Cullavagga - First Khandhaka: Chapter 4

1. 'There are three things, O Bhikkhus, which, when they characterise a Bhikkhu,
the Samgha, if it likes, should carry out the Tagganiya-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 Samgha 1--when he is
dull, stupid, full of faults, and devoid of merit--when he is living in lay
society, in unlawful
p. 336
association with the world. There are three things, O Bhikkhus, which, when the
Samgha 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 1. 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 Samgha. 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 Samgha
likes, it should carry out the Tagganiya-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
Samgha--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
Tagganiya-kamma.
'There are other three kinds of Bhikkhus, O Bhikkhus, against whom, if the
Samgha likes, it should carry out the Tagganiya-kamma; (that is to say), one who
has failed in morality in regard to moral matters--one who has failed in conduct
p. 337
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 Tagganiya-kamma.
'There are other three kinds of Bhikkhus, O Bhikkhus, against whom, if the
Samgha likes, it should carry out the Tagganiya-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 Samgha. These are three kinds of
Bhikkhus, O Bhikkhus (&c., as before, down to) the Tagganiya-kamma.'
__________________
Here end the six permissive cases of Tagganiya-kamma.




Footnotes
335:1 This refers to the Introductory Story, I, 1, 1.
336:1 Compare Mahâvagga I, 36, 8, and our note there.