Monks’ Analysis: on How Many Offences? (Saṅghādisesa)

Monks’ Saṅghādisesa 1

^{Prv.1.10:Bu-Ss.1} Because of emitting semen making an effort … one falls into three offences …

Monks’ Saṅghādisesa 2

^{Prv.1.10:Bu-Ss.2} Because of coming into physical contact (with a woman) … one falls into five offences. If a nun, filled with desire, consents to taking hold of a man who is filled with desire above the circle of the knees there is an offence involving Defeat.^[1] If a monk rubs (her) body with (his body) there is an offence requiring a Formal Meeting of the Order. If he rubs an article of clothing (of hers) with (his) body there is a grave offence. If he rubs an article of clothing (of hers) with an article of clothing (of his) there is an offence of wrong-doing. In tickling ^BD.6.77 with the fingers there is an offence of Expiation.^[2] Because of coming into physical contact one falls into these five offences.

Monks’ Saṅghādisesa 3

^{Prv.1.10:Bu-Ss.3} Because of offending a woman with lewd words one falls into three offences …

Monks’ Saṅghādisesa 4

^{Prv.1.10:Bu-Ss.4} Because of speaking in praise of sense-pleasures for oneself one falls into three offences …

Monks’ Saṅghādisesa 5–12

^{Prv.1.10:Bu-Ss.5 Prv.1.10:Bu-Ss.6 Prv.1.10:Bu-Ss.7 Prv.1.10:Bu-Ss.8 Prv.1.10:Bu-Ss.9 Prv.1.10:Bu-Ss.10 Prv.1.10:Bu-Ss.11 Prv.1.10:Ss.12} Because of acting as a go-between … of begging for having a hut built for oneself … of having a large vihāra built … of defaming a monk … of not giving up (his, their, course) one falls into three offences …

Monks’ Saṅghādisesa 13

^{Prv.1.10:Bu-Ss.13} Because of not giving up his course a monk who brings a family into disrepute, though being admonished up to three times falls into three offences: following the motion there is an offence of wrong-doing; following the two resolutions there is a grave offence; following the conclusion of the (three) resolutions there is an offence requiring a Formal Meeting of the Order …

Footnotes and references:

[1]:

This is part of Nuns’ Bi-Pj.5.

[2]:

This is Monks’ Bu-Pc.52.