Theravāda Vinaya — Mahāvibhaṅga — Pārājikakaṇḍa

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Gandhūpahāro nāma
Arranging a smell:
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amanāpikaṁ gandhaṁ upasaṁharati jegucchaṁ pāṭikulyaṁ— “imaṁ ghāyitvā jegucchatā pāṭikulyatā marissatī”ti, āpatti dukkaṭassa.
if a monk arranges a disgusting and repulsive smell, thinking, “Smelling this, they’ll die from disgust and repulsion,” he commits an offense of wrong conduct.
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Taṁ ghāyite jegucchatā pāṭikulyatā dukkhā vedanā uppajjati, āpatti thullaccayassa.
If the target person smells it and experiences suffering because of disgust and repulsion, the monk commits a serious offense.
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Marati, āpatti pārājikassa.
If the person dies, the monk commits an offense entailing expulsion.
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Manāpikaṁ gandhaṁ upasaṁharati— “imaṁ ghāyitvā alābhakena sussitvā marissatī”ti, āpatti dukkaṭassa.
If a monk arranges a fragrant scent, thinking, “Smelling this and then being unable to get hold of it, they’ll wither and die,” he commits an offense of wrong conduct.
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Taṁ ghāyitvā alābhakena sussati, āpatti thullaccayassa.
If the target person smells it and then withers because of not getting hold of it, the monk commits a serious offense.
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Marati, āpatti pārājikassa.
If the person dies, the monk commits an offense entailing expulsion.
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Rasūpahāro nāma
Arranging a taste:
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amanāpikaṁ rasaṁ upasaṁharati jegucchaṁ pāṭikulyaṁ— “imaṁ sāyitvā jegucchatā pāṭikulyatā marissatī”ti, āpatti dukkaṭassa.
if a monk arranges a disgusting and repulsive flavor, thinking, “Tasting this, they’ll die from disgust and repulsion,” he commits an offense of wrong conduct.
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Taṁ sāyite jegucchatā pāṭikulyatā dukkhā vedanā uppajjati, āpatti thullaccayassa.
If the target person tastes it and experiences suffering because of disgust and repulsion, the monk commits a serious offense.
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Marati, āpatti pārājikassa.
If the person dies, the monk commits an offense entailing expulsion.
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Manāpikaṁ rasaṁ upasaṁharati— “imaṁ sāyitvā alābhakena sussitvā marissatī”ti, āpatti dukkaṭassa.
If a monk arranges a delicious flavor, thinking, “Tasting this and then being unable to get hold of it, they’ll wither and die,” he commits an offense of wrong conduct.
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Taṁ sāyitvā alābhakena sussati, āpatti thullaccayassa.
If the target person tastes it and then withers because of not getting hold of it, the monk commits a serious offense.
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Marati, āpatti pārājikassa.
If the person dies, the monk commits an offense entailing expulsion.
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Phoṭṭhabbūpahāro nāma
Arranging a touch:
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amanāpikaṁ phoṭṭhabbaṁ upasaṁharati dukkhasamphassaṁ kharasamphassaṁ— “iminā phuṭṭho marissatī”ti, āpatti dukkaṭassa.
if a monk arranges a painful and harsh physical contact, thinking, “Touched by this, they’ll die,” he commits an offense of wrong conduct.
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Tena phuṭṭhassa dukkhā vedanā uppajjati, āpatti thullaccayassa.
If the target person makes contact with it and experiences pain, the monk commits a serious offense.
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Marati, āpatti pārājikassa.
If the person dies, the monk commits an offense entailing expulsion.
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Manāpikaṁ phoṭṭhabbaṁ upasaṁharati sukhasamphassaṁ mudusamphassaṁ— “iminā phuṭṭho alābhakena sussitvā marissatī”ti, āpatti dukkaṭassa.
If a monk arranges a pleasant and soft physical contact, thinking, “Touched by this and then being unable to get hold of it, they’ll wither and die,” he commits an offense of wrong conduct.
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Tena phuṭṭho alābhakena sussati, āpatti thullaccayassa.
If the target person is touched by it and then withers because of not getting hold of it, the monk commits a serious offense.
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Marati, āpatti pārājikassa.
If the person dies, the monk commits an offense entailing expulsion.
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Dhammūpahāro nāma
Arranging a mental quality:
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nerayikassa nirayakathaṁ katheti— “imaṁ sutvā uttasitvā marissatī”ti, āpatti dukkaṭassa.
if a monk talks about hell to someone bound for hell, thinking, “Hearing this and becoming terrified, they’ll die,” he commits an offense of wrong conduct.
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Taṁ sutvā uttasati, āpatti thullaccayassa.
If the target person hears it and becomes terrified, the monk commits a serious offense.
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Marati, āpatti pārājikassa.
If the person dies, the monk commits an offense entailing expulsion.
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Kalyāṇakammassa saggakathaṁ katheti— “imaṁ sutvā adhimutto marissatī”ti, āpatti dukkaṭassa.
