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[Nishīthasūtra]
If a monk is criticized for any kind of transgression, the prāyaścitta for all the offenses committed should be combined and included in the previously given prāyaścitta.
_ If, while established in this prāyaścitta-form of pariharatapa, he again commits any kind of transgression, then his entire prāyaścitta should also be imposed on the previously given prāyaścitta.
18. If a monk, by repeatedly committing transgression in any one of these pariharasthānas - cāturmāsīka or slightly more than cāturmāsīka, pañcamāsīka or slightly more than pañcamāsīka - does not do so, then he should be subjected to a suitable vyāvartya, being established in the prāyaścitta-form of pariharatapa, according to the number of transgressions committed, upon being criticized with māyā.
If, even after being established in the pariharatapa, he commits any kind of transgression, then his entire prāyaścitta should also be included in the previously given prāyaścitta.
1. If the previously committed transgression is criticized first, 2. If the previously committed transgression is criticized later, 3. If the later committed transgression is criticized first, 4. If the later committed transgression is criticized later. 1. If he has committed māyarahita ālocanā with the intention of committing māyarahita ālocanā, 2. If he has committed māyasahita ālocanā with the intention of committing māyarahita ālocanā, 3. If he has committed māyarahita ālocanā with the intention of committing māyasahita ālocanā, 4. If he has committed māyasahita ālocanā with the intention of committing māyasahita ālocanā.
If a monk is criticized for any kind of transgression, the prāyaścitta for all the offenses committed should be combined and included in the previously given prāyaścitta.
If, while established in this prāyaścitta-form of pariharatapa, he again commits any kind of transgression, then his entire prāyaścitta should also be imposed on the previously given prāyaścitta.
Discussion - The previous sūtras describe the giving of prāyaścitta, and these subsequent sūtras describe the bearing of prāyaścitta. Although cāturmāsīka prāyaścitta etc. are mentioned, the latter statement should be understood to include the former, and the method of bearing all prāyaścittas, including māsika etc., with all their asamyogi-samyogi alternatives, should be understood in the same way.
Here, the bearing of prāyaścitta is first called 'sthāpana', and the prāyaścitta given during that period of bearing is called 'prasthāpana'. It is said that the prāyaścitta for the transgressions committed during the prasthāpana period should also be combined with it. Thus, the combination of prāyaścitta is mentioned in these sūtras.
In the first sūtra, the establishment of prāyaścitta is for the transgression committed once, without deception, and in the second sūtra, it is for the transgression committed with deception. In the next two sūtras, the establishment of prāyaścitta is for the transgression committed...