Third Khandhaka. Chapter 25
25.
1. 'In case, O Bhikkhus, a Bhikkhu commit two Sa"m"ghdisesa offences which he conceals for two months. And it occurs to him (&c., as in last chapter).... And he asks.... And the Sa"m"gha imposes.... And whilst he is undergoing that probation, shame (&c.) overcomes him, &c.... And he asks the Sa"m"gha for a probation of a further month for those two Sa"m"ghdisesa offences concealed for two months. And the Sa"m"gha imposes upon him a further probation, &c.... Then, O Bhikkhus, that Bhikkhu should from that date undergo that further
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probation of one month for those two Sa"m"ghdisesa offences concealed for two months 1.
2, 3. 'Now in case, O Bhikkhus, a Bhikkhu have committed two Sa"m"ghdisesa offences, which he conceals for two months. And of one month he is aware, but of the other month he is not aware.... one month he recollects, but the other month he does not recollect.... one month he wittingly conceals, but the other month he unwittingly conceals.'
[This chapter is word for word the same as chapter 23, reading 'month' for 'offence.']
Footnotes
416:1 This repetition of the last chapter is again only to afford a basis for the succeeding variations, as above, in chap. 23.
1. 'In case, O Bhikkhus, a Bhikkhu commit two Sa"m"ghdisesa offences which he conceals for two months. And it occurs to him (&c., as in last chapter).... And he asks.... And the Sa"m"gha imposes.... And whilst he is undergoing that probation, shame (&c.) overcomes him, &c.... And he asks the Sa"m"gha for a probation of a further month for those two Sa"m"ghdisesa offences concealed for two months. And the Sa"m"gha imposes upon him a further probation, &c.... Then, O Bhikkhus, that Bhikkhu should from that date undergo that further
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probation of one month for those two Sa"m"ghdisesa offences concealed for two months 1.
2, 3. 'Now in case, O Bhikkhus, a Bhikkhu have committed two Sa"m"ghdisesa offences, which he conceals for two months. And of one month he is aware, but of the other month he is not aware.... one month he recollects, but the other month he does not recollect.... one month he wittingly conceals, but the other month he unwittingly conceals.'
[This chapter is word for word the same as chapter 23, reading 'month' for 'offence.']
Footnotes
416:1 This repetition of the last chapter is again only to afford a basis for the succeeding variations, as above, in chap. 23.