If a monk talks about heaven to someone of good behavior, thinking, “Hearing this and being keen on it, they’ll die,” he commits an offense of wrong conduct.
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Taṁ sutvā adhimutto marissāmīti dukkhaṁ vedanaṁ uppādeti, āpatti thullaccayassa.
If the target person hears it, becomes keen on it, and thinks, “I shall die,” and they do something painful, the monk commits a serious offense.
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Marati, āpatti pārājikassa.
If the person dies, the monk commits an offense entailing expulsion.
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Ācikkhanā nāma
Information:
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puṭṭho bhaṇati— “evaṁ marassu. Yo evaṁ marati so dhanaṁ vā labhati yasaṁ vā labhati saggaṁ vā gacchatī”ti, āpatti dukkaṭassa.
if, being asked, a monk says, “Die like this. Anyone who does receives wealth,” or, “Die like this. Anyone who does becomes famous,” or, “Die like this. Anyone who does goes to heaven,” he commits an offense of wrong conduct.
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Tāya ācikkhanāya marissāmīti dukkhaṁ vedanaṁ uppādeti, āpatti thullaccayassa.
If, because of that information, the target person thinks, “I shall die,” and they do something painful, the monk commits a serious offense.
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Marati, āpatti pārājikassa.
If the person dies, the monk commits an offense entailing expulsion.
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Anusāsanī nāma
Instruction:
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apuṭṭho bhaṇati— “evaṁ marassu. Yo evaṁ marati so dhanaṁ vā labhati yasaṁ vā labhati saggaṁ vā gacchatī”ti, āpatti dukkaṭassa.
if, without being asked, a monk says, “Die like this. Anyone who does receives wealth,” or, “Die like this. Anyone who does becomes famous,” or, “Die like this. Anyone who does goes to heaven,” he commits an offense of wrong conduct.
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Tāya anusāsaniyā marissāmīti dukkhaṁ vedanaṁ uppādeti, āpatti thullaccayassa.
If, because of that instruction, the target person thinks, “I shall die,” and they do something painful, the monk commits a serious offense.
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Marati, āpatti pārājikassa.
If the person dies, the monk commits an offense entailing expulsion.
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Saṅketakammaṁ nāma
Acting by arrangement:
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saṅketaṁ karoti purebhattaṁ vā pacchābhattaṁ vā rattiṁ vā divā vā— “tena saṅketena taṁ jīvitā voropehī”ti, āpatti dukkaṭassa.
if a monk makes an arrangement for before the meal or for after the meal, for the night or for the day, telling another person, “Kill that person according to this arrangement,” he commits an offense of wrong conduct.
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Tena saṅketena taṁ jīvitā voropeti, āpatti ubhinnaṁ pārājikassa.
If the other person kills that person according to that arrangement, there is an offense entailing expulsion for both.
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Taṁ saṅketaṁ pure vā pacchā vā taṁ jīvitā voropeti, mūlaṭṭhassa anāpatti, vadhakassa āpatti pārājikassa.
If he kills him before or after the time of the arrangement, there is no offense for the instigator, but there is an offense entailing expulsion for the murderer.
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Nimittakammaṁ nāma
Making a sign:
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nimittaṁ karoti— “akkhiṁ vā nikhaṇissāmi bhamukaṁ vā ukkhipissāmi sīsaṁ vā ukkhipissāmi, tena nimittena taṁ jīvitā voropehī”ti, āpatti dukkaṭassa.
a monk makes a sign. If he says to another person, “When I wink, at that sign kill that person,” “When I raise an eyebrow, at that sign kill that person,” or, “When I nod, at that sign kill that person,” he commits an offense of wrong conduct.
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Tena nimittena taṁ jīvitā voropeti, āpatti ubhinnaṁ pārājikassa.
If, at that sign, the other person kills that person, there is an offense entailing expulsion for both.
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Taṁ nimittaṁ pure vā pacchā vā taṁ jīvitā voropeti, mūlaṭṭhassa anāpatti, vadhakassa āpatti pārājikassa.
If he kills him before or after the sign, there is no offense for the instigator, but there is an offense entailing expulsion for the murderer.
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Anāpatti—
There is no offense:
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asañcicca
if it is unintentional;
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ajānantassa
if he does not know;
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namaraṇādhippāyassa
if he is not aiming at death;
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ummattakassa
if he is insane;
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ādikammikassāti.
if he is the first offender.
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Manussaviggahapārājikamhi paṭhamabhāṇavāro niṭṭhito.
The first section for recitation on expulsion in relation to human beings is finished.
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3.1. Vinītavatthuuddānagāthā
Summary verses of case studies
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Saṁvaṇṇanā nisīdanto,
“Praising, sitting down,
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musalodukkhalena ca;
And with pestle, with mortar;
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Vuḍḍhapabbajitābhisanno,
Gone forth when old, flowing out,
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aggavīmaṁsanāvisaṁ.
First, experimental poison.
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Tayo ca vatthukammehi,
And three with making sites,
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iṭṭhakāhipare tayo;
Another three with bricks;
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Vāsī gopānasī ceva,
And also machete, and rafter.
