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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
  • 0.2BhikkhunivibhaṅgaThe Nuns’ Analysis
  • 0.3PaṭhamabhāgaPart one

0.42.7 SamathavāraHow each offense is settled

1.1Avassutāya bhikkhuniyā avassutassa purisapuggalassa kāyasaṁsaggaṁ sādiyantiyā āpattiyo sattannaṁ samathānaṁ katihi samathehi sammanti?When it comes to the offenses for a lustful nun consenting to a lustful man making physical contact with her, through how many of the seven principles for settling legal issues are they settled?1.2Avassutāya bhikkhuniyā avassutassa purisapuggalassa kāyasaṁsaggaṁ sādiyantiyā 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. …

2.1PTS 5.81Dadhiṁ viññāpetvā bhuñjantiyā āpattiyo sattannaṁ samathānaṁ katihi samathehi sammanti?When it comes to the offenses for asking for curd and then eating it, through how many of the seven principles for settling legal issues are they settled?2.2Dadhiṁ viññāpetvā bhuñjantiyā āpattiyo sattannaṁ samathānaṁ tīhi samathehi sammanti—Through three of them:2.3siyā sammukhāvinayena ca paṭiññātakaraṇena ca, siyā sammukhāvinayena ca tiṇavatthārakena ca.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.

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