Vinayapeyyālavagga

Aṅguttara Nikāya 2

Numbered Discourses 2.280–309

18. Vinayapeyyāla

The Chapter of Abbreviated Texts on Monastic Law

280

280

“Dveme, bhikkhave, atthavase paṭicca tathāgatena sāvakānaṁ sikkhāpadaṁ paññattaṁ.

“For two reasons the Realized One laid down training rules for his disciples.

Katame dve?

What two?

Saṅghasuṭṭhutāya saṅghaphāsutāya … dummaṅkūnaṁ puggalānaṁ niggahāya, pesalānaṁ bhikkhūnaṁ phāsuvihārāya … diṭṭhadhammikānaṁ āsavānaṁ saṁvarāya, samparāyikānaṁ āsavānaṁ paṭighātāya … diṭṭhadhammikānaṁ verānaṁ saṁvarāya, samparāyikānaṁ verānaṁ paṭighātāya … diṭṭhadhammikānaṁ vajjānaṁ saṁvarāya, samparāyikānaṁ vajjānaṁ paṭighātāya … diṭṭhadhammikānaṁ bhayānaṁ saṁvarāya, samparāyikānaṁ bhayānaṁ paṭighātāya … diṭṭhadhammikānaṁ akusalānaṁ dhammānaṁ saṁvarāya, samparāyikānaṁ akusalānaṁ dhammānaṁ paṭighātāya … gihīnaṁ anukampāya, pāpicchānaṁ bhikkhūnaṁ pakkhupacchedāya … appasannānaṁ pasādāya, pasannānaṁ bhiyyobhāvāya … saddhammaṭṭhitiyā vinayānuggahāya.

For the well-being and comfort of the Saṅgha … For keeping difficult individuals in check and for the comfort of good-hearted mendicants … For restraining defilements that affect this life and protecting against defilements that affect lives to come … For restraining threats to this life and protecting against threats to lives to come … For restraining faults that affect this life and protecting against faults that affect lives to come … For restraining hazards that affect this life and protecting against hazards that affect lives to come … For restraining unskillful qualities that affect this life and protecting against unskillful qualities that affect lives to come … Out of sympathy for laypeople and for breaking up factions of mendicants with corrupt wishes … For inspiring confidence in those without it, and increasing confidence in those who have it … For the continuation of the true teaching and the support of the training.

Ime kho, bhikkhave, dve atthavase paṭicca tathāgatena sāvakānaṁ sikkhāpadaṁ paññattan”ti.

These are the two reasons why the Realized One laid down training rules for his disciples.”

281–309

281–309

“Dveme, bhikkhave, atthavase paṭicca tathāgatena sāvakānaṁ pātimokkhaṁ paññattaṁ …pe… pātimokkhuddeso paññatto … pātimokkhaṭṭhapanaṁ paññattaṁ … pavāraṇā paññattā … pavāraṇaṭṭhapanaṁ paññattaṁ … tajjanīyakammaṁ paññattaṁ … niyassakammaṁ paññattaṁ … pabbājanīyakammaṁ paññattaṁ … paṭisāraṇīyakammaṁ paññattaṁ … ukkhepanīyakammaṁ paññattaṁ … parivāsadānaṁ paññattaṁ … mūlāyapaṭikassanaṁ paññattaṁ … mānattadānaṁ paññattaṁ … abbhānaṁ paññattaṁ … osāraṇīyaṁ paññattaṁ … nissāraṇīyaṁ paññattaṁ … upasampadā paññattā … ñattikammaṁ paññattaṁ … ñattidutiyakammaṁ paññattaṁ … ñatticatutthakammaṁ paññattaṁ … apaññatte paññattaṁ … paññatte anupaññattaṁ … sammukhāvinayo paññatto … sativinayo paññatto … amūḷhavinayo paññatto … paṭiññātakaraṇaṁ paññattaṁ … yebhuyyasikā paññattā … tassapāpiyasikā paññattā … tiṇavatthārako paññatto.

“For two reasons the Realized One laid down for his disciples the monastic code … the recitation of the monastic code … the suspension of the recitation of the monastic code … the invitation to admonish … the setting aside of the invitation to admonish … the disciplinary act of condemnation … placing under dependence … banishment … reconciliation … debarment … probation … being sent back to the beginning … penance … reinstatement … restoration … removal … ordination … an act with a motion … an act with a motion and one announcement … an act with a motion and three announcements … laying down what was not previously laid down … amending what was laid down … the settling of a disciplinary matter by the following methods: face-to-face … through recollection … because of past insanity … acting according to what has been admitted … majority decision … further penalty … covering over as if with grass.

Katame dve?

What two?

Saṅghasuṭṭhutāya, saṅghaphāsutāya … dummaṅkūnaṁ puggalānaṁ niggahāya, pesalānaṁ bhikkhūnaṁ phāsuvihārāya … diṭṭhadhammikānaṁ āsavānaṁ saṁvarāya, samparāyikānaṁ āsavānaṁ paṭighātāya … diṭṭhadhammikānaṁ verānaṁ saṁvarāya, samparāyikānaṁ verānaṁ paṭighātāya … diṭṭhadhammikānaṁ vajjānaṁ saṁvarāya, samparāyikānaṁ vajjānaṁ paṭighātāya … diṭṭhadhammikānaṁ bhayānaṁ saṁvarāya, samparāyikānaṁ bhayānaṁ paṭighātāya … diṭṭhadhammikānaṁ akusalānaṁ dhammānaṁ saṁvarāya, samparāyikānaṁ akusalānaṁ dhammānaṁ paṭighātāya … gihīnaṁ anukampāya, pāpicchānaṁ bhikkhūnaṁ pakkhupacchedāya … appasannānaṁ pasādāya, pasannānaṁ bhiyyobhāvāya … saddhammaṭṭhitiyā, vinayānuggahāya.

For the well-being and comfort of the Saṅgha … For keeping difficult individuals in check and for the comfort of good-hearted mendicants … For restraining defilements that affect this life and protecting against defilements that affect lives to come … For restraining threats to this life and protecting against threats to lives to come … For restraining faults that affect this life and protecting against faults that affect lives to come … For restraining hazards that affect this life and protecting against hazards that affect lives to come … For restraining unskillful qualities that affect this life and protecting against unskillful qualities that affect lives to come … Out of sympathy for laypeople and for breaking up factions of mendicants with corrupt wishes … For inspiring confidence in those without it, and increasing confidence in those who have it … For the continuation of the true teaching and the support of the training.

Ime kho, bhikkhave, dve atthavase paṭicca tathāgatena sāvakānaṁ tiṇavatthārako paññatto”ti.

These are the two reasons why the Realized One laid down the settlement of a disciplinary matter by covering over with grass for his disciples.”

Vinayapeyyālaṁ niṭṭhitaṁ.