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38. Finding fault

Ujjhānasaññī

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

  • 0.1Theravāda VinayaTheravāda Collection on Monastic Law
  • 0.2MahāvibhaṅgaThe Great Analysis
  • 0.3SekhiyakaṇḍaThe chapter on training
  • 0.4SakkaccavaggaThe subchapter on respectfully

0.538. UjjhānasaññīsikkhāpadaFinding fault

1.0Origin story

1.1PTS 4.194Tena samayena buddho bhagavā sāvatthiyaṁ viharati jetavane anāthapiṇḍikassa ārāme.At one time the Buddha was staying at Sāvatthī in the Jeta Grove, Anāthapiṇḍika’s Monastery.1.2Tena kho pana samayena chabbaggiyā bhikkhū ujjhānasaññī paresaṁ pattaṁ olokenti …pe….At that time the monks from the group of six were looking at the bowls of others finding fault. …

1.3.0Final ruling

1.3.1“Na ujjhānasaññī paresaṁ pattaṁ olokessāmīti sikkhā karaṇīyā”ti.“‘I will not look at another’s almsbowl finding fault,’ this is how you should train.”

1.4Na ujjhānasaññinā paresaṁ patto oloketabbo.One should not look at the bowl of another finding fault.1.5Yo anādariyaṁ paṭicca ujjhānasaññī paresaṁ pattaṁ oloketi, āpatti dukkaṭassa.If a monk, out of disrespect, looks at the bowl of another finding fault, he commits an offense of wrong conduct.

1.6.0Non-offenses

1.6.1Anāpatti—There is no offense:1.7.1asañcicca,if it is unintentional; 1.7.2assatiyā,if he is not mindful; 1.7.3ajānantassa,if he does not know; 1.7.4“dassāmī”ti vā “dāpessāmī”ti vā oloketi,if he looks with the intention of giving or having someone give; 1.7.5na ujjhānasaññissa,if he is not finding fault; 1.7.6āpadāsu,if there is an emergency; 1.8ummattakassa,if he is insane; 1.9ādikammikassāti.if he is the first offender.

1.10Aṭṭhamasikkhāpadaṁ niṭṭhitaṁ.The eighth training rule is finished.