{"id":"pli-tv-bu-vb-pc63","title":"Reopening a settled legal issue","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Brahmāli · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"pli-tv-bu-vb-pc63","title":"Reopening a settled legal issue","units":[{"id":"pli-tv-bu-vb-pc63:0","sourceIds":["pli-tv-bu-vb-pc63:0.1","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc63:0.2","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc63:0.3","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc63:0.4","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc63:0.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Theravāda Vinaya\nMahāvibhaṅga\nPācittiyakaṇḍa\nSappāṇakavagga\n63. Ukkoṭanasikkhāpada","en":"Theravāda Collection on Monastic Law\nThe Great Analysis\nThe chapter on offenses entailing confession\nThe subchapter on containing living beings\nReopening a settled legal issue"}},{"id":"pli-tv-bu-vb-pc63:1","sourceIds":["pli-tv-bu-vb-pc63:1.0","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc63:1.1","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc63:1.2","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc63:1.3","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc63:1.4","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc63:1.5","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc63:1.6","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc63:1.7","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc63:1.8","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc63:1.9","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc63:1.10","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc63:1.11"],"kind":"text","text":{"en":"Origin story\nAt one time the Buddha was staying at Sāvatthī in the Jeta Grove, Anāthapiṇḍika’s Monastery.\nAt that time the monks from the group of six were reopening a legal issue that they knew had been legitimately settled, saying,\n“The legal procedure hasn’t been done;” “It’s been done badly;” “It should be done again;” “It hasn’t been settled;” “It’s been badly settled;” “It should be settled again.”\nThe monks of few desires complained and criticized them,\n“How can the monks from the group of six reopen a legal issue that they know has been legitimately settled?” …\n“Is it true, monks, that you’re doing this?”\n“It’s true, sir.”\nThe Buddha rebuked them …\n“Foolish men, how can you do this?\nThis will affect people’s confidence …” …\n“And, monks, this training rule should be recited like this:","pi":"Tena samayena buddho bhagavā sāvatthiyaṁ viharati jetavane anāthapiṇḍikassa ārāme.\nTena kho pana samayena chabbaggiyā bhikkhū jānaṁ yathādhammaṁ nihatādhikaraṇaṁ punakammāya ukkoṭenti—\n“akataṁ kammaṁ dukkaṭaṁ kammaṁ puna kātabbaṁ kammaṁ anihataṁ dunnihataṁ puna nihanitabban”ti.\nYe te bhikkhū appicchā …pe… te ujjhāyanti khiyyanti vipācenti—\n“kathañhi nāma chabbaggiyā bhikkhū jānaṁ yathādhammaṁ nihatādhikaraṇaṁ punakammāya ukkoṭessantī”ti …pe…\n“saccaṁ kira tumhe, bhikkhave, jānaṁ yathādhammaṁ nihatādhikaraṇaṁ punakammāya ukkoṭethā”ti?\n“Saccaṁ, bhagavā”ti.\nVigarahi buddho bhagavā …pe…\nkathañhi nāma tumhe, moghapurisā, jānaṁ yathādhammaṁ nihatādhikaraṇaṁ punakammāya ukkoṭessatha.\nNetaṁ, moghapurisā, appasannānaṁ vā pasādāya …pe…\nevañca pana, bhikkhave, imaṁ sikkhāpadaṁ uddiseyyātha—"}},{"id":"pli-tv-bu-vb-pc63:1.12","sourceIds":["pli-tv-bu-vb-pc63:1.12.0","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc63:1.12.1"],"kind":"text","text":{"en":"Final ruling\n‘If a monk reopens a legal issue that he knows has been legitimately settled, he commits an offense entailing confession.’”","pi":"“Yo pana bhikkhu jānaṁ yathādhammaṁ nihatādhikaraṇaṁ punakammāya ukkoṭeyya, pācittiyan”ti."}},{"id":"pli-tv-bu-vb-pc63:2.1","sourceIds":["pli-tv-bu-vb-pc63:2.1.0","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc63:2.1.1","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc63:2.1.2","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc63:2.1.3","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc63:2.1.4","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc63:2.1.5","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc63:2.1.6","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc63:2.1.7","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc63:2.1.8","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc63:2.1.9","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc63:2.1.10","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc63:2.1.11","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc63:2.1.12"],"kind":"text","text":{"en":"Definitions\nA:\nwhoever …\nMonk:\n… The monk who has been given the full ordination by a unanimous Sangha through a legal procedure consisting of one motion and three announcements that is irreversible and fit to stand—this sort of monk is meant in this case.