1. At that time the Khabbaggiya Bhikkhus performed official acts in the
following ways: they performed unlawful acts before an incomplete congregation
(&c., as in chap. 2, § 1, down to:) they performed seemingly lawful acts before
a complete congregation; they performed acts without a ñatti 2 and with the
proclamation (of the kammavâkâ 2) they performed acts without a proclamation (of
the kammavâkâ) and with the ñatti; they performed acts without a ñatti and
without a proclamation (of the kammavâkâ); they performed acts contrary to the
Dhamma; they performed acts contrary to the Vinaya; they performed acts contrary
to the doctrine of the Teacher; and they performed acts against which (the
Bhikkhus present) protested, which were unlawful, objectionable, and invalid.
Those Bhikkhus who were moderate, were annoyed,
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[paragraph continues] &c. These Bhikkhus told this thing to the Blessed One.
'Is it true, as they say, O Bhikkhus, that the Khabbaggiya Bhikkhus, &c.?'
It is true, Lord, &c.'
Having thus rebuked them and delivered a religious discourse, he thus addressed
the Bhikkhus:
2. 'If an official act, O Bhikkhus, is performed unlawfully by an incomplete
congregation, it is no real act and ought not to be performed (&c. 1, down to:).
If an official act, O Bhikkhus, is performed against which (the Bhikkhus
present) protest, which is unlawful, objectionable, and invalid, this is no real
act and ought not to be performed.
3. 'There are, O Bhikkhus, six kinds of official acts (which a Samgha can
perform): an unlawful act, an act performed by an incomplete congregation, an
act performed by a complete congregation, a seemingly lawful act performed by an
incomplete congregation, a seemingly lawful act performed by a complete
congregation, a lawful act performed by a complete congregation.
'And which, O Bhikkhus, is an unlawful act? If one performs, O Bhikkhus, a
ñattidutiya act 2 with one ñatti, and does not proclaim a kammavâkâ, such an act
is unlawful. If one performs, O Bhikkhus, a ñattidutiya act with two ñatti and
does not proclaim a kammavâkâ . . . . with one kammavâkâ and does not propose a
ñatti . . . . with two
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kammavâkâs and does not propose a ñatti, such an act is unlawful.
4. 'If one performs, O Bhikkhus, a ñattikatuttha act with one ñatti and does not
proclaim a kammavâkâ, such an act is unlawful. If one performs, O Bhikkhus, a
ñattikatuttha act with two (. . three, . . . . four) ñattis and does not
proclaim a kammavâkâ, such an act is unlawful. If one performs, O Bhikkhus, a
ñattikatuttha act with one kammavâkâ ( . . . . with two, . . . . three, . . . .
four kammavâkâs) and does not propose a ñatti, such an act is unlawful. Such
acts, O Bhikkhus, are called unlawful acts.
5. 'And which, O Bhikkhus, is an act of an incomplete congregation?
'If, O Bhikkhus, at a ñattidutiya act not all Bhikkhus, as many as are entitled
to vote, are present, if the khanda 1 of those who have to declare their khanda
has not been conveyed (to the assembly), and if the Bhikkhus present protest,
such an act is performed by an incomplete congregation.
'If, O Bhikkhus, at a ñattidutiya act as many Bhikkhus as are entitled to vote,
are present, but if the khanda of those who have to declare their khanda has not
been conveyed (to the assembly), and if the Bhikkhus present protest, such an
act is performed by an incomplete congregation.
'If, O Bhikkhus, at a ñattidutiya act as many Bhikkhus as are entitled to vote,
are present, if the khanda of those who have to declare their khanda has been
conveyed, but if the Bhikkhus present protest, such an act is performed by an
incomplete congregation.
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'If, O Bhikkhus, at a ñattikatuttha act, &c. 1
'Such acts, O Bhikkhus, are called acts performed by incomplete congregations.
6. 'And which, O Bhikkhus, is an act of a complete congregation?
'If, O Bhikkhus, at a ñattidutiya act as many Bhikkhus as are entitled to vote,
are present, if the khanda of those who have to declare their khanda has been
conveyed (to the assembly), and if the Bhikkhus present do not protest, such an
act is performed by a complete congregation.
If, O Bhikkhus, at a ñattikatuttha act (&c., as in last section).
Such acts, O Bhikkhus, are called acts performed by complete congregations.
7. 'And which, O Bhikkhus, is a seemingly lawful act performed by an incomplete
congregation?
If, O Bhikkhus, at a ñattidutiya act the kammavâkâ is proclaimed first and the
ñatti is proposed afterwards, if not all Bhikkhus, as many as are entitled to
vote, are present, &c. 2
8. 'And which, O Bhikkhus, is a seemingly lawful act performed by a complete
congregation?
'If, O Bhikkhus, at a ñattidutiya act the kammavâkâ is proclaimed first and the
ñatti is proposed afterwards, if as many Bhikkhus as are entitled to vote, are
present, &c. 3
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9. 'And which, O Bhikkhus, is a lawful act performed by a complete congregation?
'If, O Bhikkhus, at a ñattidutiya act the ñatti is proposed first and afterwards
the act is performed with one kammavâkâ, if as many Bhikkhus as are entitled to
vote, are present, if the khanda of those who have to declare their khanda has
been conveyed (to the assembly), and if the Bhikkhus present do not protest,
such an act is lawful and performed by a complete congregation.
'If, O Bhikkhus, at a ñattikatuttha act the ñatti is proposed first and
afterwards the act is performed with three kammavâkâs, if as many Bhikkhus as
are entitled to vote, &c., such an act is lawful and performed by a complete
congregation.'
Footnotes
264:2 See I, 28, &c.
265:1 Here the different categories of forbidden acts are enumerated one after
the other, as in § 1.
265:2 About ñatti, kammavâkâ, ñattidutiya, and ñattikatuttha acts, see our note
at I, 28, 3. 'Proposing a ñatti' and 'proclaiming a kammavâkâ' mean proposing a
motion and putting a resolution to the assembled brethren.
266:1 See II, 23.
267:1 The identical three cases given before with regard to the ñattidutiya act
are repeated here.
267:2 The six cases given in this paragraph, of which three refer to ñattidutiya
acts and three to ñattikatuttha acts, differ from those specified in § 5 only by
the statement added in each of these cases regarding the inverted order of ñatti
and kammavâkâ.
267:3 This paragraph stands precisely in the same relation to § 6 in which the
preceding one stands to § 5.
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