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Collection of Verses 1. The training rules laid down in seven cities 335. Having made the robe over one shoulder, having raised the joined hands; Like one who is wishing, why have you come here? Those laid down in the two Vinayas; Which come for recitation on Uposatha days; How many are those training rules; In how many cities were they laid down? Excellent is your insight, you inquire properly; Indeed I shall tell you, so that you may be skilled. Those laid down in the two Vinayas; Which come for recitation on Uposatha days; They are two hundred and fifty; Laid down in seven cities. In which seven cities were they laid down; Pray tell me that; Having heard that discourse; We may practice for our benefit. In Vesālī, in Rājagaha, and in Sāvatthī, in Āḷavī; In Kosambī, and among the Sakyas, and among the Bhaggas were they laid down. How many were laid down in Vesālī, how many made in Rājagaha; How many are there in Sāvatthī, how many made in Āḷavī. How many were laid down in Kosambī, how many are said among the Sakyas; How many were laid down among the Bhaggas, tell me that, being asked. Ten were laid down in Vesālī, twenty-one made in Rājagaha; Three hundred and six, all made in Sāvatthī. Six were laid down in Āḷavī, eight made in Kosambī; Eight are said among the Sakyas, three were laid down among the Bhaggas. Those laid down in Vesālī, listen to them truly; Sexual intercourse, quarreling, going beyond, and the black mark. Living beings, successive meals, with a tooth-stick, a naked one; And abuse of bhikkhunīs, these ten were made in Vesālī. Those laid down in Rājagaha, listen to them truly; Taking what is not given in Rājagaha, two slandering, and also two divisions. Inner robe, silver, thread, and with complaining, a pācittiya alms-food; Group meal, and at the wrong time, conduct, bathing, ū twenty-nine. Having given a robe, they dismiss, these were made in Rājagaha; The Giraggacariyā there, with a gift of consent, twenty-one. Those that were laid down in Sāvatthī, listen to them as they truly are; Four Pārājika offenses, sixteen Saṅghādisesa offenses there are. Two Aniyata rules there are, twenty-four Nissaggiya rules; And one hundred and fifty-six, are called minor rules. And ten blameworthy rules, and seventy-two Sekhiya rules; Three hundred and six, all made in Sāvatthī. Those that were laid down in Āḷavī, listen to them as they truly are; And the Kuṭikosiyaseyyā, in digging, go, O deity; And sprinkling with living creatures, these six were made in Āḷavī. Those that were laid down in Kosambī, listen to them as they truly are; The Great Monastery, ill-spoken, another door for liquor; Disrespect, with the Dhamma, the eighth by drinking milk. Those that were laid down among the Sakyas, listen to them as they truly are; Goat's hair and the bowl, and advice and medicine. The needle and the forest dweller, these eight in Kapilavatthu; Advice on water purification, are spoken among the bhikkhunīs. Those that were laid down among the Bhaggas, listen to them as they truly are; Having concentrated, they sew, with meat and rice. Four Pārājika offenses, Saṅghādisesa offenses there are; And seven Nissaggiya rules, thirty-two minor rules. Two blameworthy, three Sekhiya rules, fifty-six training rules; Laid down in six cities, by the Buddha, kinsman of the sun. Three hundred and six, all made in Sāvatthī; By the compassionate Buddha, Gotama, the glorious one. 2. The Four Failures 336. What we asked, you told us; That was explained without deviation; I ask you another, now tell me this; Heavy and light, and with remainder; Without remainder, and gross and not gross; And those that are up to the third time. Common, uncommon; And the classifications by which methods they are settled; Explain all these; Come, listen to the words. Homage to you. Thirty-one are the serious ones, Eight here are without remainder; Which are serious, those are heinous; Which are heinous, that is moral transgression; Pārājika and Saṅghādisesa, Are called "moral transgression". Thullaccaya, Pācittiya, Pāṭidesanīya, Dukkaṭa; Ill-spoken word, and this one who, Abuses with intent to mock; This is considered transgression of conduct. They grasp wrong view, Led by unwholesome doctrines; They slander the Fully Awakened One, Foolish ones enveloped in delusion; This is considered transgression of view. For the sake of livelihood, for the reason of livelihood, An evil-wisher, overcome by desire, Proclaims a non-existent, not real, superhuman state. For the sake of livelihood, for the reason of livelihood, Engages in go-between activity. For the sake of livelihood, for the reason of livelihood, Says, "The monk who dwells in your monastery is an Arahant." For the sake of livelihood, for the reason of livelihood, A monk, having requested choice food for his own sake, eats it. For the sake of livelihood, for the reason of livelihood, A nun, having requested choice food for her own sake, eats it. For the sake of livelihood, for the reason of livelihood, Not being sick, having requested soup or rice for his own sake, eats it. This is considered transgression of livelihood. Eleven are the up-to-the-third-time offenses, Listen to them as they truly are; Following the suspended monk, Eight are the up-to-the-third-time offenses; Ariṭṭha and Caṇḍakāḷī, These are those up-to-the-third-time offenses. 