Vinaya (3): The Cullavagga

by T. W. Rhys Davids | 1881 | 137,074 words

The Cullavagga (part of the Vinaya collection) includes accounts of the First and Second Buddhist Councils as well as the establishment of the community of Buddhist nuns. The Cullavagga also elaborates on the etiquette and duties of Bhikkhus....

Cullavagga, Khandaka 3, Chapter 34

1. 'Two Bhikkhus have been guilty of a Saṃghādisesa offence, and as touching that Saṃghādisesa offence they are of opinion that it is a Saṃghādisesa offence[1]. One of them conceals, the other does not conceal it. He who has concealed it should be compelled to confess himself guilty of a dukkaṭa offence, and a probation corresponding to the period during which he has concealed it having been imposed upon him, a Mānatta should be imposed upon them both.

'Two Bhikkhus have been guilty of a Saṃghādisesa offence, and as touching that Saṃghādisesa offence they are in doubt. One of them conceals, the other does not conceal it. [The penalty is the same.][2]

'Two Bhikkhus have been guilty of a Saṃghādisesa offence, and as touching that Saṃghādisesa offence they are of opinion that it is a mixed offence[3]. One of them conceals, the other does not conceal it. [The penalty is the same.][2]

'Two Bhikkhus have been guilty of a mixed offence, and as touching that mixed offence they are of opinion that it is a Saṃghādisesa offence. One of them conceals, the other does not conceal it. [The penalty is the same.][4]

'Two Bhikkhus have been guilty of a mixed offence, and as touching that mixed offence they are of opinion that it is a mixed offence. One of them conceals, the other does not conceal it. [The penalty is the same.]

Two Bhikkhus have been guilty of a minor offence[5]; and as regarding that minor offence they are of opinion that it is a Saṃghādisesa offence. One of them conceals, the other does not conceal it. He who has concealed it should be compelled to confess himself guilty of a dukkaṭa offence, and both of them should be dealt with according to law.

'Two Bhikkhus have been guilty of a minor offence, and as touching that minor offence they are of opinion that it is a minor offence. One of them conceals, the other does not conceal it. He who has concealed it should be compelled to confess himself guilty of a dukkaṭa offence, and both of them should be dealt with according to law.

2. 'Two Bhikkhus have been guilty of a Saṃghādisesa offence, and as touching that Saṃghādisesa offence they are of opinion that it is a Saṃghādisesa. One of them thinks: "I will tell (the Saṃgha of it)." The other thinks: "I will not tell (the Saṃgha of it);" and during the first watch of the night he conceals it, and during the second watch of the night he conceals it, and during the third watch of the night he conceals it. After the sun has arisen the offence is a concealed one. He who has concealed it [&c.; the penalty is the same as in section 1, paragraph 1].

Two Bhikkhus have been guilty of a Saṃghādisesa offence, and as touching that Saṃghādisesa offence they are of opinion that it is a Saṃghādisesa offence. They set out, intending to tell (the Saṃgha of it). On the way there springs up in one of them a desire to conceal it; and during the first watch of the night he conceals it, and during the second watch of the night he conceals it, and during the third watch of the night he conceals it. After the sun has arisen the offence is a concealed one. He who has concealed it [&c.; the penalty is the same as before].

'Two Bhikkhus have been guilty of a Saṃghādisesa offence, and as touching that Saṃghādisesa offence they are of opinion that it is a Saṃghādisesa offence. They go out of their mind; and afterwards when they have recovered their senses one of them conceals, the other does not conceal it. He who has concealed it [&c.; the penalty is the same as before][6].

'Two Bhikkhus have been guilty of a Saṃghādisesa offence. When the Pātimokkha is being recited they say thus: "Now do we come to perceive it; for this rule they say has been handed down in the Suttas, is contained in the Suttas, and comes into recitation every half month." As touching that Saṃghādisesa offence, they (thus) come to be of opinion that it is a Saṃghādisesa offence. One of them conceals, the other does not conceal it. He who has concealed it [&c.; the penalty is the same as before].'

Footnotes and references:

[1]:

Compare chap. 23, § 4.

[2]:

The concluding words of the last paragraph are here repeated.

[3]:

The Samanta Pāsādikā says, Missakan ti thullaccayādīhi missitaṃ; that is an act which involves not only a Saṃghādisesa, but also some one or other of the lesser offences. Compare the use of missaka at Jātaka II, 420, 433, and at Mahā-parinibbāna Sutta, ed. Childers, p. 22.

[4]:

The concluding words of the last paragraph are here repeated.

[5]:

That is, any offence less than a Saṃghādisesa. The Samanta Pāsādikā says, Suddhakan ti Saṃghādisesaṃ vinā lahukāpattikkhandham eva.

[6]:

It is probably to be understood that a like rule is to apply in the other similar cases mentioned in the last paragraph of chap. 32.

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