Chulavagga 3.27

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Adapted from the Translation by T. W. Rhys Davids and Hermann Oldenberg

CHULAVAGGA (THE MINOR SECTION)

THIRD KHANDHAKA (PROBATION AND PENANCE - CONTINUED)

Chapter-27.

1. Now at that time a certain Bhikkhu, while he was under probation, threw off the robes. After-wards he came back again, and asked the Bhikkhus for upasampada. They told this thing to the Lord Buddha.

'In case, O Bhikkhus, a Bhikkhu(Monk) throws off the robes while he is under probation, there can follow no probation to him, O Bhikkhus, so long as he is out of the Order. If he afterwards receive the upasampada, the original probation (previously imposed upon him, still remains obligatory) upon him. A probation once imposed, is imposed for good; a probation once undergone, is undergone for good; if any (portion of the time) remain over, the probation must be again undergone (from the beginning).

'In case, O Bhikkhus, a Bhikkhu, while he is undergoing probation, becomes a Samanera. There can happen no probation to him, O Bhikkhus, so long as he is a Samanera. If he afterwards receives the upasampada (&c., as in the last paragraph, down to the end).

'In case, O Bhikkhus, a Bhikkhu, while he is undergoing probation, goes out of his mind. . . . be-comes weak in his mind. . . . diseased in his sensations. . . . is suspended for not acknowledging an

offence. . . . for not atoning for an offence. . . . for not recanting a sinful doctrine--there can happen no probation to him, O Bhikkhus, so long as he is out of his mind. . . . weak in his mind. . . . suspended, &c. If he afterwards becomes not out of his mind. . . . becomes not weak in his mind. . . . is restored from the suspension, the original probation is still obligatory upon him. A probation once imposed (&c., as in the first paragraph, down to the end).

2. 'In case, O Bhikkhus, a Bhikkhu, while he is liable to be thrown back to the commencement of his probation, throws off the robes (&c., as in all the paragraphs of section, reading "liable to be thrown back," for "undergoing probation").'

3. [The same for a Bhikkhu who throws off the robes, or becomes any of the seven things specified, while he is liable to be subjected to the Manatta discipline;

4. Or is undergoing the Manatta discipline;

5. Or is fit to be rehabilitated.]

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Here end the forty cases (of interruption to a major disciplinary proceeding from a change of state in the person undergoing that discipline).