Cūḷasaṅgarāma

Vinayapiṭaka · Parivāra · Vol. 8 · Section 1085

[1085] Heed the procedure of examination (anuyogavatta), laid down by one skillful and wise, well spoken, in conformity with the training rules, not ruining the destiny that pertains to the life to come. One unskilled in the ground (vatthu), the failure (vipatti), the offense (āpatti), the source (nidāna), and the manner (ākāra), who does not know what comes before and what comes after, nor, impartially, what has been done and not done; unskilled also in the formal act (kamma), the legal issue (adhikaraṇa), and in the settlement (samatha); lustful, hating, and deluded, he goes astray from fear and from delusion; not skilled in convincing (saññatti), and unskilled in persuasion (nijjhatti); one who has gained a faction, shameless, of dark deeds, disrespectful — such a bhikkhu indeed is called "one not to be esteemed" (appaṭikkha). One skilled in the ground, the failure, the offense, the source, and the manner, who knows what comes before and what comes after, and, impartially, what has been done and not done; skilled also in the formal act, the legal issue, and in the settlement; not lustful, not hating, and not deluded, he does not go astray from fear or from delusion; skilled in convincing, and skilled in persuasion; one who has gained a faction, endowed with shame, of bright deeds, respectful — such a bhikkhu indeed is called "one to be esteemed" (sappaṭikkha). The Lesser Battle (Cūḷasaṅgāma) is finished. #1 Yu. reads paññattikusalo. #2 Yu. reads paññattiyā. The summary thereof (tassuddānaṃ):

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.