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Māturakkhitā sends a bhikkhu – “Go, venerable sir, tell so-and-so – ‘I am the wife of so-and-so, living by choice… …living by property… …living by a garment… …one who has bathed and anointed… …one who has removed her basket… …a slave and a wife… …a worker and a wife… …one captured by a banner… …a temporary wife.’” He accepts, he examines, he brings back, there is an offense of Sanghādisesa. Summary sections. 331. Māturakkhitā sends a bhikkhu – “Go, venerable sir, tell so-and-so – ‘I am the wife of so-and-so, bought with money and living by choice.’” He accepts, he examines, he brings back, there is an offense of Sanghādisesa. Māturakkhitā sends a bhikkhu – “Go, venerable sir, tell so-and-so – ‘I am the wife of so-and-so, bought with money and living by property… …bought with money and living by a garment… …bought with money and a temporary wife.’” He accepts, he examines, he brings back, there is an offense of Sanghādisesa. The incomplete cycle. 332. Māturakkhitā sends a bhikkhu – “Go, venerable sir, tell so-and-so – ‘I am the wife of so-and-so, living by choice and living by property… …living by choice and a temporary wife… …living by choice and bought with money.’” He accepts, he examines, he brings back, there is an offense of Sanghādisesa. The complete cycle, the root is abbreviated. Māturakkhitā She sends a bhikkhu: “Go, venerable sir, tell so-and-so: ‘I am so-and-so’s wife, for a moment, bought with money… for a moment, living by choice… for a moment, captured by a banner.’” He receives it, investigates it, brings it back. An offense of Sanghādisesa. The one-root section is finished. The two-root and so on should be done in the same way. This is the ten-root section. 333. A mother-protected woman sends a bhikkhu: “Go, venerable sir, tell so-and-so: ‘I am so-and-so’s wife, bought with money, living by choice, living for property, living with a cloth, sprinkled with water, with a head-basket removed, a slave and a wife, a worker and a wife, captured by a banner, and for a moment.’” He receives it, investigates it, brings it back. An offense of Sanghādisesa. The other mother-protected cycle is finished. A father-protected woman sends a bhikkhu… A mother-and-father-protected woman sends a bhikkhu… A brother-protected woman sends a bhikkhu… A sister-protected woman sends a bhikkhu… A relative-protected woman sends a bhikkhu… A clan-protected woman sends a bhikkhu… A Dhamma-protected woman sends a bhikkhu… A self-protected woman sends a bhikkhu… A woman protected with a penalty sends a bhikkhu: “Go, venerable sir, tell so-and-so: ‘I am so-and-so’s wife, bought with money.’” He receives it, investigates it, brings it back. An offense of Sanghādisesa. A woman protected with a penalty sends a bhikkhu: “Go, venerable sir, tell so-and-so: – ‘I will be the wife of so-and-so, living by choice… …living by means… …living by a mat… …having a water-pot… …having a removed head-load… …a slave and a wife… …a worker and a wife… …captured by a banner… …for a moment.’’ He accepts, examines, brings back, there is an offense of Sanghādisesa. Nikkhepa phrases. 334. A woman with a fine sends a bhikkhu: “Go, venerable sir, tell so-and-so: ‘I will be the wife of so-and-so, bought with money and living by choice… …bought with money and for a moment.’’ He accepts, examines, brings back, there is an offense of Sanghādisesa. Khaṇḍacakkaṃ. 335. A woman with a fine sends a bhikkhu: “Go, venerable sir, tell so-and-so: ‘I will be the wife of so-and-so, living by choice and living by means… …living by choice and for a moment… …living by choice and bought with money.’’ He accepts, examines, brings back, there is an offense of Sanghādisesa. Baddhacakkaṃ, the root is abbreviated. 336. A woman with a fine sends a bhikkhu: “Go, venerable sir, tell so-and-so: ‘I will be the wife of so-and-so, for a moment and bought with money… …for a moment and living by choice… …for a moment and captured by a banner.’’ He accepts, examines, brings back, there is an offense of Sanghādisesa. The one-root section is finished. The two-root and so on should be done in the same way. This is the ten-root section. 337. A woman with a fine sends a bhikkhu: “Go, venerable sir, tell so-and-so: ‘I will be the wife of so-and-so, 'I am the wife of so-and-so, and bought with money, and living by choice, and living by means of support, and living by a cloth, and one who has dipped a water-pot, and one who has removed her head-load, and a slave and a wife, and a worker and a wife, and brought by a banner, and a temporary wife.' He accepts, he investigates, he brings back, an offense of *saṅghādisesa*. Another cycle of offenses with penalties is finished. All cycles of repetitions are finished. He accepts, he investigates, he brings back, an offense of *saṅghādisesa*. He accepts, he investigates, he does not bring back, an offense of *thullaccaya*. He accepts, he does not investigate, he brings