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B010102A5pācittiyakaṇḍaṃ (confession sutra part)

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But diabetes is a high disease. There are two marks: a low mark and a high mark. A low mark is: too long, too short, too dark, too white. This is called a low mark. A high mark is: not too long, not too short, not too dark, not too white. This is called a high mark. All defilements are low. All offenses are low. But the attainment of stream-entry is high. There are two insults: a low insult and a high insult. A low insult is: “You are a camel, you are a ram, you are an ox, you are a donkey, you are an animal, you are a hell-being! There is no good destination for you, only a bad destination is to be expected for you!” or with 'yakāra' or 'bhakāra', or with a 'kāṭakoṭacikā'. This is called a low insult. A high insult is: “You are wise, you are skilled, you are intelligent, you are learned, you are a Dhamma speaker! There is no bad destination for you, only a good destination is to be expected for you!” This is called a high insult. 16. A fully ordained monk, wishing to disparage, to scorn, to embarrass another fully ordained monk, calls a low person low, a caṇḍāla, a veṇa, a nesāda, a rathakāra, a pukkusa – says: “You are a caṇḍāla, you are a veṇa, you are a nesāda, you are a rathakāra, you are a pukkusa!” There is an offense by speech, an offense of pācittiya by speech. A fully ordained monk, wishing to disparage, to scorn, to embarrass another fully ordained monk, He addresses a high one with a low term, a warrior, a brahmin, saying: "You are an outcaste, you are a hunter, you are a fowler, you are a cart-maker, you are a scavenger." An offense by speech, a pācittiya offense by speech. An ordained monk, wishing to disparage, wishing to insult, wishing to make ashamed another ordained monk, addresses a low one with a high term, an outcaste, a hunter, a fowler, a cart-maker, a scavenger, saying: "You are a warrior, you are a brahmin." An offense by speech, a pācittiya offense by speech. An ordained monk, wishing to disparage, wishing to insult, wishing to make ashamed another ordained monk, addresses a high one with a high term, a warrior, a brahmin, saying: "You are a warrior, you are a brahmin." An offense by speech, a pācittiya offense by speech. 17. An ordained monk, wishing to disparage, wishing to insult, wishing to make ashamed another ordained monk, addresses a low one with a low term, Avakaṇṇaka, Javakaṇṇaka, Dhaniṭṭhaka, Saviṭṭhaka, Kulavaḍḍhaka, saying: "You are Avakaṇṇaka, you are Javakaṇṇaka, you are Dhaniṭṭhaka, you are Saviṭṭhaka, you are Kulavaḍḍhaka." An offense by speech, a pācittiya offense by speech. An ordained monk, wishing to disparage, wishing to insult, wishing to make ashamed another ordained monk, addresses a high one with a low term, Buddharakkhita, Dhammarakkhita, Saṅgharakkhita, saying: "You are Avakaṇṇaka, you are Javakaṇṇaka, you are Dhaniṭṭhaka, you are Saviṭṭhaka, you are Kulavaḍḍhaka." An offense by speech, a pācittiya offense by speech. An ordained monk, wishing to disparage, wishing to insult, wishing to make ashamed another ordained monk, addresses a low one with a high term, Avakaṇṇaka, Javakaṇṇaka, Dhaniṭṭhaka, Saviṭṭhaka, Kulavaḍḍhaka, saying: "You are Buddharakkhita, you are Dhammarakkhita, you are Saṅgharakkhita." An offense by speech, a pācittiya offense by speech. An ordained monk, wishing to disparage, wishing to insult, wishing to make ashamed another ordained monk, addresses a high one with a high term, Buddharakkhita, Dhammarakkhita, Saṅgharakkhita, saying: "You are Buddharakkhita, you are Dhammarakkhita, you are Saṅgharakkhita." An offense by speech, by speech. A pācittiya offense. 18. An ordained monk, wishing to disparage, wishing to insult, wishing to make ashamed another ordained monk, speaks of a low-born as low-born, Kosiya, Bhāradvāja, says: "You are Kosiya, you are Bhāradvāja." An offense by speech, a pācittiya offense by speech. An ordained monk, wishing to disparage, wishing to insult, wishing to make ashamed another ordained monk, speaks of a high-born as low-born, Gotama, Moggallāna, Kaccāna, Vāsiṭṭha, says: "You are Kosiya, you are Bhāradvāja." An offense by speech, a pācittiya offense by speech. An ordained monk, wishing to disparage, wishing to insult, wishing to make ashamed another ordained monk, speaks of a low-born as high-born, Kosiya, Bhāradvāja, says: "You are Gotama, you are Moggallāna, you are Kaccāna, you are Vāsiṭṭha." An offense by speech, a pācittiya offense by speech. An ordained monk, wishing to disparage, wishing to insult, wishing to make ashamed another ordained monk, speaks of a high-born as high-born, Gotama, Moggallāna, Kaccāna, Vāsiṭṭha, says: "You are Gotama, you are Moggallāna, you are Kaccāna, you are Vāsiṭṭha." An offense by speech, a pācittiya offense by speech. 