Vipattipaccayavāra

Vinayapiṭaka · Parivāra · Vol. 8 · Section 874

[874] Conditioned by failure in virtue (sīlavipattipaccayā), how many offenses (āpatti) does one commit? Conditioned by failure in virtue, one commits four offenses: A bhikkhunī, knowing, conceals a pārājika matter — an offense of pārājika. Being doubtful, she conceals it — an offense of thullaccaya. A bhikkhu conceals a saṅghādisesa — an offense of pācittiya. One conceals a grave (duṭṭhulla) offense of one's own — an offense of dukkaṭa. Conditioned by failure in virtue, one commits these four offenses. Those offenses — of the four failures (vipatti), how many failures do they belong to? … Of the seven means of settlement (samatha), by how many means of settlement are they settled? Those offenses belong to two of the four failures: sometimes to failure in virtue, sometimes to failure in conduct (ācāravipatti). Of the seven classes of offenses (āpattikkhandha), they are included in four classes of offenses: sometimes in the pārājika class of offenses, sometimes in the thullaccaya class of offenses, sometimes in the pācittiya class of offenses, sometimes in the dukkaṭa class of offenses. Of the six origins of offenses (āpattisamuṭṭhāna), they arise by one origin: they arise from body, from speech, and from mind (citta). Of the four kinds of legal issues (adhikaraṇa), they are a legal issue concerning offenses (āpattādhikaraṇa). Of the seven means of settlement, they are settled by three means of settlement: sometimes by resolution in the presence (sammukhāvinaya) together with acting upon acknowledgment (paṭiññātakaraṇa); sometimes by resolution in the presence together with covering over as with grass (tiṇavatthāraka).

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.

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