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THE SETTLEMENT OF DISPUTES.
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enquired into by those Bhikkhus, there should be there a Bhikkhu who is a preacher of the Dhamma, but neither has the Sutta' been handed down to him nor the Sutta-vibhanga, and he not regarding the point of the case, reject the sense for the shadow of the letter, then should the matter be laid before those Bhikkhus by some discreet and able Bhikkhu thus :
""Let the venerable ones hear me. This Bhikkhu of such and such a name is a preacher of the Dhamma, but neither has the Sutta been handed down to him nor the Sutta-vibhanga. And he, not regarding the point of the case, is rejecting the sense for the shadow of the letter. If the time seems meet to the venerable ones, let them send away? the Bhikkhu of such and such a name, and let the rest of us settle this case.”
'If those Bhikkhus, O Bhikkhus, should be able, after having sent away that Bhikkhu, to settle the case, that is called a case that is settled. And how has it been settled ? By the Proceeding in Presence (&c., as in last section, down to the end).'
23. (The same decision if the Sutta has been handed down to him, but not the Sutta-vibhanga.)
24. 'If those Bhikkhus, O Bhikkhus, are not able by the committee to settle that case, those Bhikkhus, O Bhikkhus, ought to hand over the case to the Samgha, saying, “We, Sirs, are not able by a committee to settle this case, let the Samgha settle it." I enjoin upon you, O Bhikkhus, to settle such a case by vote of the majority (&c., as in chapter 9 to the
1 That is, the Pâtimokkha. ? Literally, 'cause him to arise.'
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