{"id":"pli-tv-bu-vb-pc76","title":"Making a groundless accusation","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Brahmāli · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"pli-tv-bu-vb-pc76","title":"Making a groundless accusation","units":[{"id":"pli-tv-bu-vb-pc76:0","sourceIds":["pli-tv-bu-vb-pc76:0.1","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc76:0.2","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc76:0.3","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc76:0.4","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc76:0.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Theravāda Vinaya\nMahāvibhaṅga\nPācittiyakaṇḍa\nSahadhammikavagga\n76. Amūlakasikkhāpada","en":"Theravāda Collection on Monastic Law\nThe Great Analysis\nThe chapter on offenses entailing confession\nThe subchapter on legitimate correction\nMaking a groundless accusation"}},{"id":"pli-tv-bu-vb-pc76:1","sourceIds":["pli-tv-bu-vb-pc76:1.0","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc76:1.1","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc76:1.2","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc76:1.3","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc76:1.4","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc76:1.5","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc76:1.6","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc76:1.7","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc76:1.8","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc76:1.9","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc76:1.10"],"kind":"text","text":{"en":"Origin story\nAt one time when the Buddha was staying at Sāvatthī in Anāthapiṇḍika’s Monastery,\nthe monks from the group of six groundlessly charged a monk with an offense entailing suspension.\nThe monks of few desires complained and criticized them,\n“How could the monks from the group of six do this?” …\n“Is it true, monks, that you did this?”\n“It’s true, sir.”\nThe Buddha rebuked them …\n“Foolish men, how could 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 bhikkhuṁ amūlakena saṅghādisesena anuddhaṁsenti.\nYe te bhikkhū appicchā …pe… te ujjhāyanti khiyyanti vipācenti—\n“kathañhi nāma chabbaggiyā bhikkhū bhikkhuṁ amūlakena saṅghādisesena anuddhaṁsessantī”ti …pe…\n“saccaṁ kira tumhe, bhikkhave, bhikkhuṁ amūlakena saṅghādisesena anuddhaṁsethā”ti?\n“Saccaṁ, bhagavā”ti.\nVigarahi buddho bhagavā …pe…\nkathañhi nāma tumhe, moghapurisā, bhikkhuṁ amūlakena saṅghādisesena anuddhaṁsessatha.\nNetaṁ, moghapurisā, appasannānaṁ vā pasādāya …pe…\nevañca pana, bhikkhave, imaṁ sikkhāpadaṁ uddiseyyātha—"}},{"id":"pli-tv-bu-vb-pc76:1.11","sourceIds":["pli-tv-bu-vb-pc76:1.11.0","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc76:1.11.1"],"kind":"text","text":{"en":"Final ruling\n‘If a monk groundlessly charges a monk with an offense entailing suspension, he commits an offense entailing confession.’”","pi":"“Yo pana bhikkhu bhikkhuṁ amūlakena saṅghādisesena anuddhaṁseyya, pācittiyan”ti."}},{"id":"pli-tv-bu-vb-pc76:2.1","sourceIds":["pli-tv-bu-vb-pc76:2.1.0","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc76:2.1.1","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc76:2.1.2","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc76:2.1.3","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc76:2.1.4","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc76:2.1.5","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc76:2.1.6","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc76:2.1.7","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc76:2.1.8","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc76:2.1.9","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc76:2.1.10","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc76:2.1.11","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc76:2.1.12"],"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.\nA monk:\nanother monk.\nGroundless:\nnot seen, not heard, not suspected.\nAn offense entailing suspension:\none of the thirteen.\nCharges:\nif he accuses him or has him accused, he commits an offense entailing confession.","pi":"Yo panāti\nyo yādiso …pe…\nbhikkhūti\n…pe… ayaṁ imasmiṁ atthe adhippeto bhikkhūti.\nBhikkhunti\naññaṁ bhikkhuṁ.\nAmūlakaṁ nāma\nadiṭṭhaṁ assutaṁ aparisaṅkitaṁ.\nSaṅghādisesenāti\nterasannaṁ aññatarena.\nAnuddhaṁseyyāti\ncodeti vā codāpeti vā, āpatti pācittiyassa."}},{"id":"pli-tv-bu-vb-pc76:2.2","sourceIds":["pli-tv-bu-vb-pc76:2.2.0","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc76:2.2.1","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc76:2.2.2","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc76:2.2.3","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc76:2.2.4","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc76:2.2.5","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc76:2.2.6","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc76:2.2.7","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc76:2.2.8"],"kind":"text","text":{"en":"Permutations\nIf it is one who is fully ordained, and he perceives him as such, and he groundlessly charges him with an offense entailing suspension, he commits an offense entailing confession.\nIf it is one who is fully ordained, but he is unsure of it, and he groundlessly charges him with an offense entailing suspension, he commits an offense entailing confession.\nIf it is one who is fully ordained, but he does not perceive him as such, and he groundlessly charges him with an offense entailing suspension, he commits an offense entailing confession.\nIf he charges someone with failure in conduct or failure in view, he commits an offense of wrong conduct.\nIf he charges one who is not fully ordained, he commits an offense of wrong conduct.\nIf it is one who is not fully ordained, but he perceives them as such, he commits an offense of wrong conduct.\nIf it is one who is not fully ordained, but he is unsure of it, he commits an offense of wrong conduct.\nIf it is one who is not fully ordained, and he does not perceive them as such, he commits an offense of wrong conduct.","pi":"Upasampanne upasampannasaññī amūlakena saṅghādisesena anuddhaṁseti, āpatti pācittiyassa.\nUpasampanne vematiko amūlakena saṅghādisesena anuddhaṁseti, āpatti pācittiyassa.\nUpasampanne anupasampannasaññī amūlakena saṅghādisesena anuddhaṁseti, āpatti pācittiyassa.\nĀcāravipattiyā vā diṭṭhivipattiyā vā anuddhaṁseti, āpatti dukkaṭassa.\nAnupasampannaṁ anuddhaṁseti, āpatti dukkaṭassa.\nAnupasampanne upasampannasaññī, āpatti dukkaṭassa.\nAnupasampanne vematiko, āpatti dukkaṭassa.\nAnupasampanne anupasampannasaññī, āpatti dukkaṭassa."}},{"id":"pli-tv-bu-vb-pc76:2.3","sourceIds":["pli-tv-bu-vb-pc76:2.3.0","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc76:2.3.1","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc76:2.3.2","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc76:2.3.3","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc76:2.3.4","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc76:2.3.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"en":"Non-offenses\nThere is no offense:\nif he accuses someone, or has someone accused, according to what he has perceived;\nif he is insane;\nif he is the first offender.\nThe training rule on making a groundless accusation, the sixth, is finished.","pi":"Anāpatti—\ntathāsaññī codeti vā codāpeti vā,\nummattakassa,\nādikammikassāti.\nAmūlakasikkhāpadaṁ niṭṭhitaṁ chaṭṭhaṁ."}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/pli-tv-bu-vb-pc76/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."}