English
or a messenger should be sent. "Indeed, venerable sirs, the money for the robe that you sent for the bhikkhu, that does not benefit that bhikkhu at all. Please make use of your own, lest your own be lost." This is the proper course there. The First Chapter on Kathina. The Training Rule on Silk. 11. Now, any bhikkhu who should have a rug made mixed with silk, it is an offense entailing relinquishment. The Training Rule on Pure Black. 12. Now, any bhikkhu who should have a rug made of pure black sheep's wool... should have it made, it is an offense entailing relinquishment and expiation. The Two-Parts Training Rule 13. Now, when a bhikkhu has a new rug made, two parts should be of pure black sheep’s wool, the third of white, the fourth of brown. If a bhikkhu, without taking two parts of pure black sheep’s wool, the third of white, the fourth of brown, should have a new rug made, it is an offense entailing relinquishment and expiation. The Six-Years Training Rule 14. Now, a new rug, having been made by a bhikkhu, should be kept for six years. If, before six years, that rug, having been relinquished or not relinquished, he should have another new rug made, unless by permission of the bhikkhus, it is an offense entailing relinquishment and expiation. The Sitting-Rug Training Rule 15. Now, when a bhikkhu has a sitting-rug made, a Sugata-span should be taken from the edge of an old rug for the purpose of disfiguring it. If a bhikkhu, without taking a Sugata-span from the edge of an old rug, should have a new sitting-rug made, it is an offense entailing relinquishment and expiation. The Sheep’s Wool Training Rule 16. Now, if sheep’s wool should arise for a bhikkhu who is on a journey, the bhikkhu, if he wishes, should accept it. Having accepted it, he should carry it himself for a maximum of three yojanas, if there is no carrier. If he should carry it beyond that, even if there is no carrier, it is an offense entailing relinquishment and expiation. The Washing-Sheep’s-Wool Training Rule 17. Now, if any bhikkhu should have sheep’s wool washed, or dyed, or disentangled by a bhikkhunī who is not a relative, it is an offense entailing relinquishment and expiation. The Gold-and-Silver Training Rule 18. Now, if any bhikkhu should accept gold and silver, or have it accepted, or consent to what is placed in deposit, it is an offense entailing relinquishment and expiation. The Money-Transactions Training Rule 19. Now, if any bhikkhu should engage in various kinds of money transactions, it is an offense entailing relinquishment and expiation. The Buying-and-Selling Training Rule 20. Now, if any bhikkhu should engage in various kinds of buying should engage in not selling, entails forfeiture and expiation. The Kosiyavagga, the second. The training rule concerning bowls. 21. An extra bowl should be kept for a maximum of ten days. For one who exceeds that, entails forfeiture and expiation. The training rule concerning a bowl with less than five mendings. 22. If any bhikkhu, with a bowl having less than five mendings, should acquire another new bowl, entails forfeiture and expiation. By that bhikkhu, that bowl should be forfeited to the assembly of bhikkhus. And whatever is the last bowl of that assembly of bhikkhus, that should be given to that bhikkhu, saying: "This bowl, bhikkhu, is to be kept by you until it breaks." This is the proper course of action there. The training rule concerning medicines. 23. Whatever indeed are those suitable medicines for sick bhikkhus, namely — ghee, fresh butter, oil, honey, molasses — having received them, they should be consumed for a maximum of seven days, having stored them. For one who exceeds that, entails forfeiture and expiation. The training rule concerning the rain-cloak. 24. "When one month of the hot season remains," a rain-cloak robe should be sought by a bhikkhu. "When half a month of the hot season remains," it should be worn. If earlier than "one month of the hot season remains" he should seek a rain-cloak robe, or earlier than "half a month of the hot season remains" he should wear it, entails forfeiture and expiation. The training rule concerning snatching robes. 25. If any bhikkhu, having himself given a robe to a bhikkhu, being angry and displeased, should snatch it away or cause it to be snatched away, entails forfeiture and expiation. The training rule concerning requesting thread. 26. If any bhikkhu, having himself requested thread, should cause weavers to weave a robe, entails forfeiture and expiation. The training rule concerning the great weaver. 