pariv4sa, of miléya pa¢ikassan4, and of manatta, or if acongregation in which such a person is the twentieth, confers abbh4na, this is no real act and ought not to be performed. ‘If, O Bhikkhus, a congregation in which a person that ought to be sentenced to mfldya patikassand... . that ought to be sentenced to manatta .... that is subject to the m4natta discipline. ... 1 Here the enumeration of § 2 is repeated. 2 See about parivdsa, and the other Samghakammas referred to in this paragraph, the details given in the second book of the Kullavagga. IX, 4, 8. FORMAL ACTS OF THE SAMGHA. 271 on whom the abbh4na sentence ought to be conferred}, institutes the proceedings of parivdsa, of mfilaya pa¢ikassan4, and of mAnatta, or if a congregation in which such a person is the twentieth, confers abbh4na, this is no real act and ougkit not to be performed.
2FORMAL ACTS OF THE SAMGHA. 271 on whom the abbh4na sentence ought to be conferred}, institutes the proceedings of parivdsa, of mfilaya pa¢ikassan4, and of mAnatta, or if a congregation in which such a person is the twentieth, confers abbh4na, this is no real act and ougkit not to be performed. 7. ‘Of some persons, O Bhikkhus, the protest ? raised in the assembly is effectual, of some persons it is ineffectual. ‘ And which are the persons, O Bhikkhus, whose protest raised in the assembly is ineffectual ? ‘The protest, O Bhikkhus, raised in the assembly by a Bhikkhunt is ineffectual. The protest, O Bhikkhus, raised in the assembly by a sikkhamana (&c.’, down to:) by a person against whom the Samgha institutes a proceeding, is ineffectual. These are the persons, O Bhikkhus, whose protest raised in the assembly is ineffectual. 8. ‘And which are the persons, O Bhikkhus, whose protest raised in the assembly is effectual ? ‘The protest, O Bhikkhus, of a Bhikkhu who is healthy (in mind), who belongs to the same communion ‘, who stays within the same boundary °, even 1 But has not yet been conferred. An abbhita Bhikkhu is considered as fully rehabilitated. ® Against official acts which the Samgha is performing. 5 This list of persons who cannot protest against official acts of the Samgha differs from that given in § 2 or at II, 36, §§ 1-4, only by three categories being here added after ‘a person guilty of an extreme offence’ (antimavatthum agghapannaka). These categories are the following: ‘a madman,’ ‘a person whose mind is unhinged,’ ‘a person who suffers (bodily) pain.’ See II, 22, 3, &c. “ That is, the Samgha which is going to perform the act in question. 5 See the note at § 2. 272 MAHAVAGGA. IX, 4,9 if he have committed a sin which brings about immediate punishment in hell,—if he give notice of his protest at the meeting,—is effectual. This is the person, O Bhikkhus, whose protest raised in the assembly is effectual. 9. ‘There are, O Bhikkhus, two cases of expulsion! (pronounced against a person). If expulsion, O Bhikkhus, had not been pronounced (before) against a person, and the Samgha pronounces expulsion against him, there are some against whom such expulsion has been pronounced duly, and others against whom it has been pronounced unduly. ‘And which is a person, O Bhikkhus, against whom, if expulsion had not been pronounced before, and the Samgha pronounces expulsion against him, expulsion has been pronounced unduly? In case, O Bhikkhus, there be a pure, guiltless Bhikkhu,— if the Samgha pronounces expulsion against him, expulsion has been pronounced unduly. This, O Bhikkhus, is called a person against whom, if expulsion had not been pronounced before, and the Samgha pronounces expulsion against him, expulsion has been pronounced unduly.
3This, O Bhikkhus, is called a person against whom, if expulsion had not been pronounced before, and the Samgha pronounces expulsion against him, expulsion has been pronounced unduly. ‘And which is a person, O Bhikkhus, against whom, &c., expulsion has been pronounced duly ? In case, O Bhikkhus, there be an ignorant, unlearned Bhikkhu, a constant offender, who is unable to discern what is an offence’, who lives in lay society, unduly 1 Compare the rules regarding the pabbaganiyakamma, Xullavagga I, 13 seq., and our note at I, 79, 1. * Anapad4éna. Buddhaghosa: ‘Anapad4no’ti apafina- (read apadana-) virahito. apadanam vukkati parikkhedo. Apatti-pariékheda-virahito ’ti attho.’ Probably the word must not be derived from the root d4, ‘to give,’ but from dé, ‘to cut.’ IX, 4, 11. FORMAL ACTS OF THE SAMGHA. 273 associating himself with lay people,—if the Samgha pronounces expulsion against him, expulsion has been pronounced duly. This, O Bhikkhus, is called a person, &c. 10. ‘ There are, O Bhikkhus, two cases of restoration (of an expelled Bhikkhu). If restoration, O Bhikkhus, had not been granted before to a person, and the Samgha grants restoration to him, there are some to whom such restoration will have been granted duly, and others to whom it will have been unduly granted. ‘And which is a person, O Bhikkhus, to whom, &c., restoration has been granted unduly ? A eunuch, O Bhikkhus, to whom restoration had not been granted before, and whom the Samgha restores, has been restored unduly. A person who has furtively attached himself (to the Samgha), &c.1, to whom restoration had not been granted before, and whom the Samgha restores, has been restored unduly. ‘This, O Bhikkhus, is called a person to whom, &c., restoration has been granted unduly. These, O Bhikkhus, are called persons to whom, &c., restoration has been granted duly. 11. ‘And which is a person, O Bhikkhus, to whom, &c., restoration has been granted duly?’ &c.? End of the first Bhazavara, called the VAsabhagama Bhanavara. 1 See the list of persons given at II, 36, 3. * The formality and the repetitions are the same here as in § 10, and need not be repeated. The list of persons whose restoration is stated to be valid is the same as at I, 71, 1. [17] T 274 MAHAVAGGA. IX, 5, 1 5. 1. ‘In case, O Bhikkhus, there be no offence which a Bhikkhu should see (or, acknowledge as committed by himself), and if the Samgha, or a number of Bhikkhus, or a single person reprove him (and say): “ You have committed an offence, friend; do you see that offence ?”—and he replies: “There is no offence, friends, which I should see,” and the Samgha pronounces expulsion against him for his refusal to see that offence,—this is an unlawful act. ‘In case, O Bhikkhus, there be no offence which a Bhikkhu should atone for, &c.? ‘In case, O Bhikkhus, there be no false doctrine which a Bhikkhu should renounce, &c.?
