Cullavagga - Fourth Khandhaka: Chapter 12

1. 'There are five things, O Bhikkhus, which are necessary to the valid carrying
out of the Tassapâpiyyasikâ-kamma. To wit--he is impure, he is shameless--a
censure has been set on foot against him 1--the Samgha carries out the Kamma--it
carries it out lawfully, and in a full quorum.
2. 'There are three things, O Bhikkhus, by which, when a Tassa-pâpiyyasikâ-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.
'These are the three things, O Bhikkhus, by which, when a
Tassa-pâpiyyasikâ-kamma is characterised, it is against the Dhamma, and against
the Vinaya, and difficult to be settled.
There are three things by which (and as in last paragraph) it is in accordance
with the Dhamma, and in accordance with the Vinaya, and easy to be settled;
(that is to say), when it has been [&c., the rest of this paragraph is the
reverse of the last] 2.'
p. 31
3. [This paragraph exactly corresponds to Kullavagga I, 4, paragraph 1, as to
the three cases in which the Samgha, if it likes, may carry out the
Tassa-pâpiyyasikâ-kamma against a Bhikkhu.]
4. [In this paragraph the 'right conduct' for a Bhikkhu who has been subjected
to this Kamma is laid down precisely as in I, 5 for a Bhikkhu subjected to the
Tagganiya-kamma.]
Then the Samgha carried out the Tassa-pâpiyyasikâ-kamma against Uvâla the
Bhikkhu.



Footnotes
30:1 Compare the use of anuvâdo in Kullavagga I, 5.
30:2 These paragraphs exactly correspond to paragraphs at Kullavagga I, 2. It is
probably merely owing to this repetition that it is here also prescribed that
the accused person must confess p. 31 himself guilty, as it must be evident from
the Introductory Story, that he will not do so.