[1183] "Venerable sir, how many qualities should a bhikkhu who is an accuser, wishing to accuse another, review within himself before accusing the other?"
"Upāli, a bhikkhu who is an accuser, wishing to accuse another, should review five qualities within himself before accusing the other. What five?
Upāli, a bhikkhu who is an accuser, wishing to accuse another, should review thus: 'Am I of pure bodily conduct? Am I possessed of bodily conduct that is pure, flawless, and irreproachable? Is this quality found in me, or not?' If, Upāli, a bhikkhu is not of pure bodily conduct, not possessed of bodily conduct that is pure, flawless, and irreproachable, there will be those who say to him: 'Come now, let the venerable one first train in what pertains to the body' — thus there will be those who say this to him.
Furthermore, Upāli, a bhikkhu who is an accuser, wishing to accuse another, should review thus: 'Am I of pure verbal conduct? Am I possessed of verbal conduct that is pure, flawless, and irreproachable? Is this quality found in me, or not?' If, Upāli, a bhikkhu is not of pure verbal conduct, not possessed of verbal conduct that is pure, flawless, and irreproachable, there will be those who say to him: 'Come now, let the venerable one first train in what pertains to speech' — thus there will be those who say this to him.
Furthermore, Upāli, a bhikkhu who is an accuser, wishing to accuse another, should review thus: 'Is a mind (citta) of loving-kindness, free from malice, established in me toward my fellows in the holy life (sabrahmacārī)? Is this quality found in me, or not?' If, Upāli, a bhikkhu has not established a mind of loving-kindness, free from malice, toward his fellows in the holy life, there will be those who say to him: 'Come now, let the venerable one first establish a mind of loving-kindness toward his fellows in the holy life' — thus there will be those who say this to him.
Furthermore, Upāli, a bhikkhu who is an accuser, wishing to accuse another, should review thus: 'Am I learned, a retainer of what I have heard, one who has stored up what I have heard? Those teachings that are good in the beginning, good in the middle, and good in the end, which proclaim, with meaning and with phrasing, the holy life (brahmacariya) that is entirely complete and pure — have such teachings been much learned by me, retained, recited verbally, examined by the mind, and well penetrated by view? Is this quality found in me, or not?' If, Upāli, a bhikkhu is not learned, not a retainer of what he has heard, not one who has stored up what he has heard — those teachings that are good in the beginning, good in the middle, and good in the end, which proclaim, with meaning and with phrasing, the holy life that is entirely complete and pure: if such teachings have not been much learned by him, retained, recited verbally, examined by the mind, and well penetrated by view — there will be those who say to him: 'Come now, let the venerable one first master the scriptural tradition (āgama)' — thus there will be those who say this to him.
Furthermore, Upāli, a bhikkhu who is an accuser, wishing to accuse another, should review thus: 'Have both Pātimokkhas been well handed down to me in detail, well analyzed, well mastered in recitation, well determined, sutta by sutta and detail by detail? Is this quality found in me, or not?' If, Upāli, a bhikkhu has not had both Pātimokkhas well handed down to him in detail, well analyzed, well mastered in recitation, well determined, sutta by sutta and detail by detail, and when asked, 'But where, friend, was this said by the Blessed One?' he cannot answer, there will be those who say to him: 'Come now, let the venerable one first master the Vinaya' — thus there will be those who say this to him.
Upāli, a bhikkhu who is an accuser, wishing to accuse another, should review these five qualities within himself before accusing the other."
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.