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How each offense is settled

Samathavāra

Relates the Vinaya rules to the seven kinds of legal procedure.

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

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

0.41.7 SamathavāraHow each offense is settled

1.1Methunaṁ dhammaṁ paṭisevantassa āpattiyo sattannaṁ samathānaṁ katihi samathehi sammanti?When it comes to the offenses for having sexual intercourse, through how many of the seven principles for settling legal issues are they settled?1.2Methunaṁ dhammaṁ paṭisevantassa āpattiyo sattannaṁ samathānaṁ tīhi samathehi sammanti—Through three of them:1.3siyā sammukhāvinayena ca paṭiññātakaraṇena ca, siyā sammukhāvinayena ca tiṇavatthārakena ca …pe….they may be settled by resolution face-to-face and by acting according to what has been admitted; or they may be settled by resolution face-to-face and by covering over as if with grass. …

2.1Anādariyaṁ paṭicca udake uccāraṁ vā passāvaṁ vā kheḷaṁ vā karontassa āpatti sattannaṁ samathānaṁ katihi samathehi sammati?When it comes to the offense for, out of disrespect, defecating, urinating, or spitting in water, through how many of the seven principles for settling legal issues is it settled?2.2Anādariyaṁ paṭicca udake uccāraṁ vā passāvaṁ vā kheḷaṁ vā karontassa āpatti sattannaṁ samathānaṁ tīhi samathehi sammati—Through three of them:2.3siyā sammukhāvinayena ca paṭiññātakaraṇena ca, siyā sammukhāvinayena ca tiṇavatthārakena ca.it may be settled by resolution face-to-face and by acting according to what has been admitted; or it may be settled by resolution face-to-face and by covering over as if with grass.

3.1Samathavāro niṭṭhito sattamo.How each offense is settled, the seventh, is finished.