[1008] What is the beginning of the uposatha act (uposathakamma), what is its middle, what is its end?
Unity (sāmaggī) is the beginning of the uposatha act, the performance is the middle, the conclusion is the end.
What is the beginning of the pavāraṇā act, what is its middle, what is its end?
Unity is the beginning of the pavāraṇā act, the performance is the middle, the conclusion is the end.
What is the beginning of the act of censure (tajjanīyakamma), what is its middle, what is its end?
The grounds (vatthu) and the individual (puggala) are the beginning of the act of censure, the motion (ñatti) is the middle, the proclamation of the act (kammavācā) is the end.
Of the act of demotion (nissayakamma) … of the act of banishment (pabbājanīyakamma), of the act of reconciliation (paṭisāraṇīyakamma), of the act of suspension (ukkhepanīyakamma), of the granting of probation (parivāsa), of the sending back to the beginning (mūlāya paṭikassanā), of the granting of penance (mānatta), of rehabilitation (abbhāna) — what is the beginning, what the middle, what the end?
The grounds and the individual are the beginning of rehabilitation, the motion is the middle, the proclamation of the act is the end.
What is the beginning of the act of full admission (upasampadākamma), what is its middle, what is its end?
The individual is the beginning of the act of full admission, the motion is the middle, the proclamation of the act is the end.
What is the beginning of the revocation (paṭippassaddhi) of the act of censure, what is its middle, what is its end?
Proper conduct (sammāvattanā) is the beginning of the revocation of the act of censure, the motion is the middle, the proclamation of the act is the end.
Of the revocation of the act of demotion … of the act of banishment, of the act of reconciliation, of the act of suspension — what is the beginning, what the middle, what the end?
Proper conduct is the beginning of the revocation of the act of suspension, the motion is the middle, the proclamation of the act is the end.
What is the beginning of the verdict of mindfulness (sativinaya), what is its middle, what is its end?
The grounds and the individual are the beginning of the verdict of mindfulness, the motion is the middle, the proclamation of the act is the end.
Of the verdict of past insanity (amūḷhavinaya) … of the act of further penalty (tassapāpiyasikā), of the covering over as with grass (tiṇavatthāraka), of the appointment (sammuti) as instructor of bhikkhunīs, of the agreement to not being apart from the three robes, of the agreement regarding a rug (santhata), of the appointment of a discarder of money (rūpiyacchaḍḍaka), of the appointment of a distributor of cloths (sāṭiyagāhāpaka), of the appointment of a distributor of bowls (pattagāhāpaka), of the agreement regarding a staff (daṇḍa), of the agreement regarding a carrying-strap (sikkā), of the agreement regarding a staff and carrying-strap — what is the beginning, what the middle, what the end?
The grounds and the individual are the beginning of the agreement regarding a staff and carrying-strap, the motion is the middle, the proclamation of the act is the end.
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The Treatise on Reasons (Atthavasa-pakaraṇa)
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.