back, an offense of *thullaccaya*. He accepts, he does not investigate, he does not bring back, an offense of *dukkaṭa*. He does not accept, he investigates, he brings back, an offense of *thullaccaya*. He does not accept, he investigates, he does not bring back, an offense of *dukkaṭa*. He does not accept, he does not investigate, he brings back, an offense of *dukkaṭa*. He does not accept, he does not investigate, he does not bring back, no offense. A man orders many bhikkhus: "Go, sirs, investigate such-and-such a woman." All accept, all investigate, all bring back, an offense of *saṅghādisesa* for all. A man orders many bhikkhus: "Go, sirs, investigate such-and-such a woman." All accept, all investigate, they cause one to bring back, an offense of *saṅghādisesa* for all. A man orders many A man orders many bhikkhus – "Go, sirs, investigate such-and-such a woman." All accept, having one investigated, all report back, an offense of Sanghādisesa for all. A man orders many bhikkhus – "Go, sirs, investigate such-and-such a woman." All accept, having one investigated, they have one report back, an offense of Sanghādisesa for all. A man orders a bhikkhu – "Go, sir, investigate such-and-such a woman." He accepts, investigates, reports back, an offense of Sanghādisesa. A man orders a bhikkhu – "Go, sir, investigate such-and-such a woman." He accepts, investigates, has a pupil report back, an offense of Sanghādisesa. A man orders a bhikkhu – "Go, sir, investigate such-and-such a woman." He accepts, having a pupil investigate, he himself reports back, an offense of Sanghādisesa. A man orders a bhikkhu – "Go, sir, investigate such-and-such a woman." He accepts, has a pupil investigate, the pupil investigates and reports back externally, an offense of Thullaccaya for both. 339. Going, he fulfills; coming, he fails to fulfill; an offense of Thullaccaya. Going, he fails to fulfill; coming, he fulfills; an offense of Thullaccaya. Going, he fulfills; coming, he fulfills; an offense of Sanghādisesa. Go. does not deceive when going, does not deceive when coming, no offense. 340. No offense if he goes for the sake of the Sangha, or a shrine, or a sick person; for a mad person, for the first offender. Summary Verses on Cases of Discipline Asleep, and dead, and gone out, Not a woman, a female eunuch; Having made a quarrel, reconciled, And a messenger, and a eunuch. Cases of Discipline 341. Now at that time, a certain man ordered a certain bhikkhu: "Go, venerable sir, examine such-and-such a woman." He went and asked the people: "Where is such-and-such a woman?" "She is asleep, venerable sir." He felt remorse: "A training rule has been laid down by the Blessed One, have I perhaps incurred a Sanghādisesa offense?" He reported this matter to the Blessed One. "There is no offense of Sanghādisesa, bhikkhu; there is an offense of dukkata." Now at that time, a certain man ordered a certain bhikkhu: "Go, venerable sir, examine such-and-such a woman." He went and asked the people: "Where is such-and-such a woman?" "She is dead, venerable sir." ... "She has gone out, venerable sir." ... "She is not a woman, venerable sir." ... "She is a female eunuch, venerable sir." He felt remorse... ... "There is no offense of Sanghādisesa, bhikkhu; there is an offense of dukkata." Now at that time, a certain woman, having quarreled with her husband, went to her mother's house. A bhikkhu who frequented that family made a reconciliation. He felt remorse... was high… and so on… “Are they fit to be spoken to, bhikkhus?” “They are not fit to be spoken to, Blessed One.” “There is no offense, bhikkhu, in not being fit to be spoken to.” Now at that time a certain bhikkhu engaged in acting as a go-between for a hermaphrodite. He felt remorse… and so on… “There is no offense, bhikkhu, of a Saṅghādisesa; there is an offense of a grave transgression.” The training rule concerning acting as a go-between is finished, the fifth. 6. The Training Rule Concerning a Hut 342. Now at that time the Buddha, the Blessed One, was staying at Rājagaha, in the Bamboo Grove, the Squirrels’ Feeding Place. Now at that time the bhikkhus of Āḷavī had huts built by asking, ownerless, for their own use, immeasurable. These did not come to completion. They lived much given to asking, much given to entreating – “Give a man, give a man to help, give an ox, give a cart, give an adze, give an axe, give a hatchet, give a spade, give a pickaxe, give creepers, give bamboo, give muñja grass, give pabbaja grass, give ordinary grass, give clay.” People were annoyed, annoyed by their asking, annoyed by their entreating. Seeing the bhikkhus, they were startled, they were terrified, they ran away, they went by another way, they turned their faces away, they even closed their doors. They even ran away seeing a cow, thinking it was a bhikkhu. Then indeed, the venerable Mahākassapa, having spent the Rains at Rājagaha, set out for Āḷavī. In due course, he arrived at Āḷavī.