19. An ordained monk, wishing to disparage, wishing to insult, wishing to make ashamed another ordained monk, speaks of a low-born as low-born, a dustman, a flower-sweeper, says: "You are a dustman, you are a flower-sweeper." An offense by speech, a pācittiya offense by speech. An ordained monk, wishing to disparage, wishing to insult, wishing to make ashamed another ordained monk, speaks of a high-born as low-born, a farmer, a merchant, a cowherd, says: "You are a dustman, you are a flower-sweeper." An offense by speech, a pācittiya offense by speech. An ordained monk, wishing to disparage, wishing to insult, wishing to make ashamed another ordained monk, speaks of a low-born as high-born, a dustman, a flower-sweeper, says: "You are a farmer, you are a merchant, you are a cowherd." An offense by speech, a pācittiya offense by speech. An ordained monk, wishing to disparage, wishing to insult, wishing to make ashamed another ordained monk, speaks of a high-born as high-born, a farmer, a merchant, a cowherd, says: "You are a farmer, you are a mercha "You are an astrologer, You are a cowherd," he says. An offence by word, a pācittiya offence by word. 20. An ordained monk, wishing to disparage, wishing to insult, wishing to make ashamed another ordained monk, speaks to a low person with a low (term): a reed-worker, a potter, a weaver, a leather-worker, a barber – "You are a reed-worker, You are a potter, You are a weaver, You are a leather-worker, You are a barber," he says. An offence by word, a pācittiya offence by word. An ordained monk, wishing to disparage, wishing to insult, wishing to make ashamed another ordained monk, speaks to a high person with a low (term): a money-changer, an accountant, a scribe – "You are a reed-worker, You are a potter, You are a weaver, You are a leather-worker, You are a barber," he says. An offence by word, a pācittiya offence by word. An ordained monk, wishing to disparage, wishing to insult, wishing to make ashamed another ordained monk, speaks to a low person with a high (term): a reed-worker, a potter, a weaver, a leather-worker, a barber – "You are a money-changer, You are an accountant, You are a scribe," he says. An offence by word, a pācittiya offence by word. An ordained monk, wishing to disparage, wishing to insult, wishing to make ashamed another ordained monk, speaks to a high person with a high (term): a money-changer, an accountant, a scribe – "You are a money-changer, You are an accountant, You are a scribe," he says. An offence by word, a pācittiya offence by word. 21. An ordained monk, wishing to disparage, wishing to insult, wishing to make ashamed another ordained monk, speaks to a low person with a low (term): a leper, one with boils, one with skin disease, one with consumption, one with epilepsy – "You are a leper, You are one with boils, You are one with skin disease, You are one with consumption, You are one with epilepsy," he says. An offence by word, a pācittiya offence by word. An ordained monk, wishing to disparage, wishing to insult, wishing to make ashamed another ordained monk, speaks to a high person with a low (term): one with diabetes – "You are a leper, You are one with boils, You are one with skin disease, You are one with consumption, You are one with epilepsy," he says. An offence by word, a pācittiya offence by word. An ordained monk, wishing to disparage, wishing to insult, wishing to make ashamed another ordained monk, speaks to a low person with a high (term): a leper, one with boils, one with skin disease, one with consumption, one with epilepsy – says "You are a diabetic," an offense by speech, a pācittiya offense by speech. A fully ordained monk desiring to disparage, to revile, to make ashamed, speaks of a superior quality as a superior quality to a fully ordained monk, (speaks of) diabetes – says "You are a diabetic," an offense by speech, a pācittiya offense by speech. 22. A fully ordained monk, desiring to disparage, to revile, to make ashamed, speaks of an inferior quality as inferior to a fully ordained monk, (speaks of) being too tall, too short, too dark, too fair – says "You are too tall, you are too short, you are too dark, you are too fair," an offense by speech, a pācittiya offense by speech. A fully ordained monk, desiring to disparage, to revile, to make ashamed, speaks of a superior quality as inferior to a fully ordained monk, (speaks of) not being too tall, not too short, not too dark, not too fair – says "You are too tall, you are too short, you are too dark, you are too fair," an offense by speech, a pācittiya offense by speech. A fully ordained monk, desiring to disparage, to revile, to make ashamed, speaks of an inferior quality as a superior one to a fully ordained monk, (speaks of) being too tall, too short, too dark, too fair – says "You are not too tall, you are not too short, you are not too dark, you are not too fair," an offense by speech, a pācittiya offense by speech. A fully ordained monk, desiring to disparage, to revile, to make ashamed, speaks of a superior quality as a superior one to a fully ordained monk, (speaks of) not being too tall, not too short, not too dark, not too fair –