[877] Because of failure of livelihood (ājīvavipatti) as condition, how many offenses (āpatti) does one commit?
Because of failure of livelihood as condition, one commits six offenses. For the sake of livelihood, by reason of livelihood, one of evil wishes, overcome by desire, lays claim to a non-existent, unreal superhuman state (uttarimanussadhamma): an offense of pārājika. For the sake of livelihood, by reason of livelihood, one engages in acting as a go-between (sañcaritta): an offense of saṅghādisesa. For the sake of livelihood, by reason of livelihood, one says, "The bhikkhu who dwells in your dwelling is an arahant," and when the other understands it: an offense of thullaccaya. For the sake of livelihood, by reason of livelihood, a bhikkhu, having requested fine foods for his own benefit, eats them: an offense of pācittiya. For the sake of livelihood, by reason of livelihood, a bhikkhunī, having requested fine foods for her own benefit, eats them: an offense of pāṭidesanīya. For the sake of livelihood, by reason of livelihood, a bhikkhu who is not sick, having requested curry or boiled rice for his own benefit, eats it: an offense of dukkaṭa. Because of failure of livelihood as condition, one commits these six offenses.
Of the four failures, to how many failures do those offenses belong? … Of the seven settlements (samatha), by how many settlements are they settled?
Those offenses belong to two of the four failures: sometimes to failure of virtue (sīlavipatti), sometimes to failure of conduct (ācāravipatti). Of the seven classes of offenses, they are included in six classes of offenses: sometimes in the pārājika class of offenses, sometimes in the saṅghādisesa class of offenses, sometimes in the thullaccaya class of offenses, sometimes in the pācittiya class of offenses, sometimes in the pāṭidesanīya class of offenses, sometimes in the dukkaṭa class of offenses. Of the six originations of offenses, they arise through six originations: sometimes they arise from body, not from speech, not from mind; sometimes they arise from speech, not from body, not from mind; sometimes they arise from body and speech, not from mind; sometimes they arise from body and mind, not from speech; sometimes they arise from speech and mind, not from body; sometimes they arise from body, speech, and mind. Of the four legal issues (adhikaraṇa), they are a legal issue concerning offenses (āpattādhikaraṇa). Of the seven settlements, they are settled by three settlements: sometimes by removal in the presence (sammukhāvinaya) together with acting upon acknowledgment (paṭiññātakaraṇa); sometimes by removal in the presence together with covering over as with grass (tiṇavatthāraka).
The Section on Failure as Condition, the fourth, is finished.
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.