Dhammapada

SR No.: 007674
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Max Muller
Publisher: Oxford
Publication Year: 1881
Total Pages: 2540
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 45 MB

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IV, 16, 22.
THE PAVÂRANÂ CEREMONY.
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mitted a samghâdisesa offence, let the Samgha enter upon the samghâdisesa proceedings (against him) and then hold Pavâranâ.
'If that Bhikkhu, &c., admits that he has committed a thullakkaya offence, or a pâkittiya offence, .... (&c., down to).... wicked language, let the Samgha treat him according to the law and then hold Pavârana.
19. 'In case, O Bhikkhus, a Bhikkhu on the day of Pavâranâ is guilty of a thullakkaya offence. Some Bhikkhus believe that it is a thullakkaya offence, other Bhikkhus believe that it is a samghâdisesa offence. In that case, O Bhikkhus, let those Bhikkhus who take it for a thullakka ya offence, take that Bhikkhu, O Bhikkhus, aside, treat him according to the law, go back to the Samgha, and say: “The offence, friends, which this Bhikkhu has committed, he has atoned for according to the law. If the Samgha is ready, let the Samgha hold Pavâranâ.”
20. `In case, O Bhikkhus, a Bhikkhu on the day of Pavâranâ is guilty of a thullakkaya offence. Some Bhikkhus believe that it is a thullakkaya offence, other Bhikkhus believe that it is a pâkittiya offence. Some Bhikkhus believe that it is a thullakka ya offence, other Bhikkhus believe that it is a pâtidesaniya offence; a thullakkaya offence; a dukkata offence; a thullakkaya offence, an offence by wicked language. In that case (&c., as in § 19, down to the end).
21, 22. 'In case, O Bhikkhus, a Bhikkhu on the day of Pa vâranâ is guilty of a pâkittiya offence, of a pâtidesanîya offence, of a dukkata offence, of an offence by wicked language. Some Bhikkhus believe
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