Pārivāsikakkhandhaka

Vinayapiṭaka · Cūḷavagga (1) · Vol. 6 · Section 345

[345] Bhikkhus, a bhikkhu deserving mānatta should conduct himself properly. This herein is the proper conduct: He should not give full ordination (upasampadā); he should not give dependence (nissaya); he should not have a novice (sāmaṇera) attend upon him; he should not accept an agreement (sammati) to be an exhorter of bhikkhunīs; even if so agreed upon, he should not exhort bhikkhunīs; he should not commit the offense (āpatti) for which he became deserving of mānatta, nor another of the same kind, nor one worse than that; he should not criticize the formal act (kamma); he should not criticize those who carried out the act; he should not suspend the uposatha of a bhikkhu in regular standing (pakatatta); he should not suspend the pavāraṇā; he should not issue a directive (savacanīya); he should not initiate a censure (anuvāda); he should not have (another) make an opportunity (okāsa) [for accusation]; he should not accuse (another); he should not remind (another of an offense); he should not join bhikkhus in contention with bhikkhus.

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.

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