1. 'There are three things, O Bhikkhus, which, when they characterise a Bhikkhu, the Sa"m"gha, if it likes, should carry out the Ta"g"g"aniya-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 Sa"m"gha 1--when he is dull, stupid, full of faults, and devoid of merit--when he is living in lay society, in unlawful
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association with the world. There are three things, O Bhikkhus, which, when the Sa"m"gha suspects (&c., as before, down to) against him.
There are other three things, O Bhikkhus, ( (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 1. There are three things, O Bhikkhus, (&c., as before, down to) against him.
There are other three things, O Bhikkhus, ( (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 Sa"m"gha. These are three things, O Bhikkhus, ( (that is to say), one who is a maker of strife (&c., as in 1, down to) a raiser of legal questions in the Sa"m"gha--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, ( (that is to say), one who has failed in morality in regard to moral matters--one who has failed in conduct
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as regards transgression--one who has failed in opinion as regards the principal matters of opinion. These are three kinds of Bhikkhus, O Bhikkhus ( (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 Sa"m"gha. These are three kinds of Bhikkhus, O Bhikkhus (&c., as before, down to) the Ta"g"g"aniya-kamma.'
"Here end the six permissive cases of Ta"g"g"aniya-kamma.
Footnotes
335:1 This refers to the Introductory Story, I, 1, 1.
336:1 Compare Mahvagga I, 36, 8, and our note there.