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....
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Cullavagga, Khandaka 1, Chapter 4
1. 'There are three things, O Bhikkhus, which, when they characterise a Bhikkhu, the 厂补峁僩丑补, if it likes, should carry out the Tajjaniya-kamma against him; (that is to say), when he is a maker of strife, quarrelsome, a maker of disputes, given to idle talk, and a raiser of legal questions in the 厂补峁僩丑补[1]鈥攚hen he is dull, stupid, full of faults, and devoid of merit鈥攚hen he is living in lay society, in unlawful association with the world. There are three things, O Bhikkhus, which, when the 厂补峁僩丑补 suspects (&c., as before, down to) against him.
There are other three things, O Bhikkhus, (&c., as before, down to) against him; (that is to say), when he has failed in morality as regards moral things鈥攚hen he has failed in conduct as regards transgression鈥攚hen he has failed in opinion as regards the principal matters of opinion[2]. There are three things, O Bhikkhus, (&c., as before, down to) against him.
There are other three things, O Bhikkhus, (&c., as before, down to) against him; (that is to say), when he speaks in dispraise of the Buddha鈥攚hen he speaks in dispraise of the Dhamma鈥攚hen he speaks in dispraise of the 厂补峁僩丑补. These are three things, O Bhikkhus, (&c., as before, down to) against him.
2. 'There are three kinds of Bhikkhus, O Bhikkhus, against whom, if the 厂补峁僩丑补 likes, it should carry out the Tajjaniya-kamma; (that is to say), one who is a maker of strife (&c., as in § 1, down to) a raiser of legal questions in the 厂补峁僩丑补鈥攐ne who is dull, stupid, full of faults, and devoid of merit鈥攁nd one who is living in lay society, in unlawful association with the world. These are three kinds of Bhikkhus, O Bhikkhus, (&c., as before, down to) the Tajjaniya-kamma.
'There are other three kinds of Bhikkhus, O Bhikkhus, against whom, if the 厂补峁僩丑补 likes, it should carry out the Tajjaniya-kamma; (that is to say), one who has failed in morality in regard to moral matters鈥攐ne who has failed in conduct as regards transgression鈥攐ne who has failed in opinion as regards the principal matters of opinion. These are three kinds of Bhikkhus, O Bhikkhus (&c., as before, down to) the Tajjaniya-kamma.
'There are other three kinds of Bhikkhus, O Bhikkhus, against whom, if the 厂补峁僩丑补 likes, it should carry out the Tajjaniya-kamma; (that is to say), one who speaks in dispraise of the Buddha鈥攐ne who speaks in dispraise of the Dhamma鈥攐ne who speaks in dispraise of the 厂补峁僩丑补. These are three kinds of Bhikkhus, O Bhikkhus (&c., as before, down to) the Tajjaniya-kamma.'
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Here end the six permissive cases of Tajjaniya-kamma.
Footnotes and references:
[1]:
This refers to the Introductory Story, I, 1, 1.
[2]:
Compare Mah膩vagga I, 36, 8, and our note there.