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IV, 14, 18.
THE SETTLEMENT OF DISPUTES.
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ticular person? He who disputes, and he with whom he disputes—both friends and foes -must be present. That is the "presence" in such a matter of the particular person.
'When a legal question, O Bhikkhus, has been thus settled, if a disputant re-open the question, such re-opening of the question is a Påkittiya i If one who has conveyed his consent complain of the decision, such complaint is a Påkittiya 2.
17. 'If those Bhikkhus, O Bhikkhus, are not able to settle the legal question within their own residence (Åvâsa), those Bhikkhus should go, O Bhikkhus, to some residence in which there are a larger number of Bhikkhus. Then if those Bhikkhus, O Bhikkhus, should succeed, whilst on their way to that residence, in settling the legal question, that, O Bhikkhus, is called a settlement of it. And how has it been settled ? (&c., as in the last paragraph of the previous section, down to the end.)
18. “If those Bhikkhus are not able, O Bhikkhus, to settle the legal question whilst they are on their way to that residence, then those Bhikkhus, on their arrival at that residence, are to address the Bhikkhus at that residence thus : "Such and such a legal question, Sirs, has arisen thus, and has been carried on thus amongst us. It would be well if you, Sirs, would settle that legal question for us according to the Dhamma, and according to the Vinaya, and according to the teaching of the Master, to the end that that legal question may be thoroughly settled.” If the Bhikkhus dwelling in that residence
1 This is the 63rd Pâkittiya.
* This is the 79th Pâkittiya. The whole paragraph is repeated several times below in this chapter.
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| SR No. | 007676 |
| Book Title | Text of Confucianism Part 02 |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | James Legge |
| Publisher | Oxford |
| Publication Year | 1882 |
| Total Pages | 2405 |
| Language | English |
| Classification | Book_English |
| File Size | 43 MB |