27. If indeed, for the sake of a bhikkhu, an unrelated householder or householder's wife should cause weavers to weave a robe, and there, if that bhikkhu, not having been invited beforehand, having approached the weavers, should make a variation concerning the robe, saying: "Indeed, friends, this robe is being woven for me. Make it long... and do, and spread out, and fixed, and well-woven, and well-spun, and well-smoothed, and well-trimmed, do, perhaps we too might give the venerable ones something (a little). If that bhikkhu, having said thus, gives something, even merely a bowl of almsfood, it is an offense entailing relinquishment and expiation. The Training Rule on Emergency Robes 28. When ten days remain until the full moon of Katthika, the end of the three-month Rains-residence, if an emergency robe arises for a bhikkhu, the bhikkhu, considering it an emergency, should accept it. Having accepted it, it should be kept until the time for robes. If he keeps it beyond that, it is an offense entailing relinquishment and expiation. The Training Rule on Dangerous Dwellings 29. When the full moon of Katthika is approaching, if there are forest dwellings considered dangerous and fearful, a bhikkhu dwelling in such dwellings, if he wishes, may leave one of his three robes within a village. If there is some reason for that bhikkhu to be separated from that robe, that bhikkhu may be separated from that robe for a maximum of six nights. If he is separated beyond that, without the permission of the bhikkhus, it is an offense entailing relinquishment and expiation. The Training Rule on Diverting Gains 30. Whatever bhikkhu, knowing that a gain belonging to the Sangha has been designated (for the Sangha), diverts it to himself, it is an offense entailing relinquishment and expiation. The Third Chapter on Bowls. Venerables, the thirty offenses entailing relinquishment and expiation have been recited. Concerning them, I ask the venerable ones: Are you pure in this? A second time I ask: Are you pure in this? A third time I ask: Are you pure in this? The venerable ones are pure in this, therefore silent. I hold it thus. The offenses entailing relinquishment and expiation are concluded. Pure Offenses of Expiation Now, venerable ones, these ninety-two offenses of expiation come up for recitation. The Training Rule on False Speech 1. For intentional false speech, it is an offense of expiation. The Training Rule on Abusive Speech 2. For abusive speech, it is an offense of expiation. The Training Rule on Slander 3. For a monk's tale-bearing, an offense of expiation. The Training Rule on Teaching Dhamma Word by Word 4. Whatever monk should teach the Dhamma word by word to one not fully ordained, an offense of expiation. The First Training Rule on Sleeping Together 5. Whatever monk should arrange to sleep together with one not fully ordained for more than two or three nights, an offense of expiation. The Second Training Rule on Sleeping Together 6. Whatever monk should arrange to sleep together with a woman, an offense of expiation. The Training Rule on Teaching Dhamma 7. Whatever monk should teach the Dhamma to a woman with more than five or six sentences, except in the presence of an intelligent man, an offense of expiation. The Training Rule on Revealing Superhuman States 8. Whatever monk should reveal a superhuman state to one not fully ordained, when it is real, an offense of expiation. The Training Rule on Revealing a Serious Offense 9. Whatever monk should reveal a serious offense of a monk to one not fully ordained, except by the monks' permission, an offense of expiation. The Training Rule on Digging the Earth 10. Whatever monk should dig the earth or cause it to be dug, an offense of expiation. The First Section on False Speech. The Training Rule on Destroying Plant Life 11. For destroying plant life, an offense of expiation. The Training Rule on Speaking Otherwise 12. For speaking otherwise, for causing annoyance, an offense of expiation. The Training Rule on Grumbling 13. For grumbling, for finding fault, an offense of expiation. The First Training Rule on Lodging 14. Whatever monk, having spread out or caused to be spread out a Sangha-owned bed or chair or cushion or mat in the open air, when departing from it, should neither take it away nor cause it to be taken away, or should depart without asking permission, an offense of expiation. The Second Training Rule on Lodging 15. Whatever monk, having spread out or caused to be spread out bedding in a Sangha-owned dwelling, when departing from it, should neither take it away nor cause it to be taken away, or should depart without asking permission, an offense of expiation. The Training Rule on Encroaching 16. Whatever monk, knowing that a monk arrived previously, should arrange bedding in a Sangha-owned dwelling, encroaching upon him, "so that... "It will be crowded, he will go away," making this the only reason, and no other, an offense entailing expiation. The Training Rule on Expulsion 17. If any bhikkhu, angry and displeased, should expel a bhikkhu from a monastery belonging to the Sangha, or cause him to be expelled, an offense entailing expiation. The Training Rule on Elevated Dwellings 18. If any bhikkhu, in a monastery belonging to the Sangha, in an upper storey dwelling,