The Bhikkhus Rules
A Guide for Laypeople
by Bhikkhu Ariyesako | 1998 | 50,970 words
The Theravadin Buddhist Monk's Rules compiled and explained by: Bhikkhu Ariyesako Discipline is for the sake of restraint, restraint for the sake of freedom from remorse, freedom from remorse for the sake of joy, joy for the sake of rapture, rapture for the sake of tranquillity, tranquillity for the sake of pleasure, pleasure for the sake of conce...
Right Speech
Making an unfounded charge to a bhikkhu that he has committed a paaraajika offence, in hopes of having him disrobed, is a sa"nghaadisesa offence.
[Sa"ngh.8]
Distorting the evidence while accusing a bhikkhu of having committed a paaraajika offence, in hopes of having him disrobed, is a sa"nghaadisesa offence.
[Sa"ngh.9]
Making an unfounded charge to a bhikkhu — or getting someone else to make the charge to him — that he is guilty of a sa"nghaadisesa offence is a paacittiya offence.
[Paac.76]
Tale bearing among bhikkhus, in hopes of winning favor or causing a rift, is a paacittiya offence.
[Paac.3]
An insult made with malicious intent to another bhikkhu is a paacittiya offence.
[Paac.2]