\nHe knows:\nhe knows by himself or others have told him or the Sangha has told him.\nLegitimately:\ndone according to the Teaching, according to the Monastic Law, according to the Teacher’s instruction—this is called “legitimately”.\nA legal issue:\nthere are four kinds of legal issues: legal issues arising from disputes, legal issues arising from accusations, legal issues arising from offenses, legal issues arising from business.\nReopens:\nif he reopens it, saying, “The legal procedure hasn’t been done;” “It’s been done badly;” “It should be done again;” “It hasn’t been settled;” “It’s been badly settled;” “It should be settled again,” he commits an offense entailing confession.","pi":"Yo panāti\nyo yādiso …pe…\nbhikkhūti\n…pe… ayaṁ imasmiṁ atthe adhippeto bhikkhūti.\nJānāti nāma\nsāmaṁ vā jānāti, aññe vā tassa ārocenti, so vā āroceti.\nYathādhammaṁ nāma\ndhammena vinayena satthusāsanena kataṁ, etaṁ yathādhammaṁ nāma.\nAdhikaraṇaṁ nāma\ncattāri adhikaraṇāni— vivādādhikaraṇaṁ, anuvādādhikaraṇaṁ, āpattādhikaraṇaṁ, kiccādhikaraṇaṁ.\nPunakammāya ukkoṭeyyāti\n“akataṁ kammaṁ dukkaṭaṁ kammaṁ punakātabbaṁ kammaṁ anihataṁ dunnihataṁ puna nihanitabban”ti ukkoṭeti, āpatti pācittiyassa."}},{"id":"pli-tv-bu-vb-pc63:2.2","sourceIds":["pli-tv-bu-vb-pc63:2.2.0","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc63:2.2.1","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc63:2.2.2","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc63:2.2.3","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc63:2.2.4","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc63:2.2.5","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc63:2.2.6"],"kind":"text","text":{"en":"Permutations\nIf it is a legitimate legal procedure, and he perceives it as such, and he reopens it, he commits an offense entailing confession.\nIf it is a legitimate legal procedure, but he is unsure of it, and he reopens it, he commits an offense of wrong conduct.\nIf it is a legitimate legal procedure, but he perceives it as illegitimate, and he reopens it, there is no offense.\nIf it is an illegitimate legal procedure, but he perceives it as legitimate, he commits an offense of wrong conduct.\nIf it is an illegitimate legal procedure, but he is unsure of it, he commits an offense of wrong conduct.\nIf it is an illegitimate legal procedure, and he perceives it as such, there is no offense.","pi":"Dhammakamme dhammakammasaññī ukkoṭeti, āpatti pācittiyassa.\nDhammakamme vematiko ukkoṭeti, āpatti dukkaṭassa.\nDhammakamme adhammakammasaññī ukkoṭeti, anāpatti.\nAdhammakamme dhammakammasaññī, āpatti dukkaṭassa.\nAdhammakamme vematiko, āpatti dukkaṭassa.\nAdhammakamme adhammakammasaññī, anāpatti."}},{"id":"pli-tv-bu-vb-pc63:2.3","sourceIds":["pli-tv-bu-vb-pc63:2.3.0","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc63:2.3.1","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc63:2.3.2","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc63:2.3.3","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc63:2.3.4","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc63:2.3.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"en":"Non-offenses\nThere is no offense:\nif he reopens it because he knows that the legal procedure was illegitimate, done by an incomplete assembly, or done against one who did not deserve it;\nif he is insane;\nif he is the first offender.\nThe training rule on reopening a settled legal issue, the third, is finished.","pi":"Anāpatti—\n“adhammena vā vaggena vā na kammārahassa vā kammaṁ katan”ti jānanto ukkoṭeti,\nummattakassa,\nādikammikassāti.\nUkkoṭanasikkhāpadaṁ niṭṭhitaṁ tatiyaṁ."}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/pli-tv-bu-vb-pc63/en/brahmali","licence":"CC0 1.0","licenceUrl":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/","editionNote":"Full supplied source file; inherited abbreviations are preserved. Not a reconstructed expansion of every repetition. No Malay or Mandarin translation is implied."}