[181] Then the Blessed One addressed the bhikkhus: "Assemble, bhikkhus; the Saṅgha will perform the Uposatha (uposatha)." When this was said, a certain bhikkhu said this to the Blessed One: "There is, venerable sir, a bhikkhu who is sick; he has not come."
"Bhikkhus, I allow a sick bhikkhu to give his purity (pārisuddhi). And thus, bhikkhus, should it be given: that sick bhikkhu should approach one bhikkhu, arrange his upper robe over one shoulder, sit down on his heels, raise his joined palms, and say this: 'I give my purity; convey my purity; declare my purity.' If he communicates it by body, communicates it by speech, or communicates it by body and speech, the purity has been given. If he does not communicate it by body, does not communicate it by speech, and does not communicate it by body and speech, the purity has not been given.
"If this can be managed thus, that is good. If it cannot be managed, then, bhikkhus, that sick bhikkhu should be brought into the midst of the Saṅgha on a bed or a chair, and the Uposatha should be performed.
"If, bhikkhus, it occurs to the bhikkhus who are nursing the sick one: 'If we move the sick one from his place, either the illness will worsen or death will occur,' then, bhikkhus, the sick one should not be moved from his place; the Saṅgha should go there and perform the Uposatha. But the Uposatha must certainly not be performed by an incomplete (vagga) Saṅgha; should one perform it, there is an offence of wrong-doing (dukkaṭa).
"If, bhikkhus, the conveyer of the purity, when the purity has been given, departs right then and there, the purity should be given to another. If, bhikkhus, the conveyer of the purity, when the purity has been given, right then and there disrobes, dies, admits to being a sāmaṇera, admits to being one who has renounced the training, admits to being one who has committed an extreme offence (antimavatthu), admits to being mad, admits to being deranged in mind, admits to being racked by pain, admits to being suspended for not seeing an offence, admits to being suspended for not making amends for an offence, admits to being suspended for not relinquishing an evil view, admits to being a paṇḍaka, admits to being one living in communion by theft (theyyasaṃvāsaka), admits to being one who has gone over to the sectarians, admits to being an animal, admits to being a matricide, admits to being a patricide, admits to being a killer of an arahant, admits to being a violator of a bhikkhunī, admits to being a schismatic, admits to being a shedder of (a Tathāgata's) blood, admits to being a hermaphrodite (ubhatobyañjanaka) — the purity should be given to another.
"If, bhikkhus, the conveyer of the purity, when the purity has been given, departs while on the way, the purity has not been conveyed. If, bhikkhus, the conveyer of the purity, when the purity has been given, while on the way disrobes, dies, … admits to being a hermaphrodite, the purity has not been conveyed.
"If, bhikkhus, the conveyer of the purity, when the purity has been given, having reached the Saṅgha, departs, the purity has been conveyed. If, bhikkhus, the conveyer of the purity, when the purity has been given, having reached the Saṅgha, disrobes, dies, … admits to being a hermaphrodite, the purity has been conveyed.
"If, bhikkhus, the conveyer of the purity, when the purity has been given, having reached the Saṅgha, being asleep does not declare it, being heedless does not declare it, or being in a meditative attainment does not declare it, the purity has been conveyed; there is no offence for the conveyer of the purity. If, bhikkhus, the conveyer of the purity, when the purity has been given, having reached the Saṅgha, deliberately does not declare it, the purity has been conveyed, but for the conveyer of the purity there is an offence of wrong-doing."
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.