Vinaya (2): The Mahavagga
by T. W. Rhys Davids | 1881 | 156,382 words
The Mahavagga (part of the Vinaya collection) includes accounts of Gautama Buddha’s and the ten principal disciples’ awakenings, as well as rules for ordination, rules for reciting the Patimokkha during uposatha days, and various monastic procedures....
Mahavagga, Khandaka 9, Chapter 5
1. 'In case, O Bhikkhus, there be no offence which a Bhikkhu should see (or, acknowledge as committed by himself), and if the Saṃgha, 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 Saṃgha 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.[1]
'In case, O Bhikkhus, there be no false doctrine which a Bhikkhu should renounce, &c.[2]
2. 'In case, O Bhikkhus, there be no offence which a Bhikkhu should see, and there be no offence which he should atone for, and if the Saṃgha, or a number of Bhikkhus, or a single person reprove him (and say): "You have committed an offence, friend; do you see that offence? Atone for that offence,"—and he replies: "There is no offence, friends, which I should see; there is no offence, friends, which I should atone for," and the Saṃgha pronounces expulsion against him for his refusal to see that offence, or for his refusal to atone for that offence,—this is an unlawful act.
3-5[3].
6-7. 'In case, O Bhikkhus, there be an offence which a Bhikkhu should see, and if the Saṃgha, 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: "Yes, friends, I see it," and the Saṃgha pronounces expulsion against him for his (pretended) refusal to see that offence,—this is an unlawful act.
'In case, O Bhikkhus, there be an offence which a Bhikkhu should atone for, &c.[4]
8-9. 'In case, O Bhikkhus, there be an offence which a Bhikkhu should see, and if the Saṃgha, 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 Saṃgha pronounces expulsion against him for his refusal to see that offence,—this is a lawful act[5].'
Footnotes and references:
[1]:
The ukkhepaniyakamma āpattiyā appaṭinissagge (expulsion for a Bhikkhu's refusal to atone for an offence) is spoken of here exactly in the same terms as those in which the ukkhepaniyakamma āpattiyā adassane (expulsion for a Bhikkhu's refusal to see an offence) is spoken of in the preceding clause. The brethren say to the pretended offender, 'You have committed an offence, friend; atone for that offence'--which he refuses to do.
[2]:
As above; the Bhikkhus institute the ukkhepaniyakamma pāpikāya diṭṭhiyā appaṭinissagge (expulsion for a Bhikkhu's refusal to renounce a false doctrine).
[3]:
As in § 2, the first and second of the three cases given in § 1 are combined, so follow now combinations of the first and third, the second and third, and of the first, second, and third cases respectively.
[4]:
Here follow again the cases of the ukkhepaniyakamma āpattiyā appaṭinissagge and pāpikāya diṭṭhiyā appaṭinissagge, and the combinations of the three cases as above.
[5]:
Here follow the two other cases, together with the combinations of the three, exactly as above.