The source text as printed, transcribed diplomatically. Where the source language uses a non-Latin script that reaches us only through a Victorian romanisation, this layer is labelled transliteration, because that is what we hold.
Romanised transliteration as printed by the translator, not the original script. This is what we hold.
1‘In case, O Bhikkhus, the Bhikkhu Samgha consist of twenty persons, and acts lawfully, and is complete, it is entitled to perform all official acts. ‘In case, O Bhikkhus, the Bhikkhu Samgha consist of more than twenty persons, and acts lawfully, and is complete, it is entitled to perform all official acts. 2. ‘An official act, O Bhikkhus, which requires the presence of four persons, if performed by a congregation in which a Bhikkhunt is the fourth, is no real act, and ought not to be performed. An official act, O Bhikkhus, which requires the presence of four persons, if performed by a congregation in which a sikkham4néa is the fourth,. . . . in which a sAmavera, &c.?, is the fourth, ... . in which a person belonging to another communion is the fourth, .... in which a person staying within a different boundary® is the fourth, ... .in which a person poised in the air by supernatural power is 1 As regards the exceptional regulations referring to the upasampada4 ordination in the bordering countries, see above, V, 13, 12. 2 Here follows the very frequent enumeration given, for instance, at IT, 36, §§ 1-4. * ® Generally speaking, the two categories of ‘persons belonging to another communion,’ and ‘persons staying within another boundary,’ can be considered as coincident. In certain cases, however, they could be distinguished; see X, 1, § 9, 10. 270 MAHAVAGGA, IX, 4,3. the fourth, .... in whicha person against whom the Samgha institutes a proceeding is the fourth— is no real act and ought not to be performed.’ End of the regulations about acts performed by four persons. 3-5. ‘An official act, O Bhikkhus, which requires the presence of five (.... ten,.... twenty) persons, if performed by a congregation in which a Bhikkhunf, &c.1, is the fifth (.... tenth, .... twentieth), is no real act and ought not to be performed.’ End of the regulations about acts performed by five, (ten, twenty) persons. 6. ‘If, O Bhikkhus, a congregation in which a person sentenced to the parivasa discipline? is the fourth, institutes the proceedings of pariv4sa, of miléya pa¢ikassan4, and of manatta, or if acongregation in which such a person is the twentieth, confers abbh4na, this is no real act and ought not to be performed. ‘If, O Bhikkhus, a congregation in which a person that ought to be sentenced to mfldya patikassand... . that ought to be sentenced to manatta .... that is subject to the m4natta discipline. ... 1 Here the enumeration of § 2 is repeated. 2 See about parivdsa, and the other Samghakammas referred to in this paragraph, the details given in the second book of the Kullavagga. IX, 4, 8. FORMAL ACTS OF THE SAMGHA. 271 on whom the abbh4na sentence ought to be conferred}, institutes the proceedings of parivdsa, of mfilaya pa¢ikassan4, and of mAnatta, or if a congregation in which such a person is the twentieth, confers abbh4na, this is no real act and ougkit not to be performed.
