Mahavogga 2.36

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Translated from the Pâli by T. W. Rhys Davids and Hermann Oldenberg

1. ' Let no one, O Bhikkhus, recite the Pâtimokkha in a seated assembly (of Bhikkhus) before a Bhikkhunî. He who does, commits a dukkata offence. Let no one, O Bhikkhus, recite the Pâtimokkha in a seated assembly (of Bhikkhus) before a sikkhamânâ, a sâmanera, a sâmanerî, one who has abandoned the precepts, one who is guilty of an extreme offence. He who does, commits a dukkata offence.

2. 'Let no one, O Bhikklius, recite the Pâtimokkha in a seated assembly (of Bhikkhus) before a (Bhikkhu) against whom expulsion has been pronounced for his refusal to see an offence (committed by himself), before a (Bhikkhu) against whom expulsion has been pronounced for his refusal to atone for such an offence, or for his refusal to renounce a false doctrine. He who does, is to be treated according to the law.

3, 'Let no one, O Bhikkhus, recite the Pâtimokkha in a seated assembly (of Bhikkhus) before a eunuch, before one who has furtively attached himself (to the Samgha), &c. {see chap. 22. 3), before a hermaphrodite. He who does, commits a dukkata offence.

4. 'Let no one, O Bhikkhus, hold Uposatba by (accepting) tbe pârisuddhi declaration of a pârivâsika, except if the assembly has not yet risen (at the time when the pârisuddhi is declared). And let no one, O Bhikkhus, hold Uposatha on another day than the Uposatha day, except for the sake of (declaring the re-establishment of) concord among tbe Samgha.'

End of the third Bhânavâra in the Uposathakhandhaka.