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The settling of legal issues

Adhikaraṇasamatha

Translated by Bhikkhu Brahmali · Pāli: Mahāsaṅgīti Tipiṭaka · Public domain (CC0) via SuttaCentral

  • 0.1Theravāda VinayaTheravāda Collection on Monastic Law
  • 0.2BhikkhunivibhaṅgaThe Nuns’ Analysis

0.3AdhikaraṇasamathaThe settling of legal issues

1.1PTS 4.351Ime kho panāyyāyo satta adhikaraṇasamathā dhammā uddesaṁ āgacchanti.“Venerables, these seven principles for the settling of legal issues come up for recitation.

2.1Uppannuppannānaṁ adhikaraṇānaṁ samathāya vūpasamāyaFor the settling and resolving of legal issues whenever they arise there is:

2.2sammukhāvinayo dātabbo,Resolution face-to-face to be applied;

1.1sativinayo dātabbo,Resolution through recollection to be granted;

1.1amūḷhavinayo dātabbo,Resolution because of past insanity to be granted;

1.1paṭiññāya kāretabbaṁ,Acting according to what has been admitted;

1.1yebhuyyasikā,Majority decision;

1.1tassapāpiyasikā,Further penalty;

1.1tiṇavatthārakoti.Covering over as if with grass.

2.1Uddiṭṭhā kho, ayyāyo, satta adhikaraṇasamathā dhammā.Venerables, the seven principles for the settling of legal issues have been recited.2.2Tatthāyyāyo pucchāmi—In regard to this I ask you,2.3“kaccittha parisuddhā”?‘Are you pure in this?’2.4Dutiyampi pucchāmi—A second time I ask,2.5“kaccittha parisuddhā”?‘Are you pure in this?’2.6Tatiyampi pucchāmi—A third time I ask,2.7“kaccittha parisuddhā”?‘Are you pure in this?’2.8Parisuddhetthāyyāyo, tasmā tuṇhī, evametaṁ dhārayāmīti.You are pure in this and therefore silent. I will remember it thus.”

3.1Adhikaraṇasamathā niṭṭhitā.The seven principles for the settling of legal issues are finished.

4.1Uddiṭṭhaṁ kho, ayyāyo, nidānaṁ.“Venerables, the introduction has been recited;4.2Uddiṭṭhā aṭṭha pārājikā dhammā.the eight rules on expulsion have been recited;4.3Uddiṭṭhā sattarasa saṅghādisesā dhammā.the seventeen rules on suspension have been recited;4.4Uddiṭṭhā tiṁsa nissaggiyā pācittiyā dhammā.the thirty rules on relinquishment and confession have been recited;4.5Uddiṭṭhā chasaṭṭhisatā pācittiyā dhammā.the one hundred and sixty-six rules on confession have been recited;4.6Uddiṭṭhā aṭṭha pāṭidesanīyā dhammā.the eight rules on acknowledgment have been recited;4.7Uddiṭṭhā sekhiyā dhammā.the rules to be trained in have been recited;4.8Uddiṭṭhā satta adhikaraṇasamathā dhammā.the seven principles for the settling of legal issues have been recited.4.9Ettakaṁ tassa bhagavato suttāgataṁ suttapariyāpannaṁ anvaddhamāsaṁ uddesaṁ āgacchati.This much has come down and is included in the Monastic Code of the Buddha and comes up for recitation every half-month.4.10Tattha sabbāheva samaggāhi sammodamānāhi avivadamānāhi sikkhitabbanti.In regard to this everyone should train in unity, in concord, without dispute.”4.11Bhikkhunivibhaṅgo niṭṭhito.The Nuns’ Analysis is finished.

5.1Pācittiyapāḷi niṭṭhitā.The canonical text beginning with offenses entailing confession is finished.