1. And the venerable Upâli 1 went to the place where the Blessed One was. Having
approached him and respectfully saluted the Blessed One, he sat down near him.
Sitting near him the venerable Upâli said to the Blessed One: 'Lord, if a
complete congregation performs an act at which the presence (of the accused
Bhikkhu) is required, in his absence--is this act, Lord, performed lawfully
according to Dhamma and Vinaya?'
'It is performed, Upâli, unlawfully against Dhamma and Vinaya.'
2. 'Lord, if a complete congregation performs an act at which (the accused
Bhikkhu) ought to be called upon for an answer, without calling upon him for an
answer--if it performs an act at which the confession (of the culprit) is
required, without his confession--if it grants to a Bhikkhu to whom sativinaya 2
ought to be granted, an amûlhavinaya 3--if it proceeds against a Bhikkhu to whom
amûlhavinaya ought to be granted, with the tassapâpiyyasikâkamma 4--if it
proceeds against a Bhikkhu against whom the tassapâpiyyasikâkamma ought
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to be instituted, with the tagganiyakamma 1--if it proceeds against a Bhikkhu
against whom the tagganiyakamma ought to be instituted, with the
nissayakamma--if it proceeds against a Bhikkhu against whom the nissayakamma
ought to be instituted, with the pabbâganiyakamma--if it proceeds against a
Bhikkhu against whom the pabbâganiyakamma ought to be instituted, with the
patisâraniyakamma--if it proceeds against a Bhikkhu against whom the
patisâraniyakamma ought to be instituted, with the ukkhepaniyakamma--if it
sentences a Bhikkhu against whom the ukkhepaniyakamma ought to be instituted, to
parivâsa 2--if it sentences a Bhikkhu who ought to be sentenced to parivâsa, to
mûlâya patikassanâ--if it sentences a Bhikkhu who ought to be sentenced to
mûlâya patikassanâ, to mânatta--if it grants to a Bhikkhu who ought to be
sentenced to mânatta, the decree of abbhâna--if it confers on a Bhikkhu to whom
abbhâna ought to be granted, the upasampadâ ordination,--is this act, Lord,
performed lawfully according to Dhamma and Vinaya?'
3. 'It is performed, Upâli, unlawfully against Dhamma and Vinaya. If a complete
congregation, Upâli, performs an act at which the presence (of the accused
Bhikkhu) is required, in his absence (&c., down to:) confers on a Bhikkhu to
whom abbhâna ought to be granted, the upasampadâ ordination,--in such case,
Upâli, this act is performed unlawfully against Dhamma and Vinaya, and in such
case this Samgha trespasses against the law.'
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4. 'Lord, if a complete congregation performs an act at which the presence (of
the accused Bhikkhu) is required, in his presence (&c., down to:) confers on a
person, on whom the upasampadâ ordination ought to be conferred, the upasampadâ
ordination,--is this act, Lord, performed lawfully according to Dhamma and
Vinaya?'
It is performed, Upâli, lawfully according to Dhamma and Vinaya. If a complete
congregation performs an act (&c., down to:) the upasampadâ ordination,--in such
case, Upâli, this act is performed lawfully according to Dhamma and Vinaya, and
in such case this Samgha does not trespass against the law.'
5. 'Lord, if a complete congregation grants to a Bhikkhu to whom sativinaya
ought to be granted, an amûlhavinaya, and to a Bhikkhu to whom amûlhavinaya
ought to be granted, a sativinaya (&c. 1, down to:) confers on a Bhikkhu to whom
abbhâna. ought to be granted, the upasampadâ ordination, and grants to a person
on whom the upasampadâ ordination ought to be conferred, the decree of
abbhâna,--is this act, Lord, performed lawfully according to Dhamma and Vinaya?'
6. 'It is performed, Upâli, unlawfully against Dhamma and Vinaya. If a complete
congregation grants to a Bhikkhu, &c.,--in such case, Upâli, this act is
performed unlawfully against Dhamma and
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[paragraph continues] Vinaya, and in such case this Samgha trespasses against
the law.'
7. 'Lord, if a complete congregation grants sativinaya to a Bhikkhu to whom
sativinaya ought to be granted, and amûlhavinaya to a Bhikkhu to whom
amûlhavinaya ought to be granted (&c. 1, down to:) grants abbhâna to a Bhikkhu
to whom abbhâna ought to be granted, and confers the upasampadâ ordination on a
person on whom the upasampadâ ordination ought to be conferred,--is this act,
Lord, performed lawfully according to Dhamma and Vinaya?'
8. 'It is performed, Upâli, lawfully according to Dhamma and Vinaya (&c., down
to:) and in such case this Samgha does not trespass against the law.'
9. And the Blessed One thus addressed the Bhikkhus: 'If a complete congregation,
O Bhikkhus, grants to a Bhikkhu to whom sativinaya ought to be granted, an
amûlhavinaya, in such case, O Bhikkhus, this act is performed unlawfully against
Dhamma and Vinaya, and in such case this Samgha trespasses against the law. If a
complete congregation, O Bhikkhus, institutes against a Bhikkhu to whom
sativinaya ought to be granted, the tassapâpiyyasikâkamma (&c. 2, down to:)
grants to a person on whom the
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upasampadâ ordination ought to be conferred, the decree of abbhâna,--in such
case, O Bhikkhus, this act is performed unlawfully against Dhamma and Vinaya,
and in such case this Samgha trespasses against the law.'
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End of the second Bhânavâra, which contains the questions of Upâli.
Footnotes
276:1 That the redactors of this Pitaka have chosen Upâli here and at X, 6,
Kullavagga II, 2, 7, to question the Blessed One about the Vinaya regulations,
stands evidently in connection with the tradition ascribing to Upâli an especial
authority regarding the rules of the Order and styling him, as is said in the
Dîpavamsa (IV, 3, 5; V, 7,. 9), agganikkhittaka, i.e. original depositary, of
the Vinaya tradition. See our Introduction, p. xii seq.
276:2 See Kullavagga IV, 4, 10.
276:3 See Kullavagga IV, 5.
276:4 See Kullavagga IV, 11.
277:1 This Samghakamma and the following ones are explained in Kullavagga I, 1
seq.
277:2 For this term and the next ones, see Kullavagga III, 1-9.
278:1 The Samghakammas enumerated in § 2, beginning with sativinaya, are
arranged here in pairs, in direct and reverse order, in this way: sativinaya and
amûlhavinaya, amûlhavinaya and sativinaya; then amûlhavinaya and
tassapâpiyyasikâkamma, tassapâpiyyasikâkamma and amûlhavinaya, &c.
279:1 The same dyads as in § 5.
279:2 In this paragraph all possible combinations of two different Samghakammas
are formed in this way: first, sativinaya is combined with amûlhavinaya and all
the rest, down to upasampadâ; then amûlhavinaya with all terms from
tassapâpiyyasikâ down to sativinaya, and so on; the whole series ends thus with
the combinations of upasampadâraha with all terms from sativinaya down to
abbhâna.
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