Cullavagga - Third Khandhaka: Chapter 25

1. 'In case, O Bhikkhus, a Bhikkhu commit two Samghâdisesa offences which he
conceals for two months. And it occurs to him (etc., as in last chapter). . . .
And he asks . . . . And the Samgha imposes . . . . And whilst he is undergoing
that probation, shame (etc.) overcomes him, etc. . . . And he asks the Samgha for
a probation of a further month for those two Samghâdisesa offences concealed for
two months. And the Samgha 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 Samghâdisesa offences concealed for two
months 1.
2, 3. 'Now in case, O Bhikkhus, a Bhikkhu have committed two Samghâdisesa
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.