Chulavagga 1.2

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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-2.

1. 'There are three things, O Bhikkhus, by which, when a Tajjaniya-kamma is characterised, it is against the Dhamma, and against the Vinaya, and difficult to be settled; (that is to say), when it has not been carried out in a full assembly of properly qualified persons, 'according to law and justice, and in the presence of the litigant parties--when it has been carried out without the accused person having been heard--when it has been carried out without the accused person having confessed himself guilty. A Tajjaniya-kamma, O Bhikkhus, characterised

by these three things is against the Dhamma, and against the Vinaya, and difficult to be settled.

'There are other three things, O Bhikkhus, by which, when a Tajjaniya-kamma has been characterised, it is against the Dhamma, and against the Vinaya, and difficult to be settled; (that is to say), when it has been carried out though no fault has been committed--when it has been carried out for a Parajika or a Sanghadisesa offence--when it has been carried out though the fault has been confessed. A Tajjaniya-kamma, O Bhikkhus, characterised (&c., as before, down to) settled.

There are other three things, O Bhikkhus, by which, when a Tajjaniya-kamma has been characterised, it is against the Dhamma, and against the Vinaya, and difficult to be settled; (that is to say), when it has been carried out without the accused person having been warned--when it has been carried out without the accused person having been called upon to remember (whether he has or has not committed the offence)--when it has been carried out without the accused person having been convicted. A Tajjaniya-kamma, O Bhikkhus, characterised (&c., as before, down to) settled.

'There are other three things, O Bhikkhus, by which, when a Tajjaniya-kamma has been characterised, it is against the Dhamma, and against the Vinaya, and difficult to be settled; (that is to say), when it has not been carried out in a properly constituted meeting properly conducted--when it has

been carried out without justice--when it has been carried out without the presence and approval of all the Bhikkhus belonging to the particular circuit. A Tajjaniya-kamma, O Bhikkhus, characterised by these three things is (&c., as before, down to) settled.

There are other three things, O Bhikkhus, by which, when a Tajjaniya-kamma has been characterised, it is against the Dhamma, and against the Vinaya, and difficult to be settled; (that is to say), when it has been carried out without the accused person having been heard--when it has been carried out without justice--when it has been carried out without the presence and approval of all the Bhikkhus belonging to the circuit. A Tajjaniya-kamma, O Bhikkhus, characterised by these three things is (&c., as before, down to) settled.

'There are other three things (&c., as before, down to) that is to say, when it has been carried out without the accused person having been convicted--when it has been carried out without justice--when it has been carried out without the presence and approval of all the Bhikkhus belonging to the circuit.'

[And in a similar way each of the three things in paragraphs and of this section are united with the two things just repeated in each of paragraphs 4, 5, and 6, to make six further cases in which a Tajjaniya-kamma is declared to be against the Dhamma, and against the Vinaya, and difficult to be revoked.]

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Here end the twelve cases of a proceeding (Kamma) which is against the law.