Text of Confucianism Part 02

SR No.: 007676
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

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unlawfully by an incomplete congregation, it is no real act' and ought not to be performed. An official act performed unlawfully by a complete congregation is no real act and ought not to be performed (&c., as in § 1, down to :). A seemingly lawful act performed before a complete congregation is no real act and ought not to be performed. In case a single Bhikkhu pronounces expulsion against a single one,— this is no real act and ought not to be performed (&c., down to :). In case a Samgha pronounces expulsion against another Samgha,-this is no real act and ought not to be performed.
4. 'There are, O Bhikkhus, four kinds of official acts (which a Samgha can perform); an unlawful act performed by an incomplete congregation, an unlawful act performed by a complete congregation, a lawful act performed by an incomplete congregation, and a lawful act performed by a complete congregation.
'If, O Bhikkhus, an act is unlawful and performed by an incomplete congregation-such an act, O Bhikkhus, is objectionable and invalid on account of its unlawfulness and of the incompleteness (of the congregation). Such an act, O Bhikkhus, ought not to be performed, nor is such an act allowed by me.
'If, O Bhikkhus, an act is unlawful and performed by a complete congregation-such an act, O Bhikkhus, is objectionable and invalid on account of its unlawfulness. Such an act, &c.
IX, 2, 4.
FORMAL ACTS OF THE SAMGHA.
'If, O Bhikkhus, an act is lawful and performed by an incomplete congregation-such an act, O Bhikkhus, is objectionable and invalid on account of
1 I. e. it is null and void.
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