3. Cutting and so forth 337. How many are the cutting offenses? How many are the breaking offenses? How many are the tearing out offenses? How many are the non-other-related Pācittiya offenses? How many are the monastic appointments? How many are the proper observances? How many are the ultimate things? How many are known, laid down, By the Buddha, kinsman of the sun? Six cutting offenses. One breaking offense. One tearing out offense. Four non-other-related Pācittiya offenses. Four monastic appointments. Seven proper observances. Fourteen ultimate things. Sixteen are known, laid down, By the Buddha, kinsman of the sun. 4. Uncommon and so forth 338. Two hundred and twenty training rules for monks; Are recited on Uposatha days; Three hundred and four for nuns. These are the training rules; They come for recitation on Uposatha days. Forty-six for monks, not common with nuns; One hundred and thirty for nuns, not common with monks. One hundred and seventy-six, not common for both; One hundred and seventy-four, common training for both. Two hundred and twenty training rules for monks; They come for recitation on Uposatha days; Listen to them as they truly are. Four Pārājika rules, thirteen Saṅghādisesa rules; Two Aniyata rules. Thirty Nissaggiya rules, and ninety-two minor rules; Four Pāṭidesanīya rules, seventy-five Sekhiya rules. These are the two hundred and twenty training rules for monks; They come for recitation on Uposatha days. Three hundred and four training rules for nuns; They come for recitation on Uposatha days, listen to them as they truly are. Eight Pārājika rules, seventeen Saṅghādisesa rules; Thirty Nissaggiya rules, and one hundred and sixty-six minor rules are declared. Eight Pāṭidesanīya rules, seventy-five Sekhiya rules; These are the three hundred and four training rules for nuns; They come for recitation on Uposatha days. Forty-six for monks, not common with nuns; Listen to them as they truly are. Saṅghādisesa rules, two Aniyata rules, making eight; Twelve Nissaggiya rules, these make twenty. Twenty-two minor rules, four Pāṭidesanīya rules; These are the forty-six, for monks not common with nuns. One hundred and thirty for nuns, not common with monks; Listen to them as they truly are. Four Pārājika rules, ten Saṅghādisesa rules are excluded; Twelve Nissaggiya rules, and ninety-six minor rules; Eight Pāṭidesanīya rules. These are the one hundred and thirty for nuns, not common with monks; One hundred and seventy-six, not common for both; Listen to them as they truly are. Four Pārājika rules, sixteen Saṅghādisesa rules; Two Aniyata rules. And, twenty-four rules of relinquishment; One hundred and eighteen, indeed, are called minor rules; Twelve are to be confessed. One hundred and seventy-six, these are, uncommon to both; One hundred and seventy-four, common to both in training; Listen to them truly. Four are Pārājika, seven are Saṅghādisesa; Eighteen are Nissaggiya, seventy are minor rules; Seventy-five are Sekhiya rules. One hundred and seventy-four, these are, common to both in training; Eight Pārājika, which are hard to overcome, like a palm tree cut down. Like a yellow leaf, a broken stone, like a person whose head is cut off; Like a palm tree with its crown cut off, they do not grow again. Twenty-three are Saṅghādisesa, two are Aniyata; Forty-two are Nissaggiya; One hundred and eighty-eight are Pācittiya, twelve are Pāṭidesanīya. Seventy-five Sekhiya rules, are settled by three kinds of settlement; By settlement in the presence, by acknowledgement, and by covering with grass. Two Uposatha, two Pavāraṇā; Four acts taught by the Conqueror; Five recitations become four; And the categories of offenses, without alteration, become seven. Four kinds of legal questions are settled by seven kinds of settlement; By two, by four, by three, a matter is settled by one. 5. Offenses beginning with Pārājika 339. What is called 'Pārājika', listen to it truly; Fallen, lost, cast out, indeed removed from the good Dhamma; There is no communion with him, therefore it is called thus. What is called 'Saṅghādisesa', listen to it truly; The Saṅgha alone gives probation, draws back to the origin; Gives penance, rehabilitates, therefore it is called thus. What is called 'Aniyata', listen to it truly; Undetermined, not fixed, a term of uncertainty; One of three positions, is called 'Aniyata'. What is called 'Thullaccaya', listen to it truly; He who teaches at the root of one, and he who receives it; There is no offense equal to that, therefore it is called thus. 'Nissaggiya