Pācittīyavagga

Vinayapiṭaka · Bhikkhu Vibhaṅga (2) · Vol. 2 · Section 412

[412] Being in doubt about an act not in accordance with the Dhamma (adhammakamma), he exhorts an incomplete Saṅgha of bhikkhus, perceiving it as incomplete … being in doubt, he exhorts … perceiving it as complete, he exhorts: an offense of pācittiya. [Translator's note: the Pali's elisions (pe) condense three permutations — (i) perceiving the Saṅgha as incomplete, (ii) being in doubt, (iii) perceiving it as complete — and the closing "āpatti pācittiyassa" governs all three cases: in each case he incurs an offense of pācittiya.]

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.

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