Mahavagga - Ninth Khandhaka: Chapter 5

1. 'In case, O Bhikkhus, there be no offence which a Bhikkhu should see (or,
acknowledge as committed by himself), and if the Samgha, or a number of
Bhikkhus, or a single person reprove him (and say): "You have committed an
offence, friend; do you see that offence?"--and he replies: "There is no
offence, friends, which I should see," and the Samgha pronounces expulsion
against him for his refusal to see that offence,--this is an unlawful act.
In case, O Bhikkhus, there be no offence which a Bhikkhu should atone for, &c. 1
'In case, O Bhikkhus, there be no false doctrine which a Bhikkhu should
renounce, &c. 2
2. 'In case, O Bhikkhus, there be no offence which a Bhikkhu should see, and
there be no offence which he should atone for, and if the Samgha, or a number of
Bhikkhus, or a single person reprove him (and say): "You have committed an
offence, friend; do you see that offence? Atone for that offence,"--and he
replies: "There is no offence, friends, which I should see; there is no offence,
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friends, which I should atone for," and the Samgha pronounces expulsion against
him for his refusal to see that offence, or for his refusal to atone for that
offence,--this is an unlawful act.
3-5 1.
6-7. 'In case, O Bhikkhus, there be an offence which a Bhikkhu should see, and
if the Samgha, or a number of Bhikkhus, or a single person reprove him (and
say): "You have committed an offence, friend; do you see that offence?"--and he
replies: "Yes, friends, I see it," and the Samgha pronounces expulsion against
him for his (pretended) refusal to see that offence,--this is an unlawful act.
'In case, O Bhikkhus, there be an offence which a Bhikkhu should atone for, &c.
2
8-9. 'In case, O Bhikkhus, there be an offence which a Bhikkhu should see, and
if the Samgha, or a number of Bhikkhus, or a single person reprove him (and
say): "You have committed an offence, friend; do you see that offence?"--and he
replies: "There is no offence, friends, which I should see," and the Samgha
pronounces expulsion against him for his refusal to see that offence,--this is a
lawful act 3.'



Footnotes
274:1 The ukkhepaniyakamma âpattiyâ appatinissagge (expulsion for a Bhikkhu's
refusal to atone for an offence) is spoken of here exactly in the same terms as
those in which the ukkhepaniyakamma âpattiyâ adassane (expulsion for a Bhikkhu's
refusal to see an offence) is spoken of in the preceding clause. The brethren
say to the pretended offender, 'You have committed an offence, friend; atone for
that offence'--which he refuses to do.
274:2 As above; the Bhikkhus institute the ukkhepaniyakamma pâpikâya ditthiyâ
appatinissagge (expulsion for a Bhikkhu's refusal to renounce a false doctrine).
275:1 As in § 2, the first and second of the three cases given in § 1 are
combined, so follow now combinations of the first and third, the second and
third, and of the first, second, and third cases respectively.
275:2 Here follow again the cases of the ukkhepaniyakamma âpattiyâ
appatinissagge and pâpikâya ditthiyâ appatinissagge, and the combinations of the
three cases as above.
275:3 Here follow the two other cases, together with the combinations of the
three, exactly as above.