Chulavagga 4.8

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

CHULAVAGGA (THE MINOR SECTION)

FOURTH KHANDHAKA (THE SETTLEMENT OF DISPUTES AMONG THE FRATERNITY)

Chapter-8.

1. 'Now, O Bhikkhus, an official act carried out against a Bhikkhu who has confessed himself guilty is invalid as follows, and is valid as follows. And how does such an official act become invalid? In case a Bhikkhu have committed a Parajika offence, and in respect of that either the Sangha, or a number of Bhikkhus, or a single Bhikkhu warns him, saying, "The venerable one has been guilty of a Parajika." And he replies thus, "I have not, Sirs, been guilty of a Parajika. I have been guilty of a Sanghadisesa." And in respect of that the Sangha deals with him for a Sanghadisesa. Then that official act is invalid.'

[And so also if on being warned of any one of the seven offences he confesses himself to be guilty of any one of the offences different from the one charged, then the official act is invalid.]

2. 'And when, O Bhikkhus, is such an official act valid? In case a Bhikkhu have committed a Parajika offence, and in respect of that the Sangha, or a number of Bhikkhus, or a single Bhikkhu warns him, saying, "The venerable one has been guilty of a Parajika." And he replies, "Yea, Sirs, I have been guilty of a Parajika." And in respect of that the Sangha deals with him for a Parajika. Then that official act is valid.'

[And so for each of the other offences mentioned in §-1, the whole of §-2 is repeated.]