Chapter 5

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5.

1. 'In case, O Bhikkhus, there be no offence which a Bhikkhu should see (or, acknowledge as committed by himself), and if the Samgha, or a number of Bhikkhus, or a single person reprove him (and say): "You have committed an offence, friend; do you see that offence?"--and he replies: "There is no offence, friends, which I should see," and the Samgha pronounces expulsion against him for his refusal to see that offence,--this is an unlawful act.

In case, O Bhikkhus, there be no offence which a Bhikkhu should atone for, &c. ¹

'In case, O Bhikkhus, there be no false doctrine which a Bhikkhu should renounce, &c. ²

2. 'In case, O Bhikkhus, there be no offence which a Bhikkhu should see, and there be no offence which he should atone for, and if the Samgha, or a number of Bhikkhus, or a single person reprove him (and say): "You have committed an offence, friend; do you see that offence? Atone for that offence,"--and he replies: "There is no offence, friends, which I should see; there is no offence,

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friends, which I should atone for," and the Samgha pronounces expulsion against him for his refusal to see that offence, or for his refusal to atone for that offence,--this is an unlawful act.

3-5 ¹.

6-7. 'In case, O Bhikkhus, there be an offence which a Bhikkhu should see, and if the Samgha, or a number of Bhikkhus, or a single person reprove him (and say): "You have committed an offence, friend; do you see that offence?"--and he replies: "Yes, friends, I see it," and the Samgha pronounces expulsion against him for his (pretended) refusal to see that offence,--this is an unlawful act.

'In case, O Bhikkhus, there be an offence which a Bhikkhu should atone for, &c. ²

8-9. 'In case, O Bhikkhus, there be an offence which a Bhikkhu should see, and if the Samgha, or a number of Bhikkhus, or a single person reprove him (and say): "You have committed an offence, friend; do you see that offence?"--and he replies: "There is no offence, friends, which I should see," and the Samgha pronounces expulsion against him for his refusal to see that offence,--this is a lawful act ³.'

Footnotes

274:1 The ukkhepaniyakamma âpattiyâ appatinissagge (expulsion for a Bhikkhu's refusal to atone for an offence) is spoken of here exactly in the same terms as those in which the ukkhepaniyakamma âpattiyâ adassane (expulsion for a Bhikkhu's refusal to see an offence) is spoken of in the preceding clause. The brethren say to the pretended offender, 'You have committed an offence, friend; atone for that offence'--which he refuses to do.

274:2 As above; the Bhikkhus institute the ukkhepaniyakamma pâpikâya ditthiyâ appatinissagge (expulsion for a Bhikkhu's refusal to renounce a false doctrine).

275:1 As in § 2, the first and second of the three cases given in § 1 are combined, so follow now combinations of the first and third, the second and third, and of the first, second, and third cases respectively.

275:2 Here follow again the cases of the ukkhepaniyakamma âpattiyâ appatinissagge and pâpikâya ditthiyâ appatinissagge, and the combinations of the three cases as above.

275:3 Here follow the two other cases, together with the combinations of the three, exactly as above.