SBE 17: Ninth Khandhaka: Chapter 6

6.

1. And the venerable Upâli 1 went to the place where the Blessed One was. Having approached him and respectfully saluted the Blessed One, he sat down near him. Sitting near him the venerable Upâli said to the Blessed One: 'Lord, if a complete congregation performs an act at which the presence (of the accused Bhikkhu) is required, in his absence--is this act, Lord, performed lawfully according to Dhamma and Vinaya?'

'It is performed, Upâli, unlawfully against Dhamma and Vinaya.'

2. 'Lord, if a complete congregation performs an act at which (the accused Bhikkhu) ought to be called upon for an answer, without calling upon him for an answer--if it performs an act at which the confession (of the culprit) is required, without his confession--if it grants to a Bhikkhu to whom sativinaya 2 ought to be granted, an amûlhavinaya 3--if it proceeds against a Bhikkhu to whom amûlhavinaya ought to be granted, with the tassapâpiyyasikâkamma 4--if it proceeds against a Bhikkhu against whom the tassapâpiyyasikâkamma ought

1--if it proceeds against a Bhikkhu against whom the tagganiyakamma ought to be instituted, with the nissayakamma--if it proceeds against a Bhikkhu against whom the nissayakamma ought to be instituted, with the pabbâganiyakamma--if it proceeds against a Bhikkhu against whom the pabbâganiyakamma ought to be instituted, with the patisâraniyakamma--if it proceeds against a Bhikkhu against whom the patisâraniyakamma ought to be instituted, with the ukkhepaniyakamma--if it sentences a Bhikkhu against whom the ukkhepaniyakamma ought to be instituted, to parivâsa 2--if it sentences a Bhikkhu who ought to be sentenced to parivâsa, to mûlâya patikassanâ--if it sentences a Bhikkhu who ought to be sentenced to mûlâya patikassanâ, to mânatta--if it grants to a Bhikkhu who ought to be sentenced to mânatta, the decree of abbhâna--if it confers on a Bhikkhu to whom abbhâna ought to be granted, the upasampadâ ordination,--is this act, Lord, performed lawfully according to Dhamma and Vinaya?'

3. 'It is performed, Upâli, unlawfully against Dhamma and Vinaya. If a complete congregation, Upâli, performs an act at which the presence (of the accused Bhikkhu) is required, in his absence (&c., down to:) confers on a Bhikkhu to whom abbhâna ought to be granted, the upasampadâ ordination,--in such case, Upâli, this act is performed unlawfully against Dhamma and Vinaya, and in such case this Samgha trespasses against the law.'

1, down to:) confers on a Bhikkhu to whom abbhâna. ought to be granted, the upasampadâ ordination, and grants to a person on whom the upasampadâ ordination ought to be conferred, the decree of abbhâna,--is this act, Lord, performed lawfully according to Dhamma and Vinaya?'

6. 'It is performed, Upâli, unlawfully against Dhamma and Vinaya. If a complete congregation grants to a Bhikkhu, &c.,--in such case, Upâli, this act is performed unlawfully against Dhamma and

1, down to:) grants abbhâna to a Bhikkhu to whom abbhâna ought to be granted, and confers the upasampadâ ordination on a person on whom the upasampadâ ordination ought to be conferred,--is this act, Lord, performed lawfully according to Dhamma and Vinaya?'

8. 'It is performed, Upâli, lawfully according to Dhamma and Vinaya (&c., down to:) and in such case this Samgha does not trespass against the law.'

9. And the Blessed One thus addressed the Bhikkhus: 'If a complete congregation, O Bhikkhus, grants to a Bhikkhu to whom sativinaya ought to be granted, an amûlhavinaya, in such case, O Bhikkhus, this act is performed unlawfully against Dhamma and Vinaya, and in such case this Samgha trespasses against the law. If a complete congregation, O Bhikkhus, institutes against a Bhikkhu to whom sativinaya ought to be granted, the tassapâpiyyasikâkamma (&c. 2, down to:) grants to a person on whom the

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End of the second Bhânavâra, which contains the questions of Upâli.

 

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Footnotes

276:1 That the redactors of this Pitaka have chosen Upâli here and at X, 6, Kullavagga II, 2, 7, to question the Blessed One about the Vinaya regulations, stands evidently in connection with the tradition ascribing to Upâli an especial authority regarding the rules of the Order and styling him, as is said in the Dîpavamsa (IV, 3, 5; V, 7,. 9), agganikkhittaka, i.e. original depositary, of the Vinaya tradition. See our Introduction, p. xii seq.

276:2 See Kullavagga IV, 4, 10.

276:3 See Kullavagga IV, 5.

276:4 See Kullavagga IV, 11.

277:1 This Samghakamma and the following ones are explained in Kullavagga I, 1 seq.

277:2 For this term and the next ones, see Kullavagga III, 1-9.

278:1 The Samghakammas enumerated in § 2, beginning with sativinaya, are arranged here in pairs, in direct and reverse order, in this way: sativinaya and amûlhavinaya, amûlhavinaya and sativinaya; then amûlhavinaya and tassapâpiyyasikâkamma, tassapâpiyyasikâkamma and amûlhavinaya, &c.

279:1 The same dyads as in § 5.

279:2 In this paragraph all possible combinations of two different Samghakammas are formed in this way: first, sativinaya is combined with amûlhavinaya and all the rest, down to upasampadâ; then amûlhavinaya with all terms from tassapâpiyyasikâ down to sativinaya, and so on; the whole series ends thus with the combinations of upasampadâraha with all terms from sativinaya down to abbhâna.