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The classes of failure to which each rule belongs

Vipattivāra

Relates the Vinaya rules to “falling away” (vippatti) from good conduct.

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

  • 0.1ParivāraThe Compendium
  • 0.2BhikkhuvibhaṅgaThe Monks’ Analysis
  • 0.3PaṭhamabhāgaPart one

0.41.3 VipattivāraThe classes of failure to which each rule belongs

1.1Methunaṁ dhammaṁ paṭisevantassa āpattiyo catunnaṁ vipattīnaṁ kati vipattiyo bhajanti?When it comes to the offenses for having sexual intercourse, to how many of the four kinds of failure do they belong?1.2Methunaṁ dhammaṁ paṭisevantassa āpattiyo catunnaṁ vipattīnaṁ dve vipattiyo bhajanti—They belong to two kinds of failure:1.3siyā sīlavipattiṁ, siyā ācāravipattiṁ …pe….they may be failure in morality; they may be failure in conduct. …

2.1Anādariyaṁ paṭicca udake uccāraṁ vā passāvaṁ vā kheḷaṁ vā karontassa āpatti catunnaṁ vipattīnaṁ kati vipattiyo bhajati?When it comes to the offense for, out of disrespect, defecating, urinating, or spitting in water, to how many of the four kinds of failure does it belong?2.2Anādariyaṁ paṭicca udake uccāraṁ vā passāvaṁ vā kheḷaṁ vā karontassa āpatti catunnaṁ vipattīnaṁ ekaṁ vipattiṁ bhajati—It belongs to one kind of failure:2.3ācāravipattiṁ.failure in conduct.

3.1Vipattivāro niṭṭhito tatiyo.The classes of failure to which each rule belongs, the third, are finished.