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aṭṭakotaraṇaṁ pati.
An elevated platform, coming down, fell down.
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Sedaṁ natthuñca sambāho,
Sweating, and nose treatment, massage,
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nhāpanabbhañjanena ca;
By bathing, and by rubbing;
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Uṭṭhāpento nipātento,
Making get up, making lie down,
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annapānena māraṇaṁ.
Death through food, death through drink.
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Jāragabbho sapattī ca,
Child by a lover, and co-wives;
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mātā puttaṁ ubho vadhi;
mother, child, he killed both,
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Ubho na miyyare maddā,
he killed neither; crushing,
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tāpaṁ vañjhā vijāyinī.
Heating, barren, fertile.
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Patodaṁ niggahe yakkho,
Tickling, in taking hold of, a spirit,
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vāḷayakkhañca pāhiṇi;
And predatory spirits, sending;
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Taṁ maññamāno pahari,
Thinking it was them, he gave a blow,
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saggañca nirayaṁ bhaṇe.
In talking about heaven, and about hell.
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Āḷaviyā tayo rukkhā,
Three trees at Āḷavī,
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dāyehi apare tayo;
Three others with forest groves;
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Mā kilamesi na tuyhaṁ,
Don’t torture, no I can’t,
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takkaṁ sovīrakena cāti.
Buttermilk, and salty purgative.”
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3.2. Vinītavatthu
Case studies
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Tena kho pana samayena aññataro bhikkhu gilāno hoti.
On one occasion a certain monk was sick.
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Tassa bhikkhū kāruññena maraṇavaṇṇaṁ saṁvaṇṇesuṁ.
Out of compassion, the monks praised death to him.
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So bhikkhu kālamakāsi.
He died.
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Tesaṁ kukkuccaṁ ahosi “bhagavatā sikkhāpadaṁ paññattaṁ, kacci nu kho mayaṁ pārājikaṁ āpattiṁ āpannā”ti?
They became anxious and said, “The Buddha has laid down a training rule. Could it be that we’ve committed an offense entailing expulsion?”
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Bhagavato etamatthaṁ ārocesuṁ.
They told the Buddha.
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“Āpattiṁ tumhe, bhikkhave, āpannā pārājikan”ti.
“You’ve committed an offense entailing expulsion.”
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Tena kho pana samayena aññataro piṇḍacāriko bhikkhu pīṭhake pilotikāya paṭicchannaṁ dārakaṁ nisīdanto ottharitvā māresi.
On one occasion an alms-collecting monk sat down on a bench, crushing a boy who was concealed by an old cloth. The boy died.
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Tassa kukkuccaṁ ahosi “bhagavatā sikkhāpadaṁ paññattaṁ, kacci nu kho ahaṁ pārājikaṁ āpattiṁ āpanno”ti?
The monk became anxious and thought, “The Buddha has laid down a training rule. Could it be that I’ve committed an offense entailing expulsion?”
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Bhagavato etamatthaṁ ārocesi.
He told the Buddha.
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“Anāpatti, bhikkhu, pārājikassa.
“There’s no offense entailing expulsion.
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Na ca, bhikkhave, appaṭivekkhitvā āsane nisīditabbaṁ; yo nisīdeyya, āpatti dukkaṭassā”ti.
But you shouldn’t sit down on a seat without checking it. If you do, you commit an offense of wrong conduct.”
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Tena kho pana samayena aññataro bhikkhu bhattagge antaraghare āsanaṁ paññapento musale ussite ekaṁ musalaṁ aggahesi.
On one occasion a monk was preparing a seat in a dining hall in an inhabited area. When he took hold of a pestle high up,
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Dutiyo musalo paripatitvā aññatarassa dārakassa matthake avatthāsi.
another pestle fell down, hitting a boy,
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So kālamakāsi.
who died.
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Tassa kukkuccaṁ ahosi …pe…
The monk became anxious …
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“kiṁcitto tvaṁ, bhikkhū”ti?
“What were you thinking?”
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“Asañcicca ahaṁ, bhagavā”ti.
“I didn’t intend it, sir.”
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“Anāpatti, bhikkhu, asañciccā”ti.
“There’s no offense when it’s unintentional.”
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Tena kho pana samayena aññataro bhikkhu bhattagge antaraghare āsanaṁ paññapento udukkhalabhaṇḍikaṁ akkamitvā pavaṭṭesi.
On one occasion a monk was preparing a seat in a dining hall in an inhabited area when he forcefully kicked the implements belonging to a mortar.
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Aññataraṁ dārakaṁ ottharitvā māresi.
They crushed a boy, who died.
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Tassa kukkuccaṁ ahosi …pe…
He became anxious …
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“anāpatti, bhikkhu, asañciccā”ti.
“There’s no offense when it’s unintentional.”
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Tena kho pana samayena pitāputtā bhikkhūsu pabbajitā honti.
At one time a father and son had gone forth with the monks.

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