2FORMAL ACTS OF THE SAMGHA. 271 on whom the abbh4na sentence ought to be conferred}, institutes the proceedings of parivdsa, of mfilaya pa¢ikassan4, and of mAnatta, or if a congregation in which such a person is the twentieth, confers abbh4na, this is no real act and ougkit not to be performed. 7. ‘Of some persons, O Bhikkhus, the protest ? raised in the assembly is effectual, of some persons it is ineffectual. ‘ And which are the persons, O Bhikkhus, whose protest raised in the assembly is ineffectual ? ‘The protest, O Bhikkhus, raised in the assembly by a Bhikkhunt is ineffectual. The protest, O Bhikkhus, raised in the assembly by a sikkhamana (&c.’, down to:) by a person against whom the Samgha institutes a proceeding, is ineffectual. These are the persons, O Bhikkhus, whose protest raised in the assembly is ineffectual. 8. ‘And which are the persons, O Bhikkhus, whose protest raised in the assembly is effectual ? ‘The protest, O Bhikkhus, of a Bhikkhu who is healthy (in mind), who belongs to the same communion ‘, who stays within the same boundary °, even 1 But has not yet been conferred. An abbhita Bhikkhu is considered as fully rehabilitated. ® Against official acts which the Samgha is performing. 5 This list of persons who cannot protest against official acts of the Samgha differs from that given in § 2 or at II, 36, §§ 1-4, only by three categories being here added after ‘a person guilty of an extreme offence’ (antimavatthum agghapannaka). These categories are the following: ‘a madman,’ ‘a person whose mind is unhinged,’ ‘a person who suffers (bodily) pain.’ See II, 22, 3, &c. “ That is, the Samgha which is going to perform the act in question. 5 See the note at § 2. 272 MAHAVAGGA. IX, 4,9 if he have committed a sin which brings about immediate punishment in hell,—if he give notice of his protest at the meeting,—is effectual. This is the person, O Bhikkhus, whose protest raised in the assembly is effectual. 9. ‘There are, O Bhikkhus, two cases of expulsion! (pronounced against a person). If expulsion, O Bhikkhus, had not been pronounced (before) against a person, and the Samgha pronounces expulsion against him, there are some against whom such expulsion has been pronounced duly, and others against whom it has been pronounced unduly. ‘And which is a person, O Bhikkhus, against whom, if expulsion had not been pronounced before, and the Samgha pronounces expulsion against him, expulsion has been pronounced unduly? In case, O Bhikkhus, there be a pure, guiltless Bhikkhu,— if the Samgha pronounces expulsion against him, expulsion has been pronounced unduly. This, O Bhikkhus, is called a person against whom, if expulsion had not been pronounced before, and the Samgha pronounces expulsion against him, expulsion has been pronounced unduly.
3This, O Bhikkhus, is called a person against whom, if expulsion had not been pronounced before, and the Samgha pronounces expulsion against him, expulsion has been pronounced unduly. ‘And which is a person, O Bhikkhus, against whom, &c., expulsion has been pronounced duly ? In case, O Bhikkhus, there be an ignorant, unlearned Bhikkhu, a constant offender, who is unable to discern what is an offence’, who lives in lay society, unduly 1 Compare the rules regarding the pabbaganiyakamma, Xullavagga I, 13 seq., and our note at I, 79, 1. * Anapad4éna. Buddhaghosa: ‘Anapad4no’ti apafina- (read apadana-) virahito. apadanam vukkati parikkhedo. Apatti-pariékheda-virahito ’ti attho.’ Probably the word must not be derived from the root d4, ‘to give,’ but from dé, ‘to cut.’ IX, 4, 11. FORMAL ACTS OF THE SAMGHA. 273 associating himself with lay people,—if the Samgha pronounces expulsion against him, expulsion has been pronounced duly. This, O Bhikkhus, is called a person, &c. 10. ‘ There are, O Bhikkhus, two cases of restoration (of an expelled Bhikkhu). If restoration, O Bhikkhus, had not been granted before to a person, and the Samgha grants restoration to him, there are some to whom such restoration will have been granted duly, and others to whom it will have been unduly granted. ‘And which is a person, O Bhikkhus, to whom, &c., restoration has been granted unduly ? A eunuch, O Bhikkhus, to whom restoration had not been granted before, and whom the Samgha restores, has been restored unduly. A person who has furtively attached himself (to the Samgha), &c.1, to whom restoration had not been granted before, and whom the Samgha restores, has been restored unduly. ‘This, O Bhikkhus, is called a person to whom, &c., restoration has been granted unduly. These, O Bhikkhus, are called persons to whom, &c., restoration has been granted duly. 11. ‘And which is a person, O Bhikkhus, to whom, &c., restoration has been granted duly?’ &c.? End of the first Bhazavara, called the VAsabhagama Bhanavara. 1 See the list of persons given at II, 36, 3. * The formality and the repetitions are the same here as in § 10, and need not be repeated. The list of persons whose restoration is stated to be valid is the same as at I, 71, 1. [17] T 274 MAHAVAGGA. IX, 5, 1 5. 1. ‘In case, O Bhikkhus, there be no offence which a Bhikkhu should see (or, acknowledge as committed by himself), and if the Samgha, or a number of Bhikkhus, or a single person reprove him (and say): “ You have committed an offence, friend; do you see that offence ?”—and he replies: “There is no offence, friends, which I should see,” and the Samgha pronounces expulsion against him for his refusal to see that offence,—this is an unlawful act. ‘In case, O Bhikkhus, there be no offence which a Bhikkhu should atone for, &c.? ‘In case, O Bhikkhus, there be no false doctrine which a Bhikkhu should renounce, &c.?
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