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Mv IX 16
PTS: Mv IX 7.12 | CS: vin.mv.09.16
Tajjanīyakammapaṭippassaddhikathā
The Discussion of Rescinding the Censure Transaction[1]
by
Ven. Khematto Bhikkhu
Alternate translations/layout: 'line by line' Pāḷi - English

(Mv.IX.7.12) [213] “Monks, there is the case where a monk, having had a censure transaction imposed on him by the Saṅgha, behaves properly, lowers his hackles, mends his ways. He asks for the rescinding of the censure transaction.

“Now suppose the thought occurs to the monks, ‘Friends, this monk, having had a censure transaction imposed on him by the Saṅgha, has behaved properly, lowered his hackles, mended his ways. He is asking for the rescinding of the censure transaction. Let’s rescind the censure transaction on him.’

“They, a faction, rescind the censure transaction on him, not in accordance with the Dhamma.

“He goes from that residence to another residence.

“There, too, the thought occurs to the monks, ‘Friends, this monk has been given a rescinding of his censure transaction by a Saṅgha — a faction, not in accordance with the Dhamma. Let’s rescind the censure transaction on him.’

“They, united, rescind the censure transaction on him, not in accordance with the Dhamma. …

“A faction … in accordance with the Dhamma.

“A faction … a semblance of the Dhamma.

“United … a semblance of the Dhamma.

(Mv.IX.7.13) “Monks, there is the case where a monk, having had a censure transaction imposed on him by the Saṅgha, behaves properly, lowers his hackles, mends his ways. He asks for the rescinding of the censure transaction.

“Now suppose the thought occurs to the monks, ‘Friends, this monk, having had a censure transaction imposed on him by the Saṅgha, has behaved properly, lowered his hackles, mended his ways. He is asking for the rescinding of the censure transaction. Let’s rescind the censure transaction on him.’

“They, united, rescind the censure transaction on him, not in accordance with the Dhamma. …

“A faction … in accordance with the Dhamma.

“A faction … a semblance of the Dhamma.

“United … a semblance of the Dhamma.

“A faction … non-Dhamma.

“Monks, there is the case where a monk, having had a censure transaction imposed on him by the Saṅgha, behaves properly, lowers his hackles, mends his ways. He asks for the rescinding of the censure transaction.

“Now suppose the thought occurs to the monks, ‘Friends, this monk, having had a censure transaction imposed on him by the Saṅgha, has behaved properly, lowered his hackles, mended his ways. He is asking for the rescinding of the censure transaction. Let’s rescind the censure transaction on him.’

“They, a faction, rescind the censure transaction on him, in accordance with the Dhamma. …

“A faction … a semblance of the Dhamma.

“United … a semblance of the Dhamma.

“A faction … non-Dhamma.

“United … not in accordance with the Dhamma.

“Monks, there is the case where a monk, having had a censure transaction imposed on him by the Saṅgha, behaves properly, lowers his hackles, mends his ways. He asks for the rescinding of the censure transaction.

“Now suppose the thought occurs to the monks, ‘Friends, this monk, having had a censure transaction imposed on him by the Saṅgha, has behaved properly, lowered his hackles, mended his ways. He is asking for the rescinding of the censure transaction. Let’s rescind the censure transaction on him.’

“They, a faction, rescind the censure transaction on him in a way that is a semblance of the Dhamma. …

“United … a semblance of the Dhamma.

“A faction … non-Dhamma.

“United … not in accordance with the Dhamma.

“A faction … Dhamma.

“Monks, there is the case where a monk, having had a censure transaction imposed on him by the Saṅgha, behaves properly, lowers his hackles, mends his ways. He asks for the rescinding of the censure transaction.

“Now suppose the thought occurs to the monks, ‘Friends, this monk, having had a censure transaction imposed on him by the Saṅgha, has behaved properly, lowered his hackles, mended his ways. He is asking for the rescinding of the censure transaction. Let’s rescind the censure transaction on him.’

“They, united, rescind the censure transaction on him in a way that is a semblance of the Dhamma.

“A faction … non-Dhamma.

“United … not in accordance with the Dhamma.

“A faction … in accordance with the Dhamma.

“A faction … a semblance of the Dhamma.

Notes

1.
See also: BMCII Chap. 20: Censure.
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