Chulavagga 1.4

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

CHULAVAGGA (THE MINOR SECTION)

FIRST KHANDHAKA I. THE TAJJANIYA KAMMA (ACTS OF REBUKE)

Chapter-4.

1. 'There are three things, O Bhikkhus, which, when they characterise a Bhikkhu, the Sangha, if it likes, should carry out the Tajjaniya-kamma against him; (that is to say), when he is a maker of strife, quarrelsome, a maker of disputes, given to idle talk, and a raiser of legal questions in the Sangha--when he is dull, stupid, full of faults, and devoid of merit--when he is living in lay society, in unlawful

association with the world. There are three things, O Bhikkhus, which, when the Sangha suspects (&c., as before, down to) against him.

There are other three things, O Bhikkhus, (&c., as before, down to) against him; (that is to say), when he has failed in morality as regards moral things--when he has failed in conduct as regards transgression--when he has failed in opinion as regards the principal matters of opinion. There are three things, O Bhikkhus, (&c., as before, down to) against him.

There are other three things, O Bhikkhus, (&c., as before, down to) against him; (that is to say), when he speaks in dispraise of the Buddha--when he speaks in dispraise of the Dhamma--when he speaks in dispraise of the Sangha. These are three things, O Bhikkhus, (&c., as before, down to) against him.

2. 'There are three kinds of Bhikkhus, O Bhikkhus, against whom, if the Sangha likes, it should carry out the Tajjaniya-kamma; (that is to say), one who is a maker of strife (&c., as in §-1, down to) a raiser of legal questions in the Sangha--one who is dull, stupid, full of faults, and devoid of merit--and one who is living in lay society, in unlawful association with the world. These are three kinds of Bhikkhus, O Bhikkhus, (&c., as before, down to) the Tajjaniya-kamma.

'There are other three kinds of Bhikkhus, O Bhikkhus, against whom, if the Sangha likes, it should carry out the Tajjaniya-kamma; (that is to say), one who has failed in morality in regard to moral matters--one who has failed in conduct

as regards transgression--one who has failed in opinion as regards the principal matters of opinion. These are three kinds of Bhikkhus, O Bhikkhus (&c., as before, down to) the Tajjaniya-kamma.

'There are other three kinds of Bhikkhus, O Bhikkhus, against whom, if the Sangha likes, it should carry out the Tajjaniya-kamma; (that is to say), one who speaks in dispraise of the Buddha--one who speaks in dispraise of the Dhamma--one who speaks in dispraise of the Sangha. These are three kinds of Bhikkhus, O Bhikkhus (&c., as before, down to) the Tajjaniya-kamma.'

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Here end the six permissive cases of Tajjaniya-kamma.