Pācittīyavagga

Vinayapiṭaka · Bhikkhu Vibhaṅga (2) · Vol. 2 · Section 682

[682] When the person is fully ordained and he perceives him as fully ordained, and speaks thus: an offense of pācittiya. When the person is fully ordained and he is in doubt, and speaks thus: an offense of pācittiya. When the person is fully ordained and he perceives him as not fully ordained, and speaks thus: an offense of pācittiya. Being spoken to concerning what has not been laid down,¹ if he speaks thus: "This is not conducive to effacement (sallekha), not to scrupulous asceticism (dhutatta), not to graciousness, not to non-accumulation, not to the arousing of energy," and says: "Friend, I shall not train in this training rule (sikkhāpada) until I have questioned another bhikkhu who is competent, an expert in the Vinaya (vinayadhara), learned, intelligent, of great learning, a speaker of the Dhamma": an offense of dukkaṭa. Being spoken to by one not fully ordained concerning what has been laid down or what has not been laid down, if he speaks thus: "This is not conducive to effacement, not to scrupulous asceticism, not to graciousness, not to non-accumulation, not to the arousing of energy," and says: "Friend, I shall not train in this training rule until I have questioned another bhikkhu who is competent, an expert in the Vinaya, learned, intelligent, of great learning, a speaker of the Dhamma": an offense of dukkaṭa. When the person is not fully ordained and he perceives him as fully ordained: an offense of dukkaṭa. When the person is not fully ordained and he is in doubt: an offense of dukkaṭa. When the person is not fully ordained and he perceives him as not fully ordained: an offense of dukkaṭa. ¹ Siam Raṭṭha editorial footnote: the Burmese (M.) and European (Yu.) editions read "vadeyya" for "vadeti."

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.