Chapter 4
4.
1. 'There are three things, O Bhikkhus, which, when they characterise a Bhikkhu, the Samgha, if it likes, should carry out the Tagganiya-kamma against him; (that is to say), when he is a maker of strife, quarrelsome, a maker of disputes, given to idle talk, and a raiser of legal questions in the Samgha 1--when he is dull, stupid, full of faults, and devoid of merit--when he is living in lay society, in unlawful
association with the world. There are three things, O Bhikkhus, which, when the Samgha suspects (&c., as before, down to) against him.
There are other three things, O Bhikkhus, (&c., as before, down to) against him; (that is to say), when he has failed in morality as regards moral things--when he has failed in conduct as regards transgression--when he has failed in opinion as regards the principal matters of opinion 1. There are three things, O Bhikkhus, (&c., as before, down to) against him.
There are other three things, O Bhikkhus, (&c., as before, down to) against him; (that is to say), when he speaks in dispraise of the Buddha--when he speaks in dispraise of the Dhamma--when he speaks in dispraise of the Samgha. These are three things, O Bhikkhus, (&c., as before, down to) against him.
2. 'There are three kinds of Bhikkhus, O Bhikkhus, against whom, if the Samgha likes, it should carry out the Tagganiya-kamma; (that is to say), one who is a maker of strife (&c., as in § 1, down to) a raiser of legal questions in the Samgha--one who is dull, stupid, full of faults, and devoid of merit--and one who is living in lay society, in unlawful association with the world. These are three kinds of Bhikkhus, O Bhikkhus, (&c., as before, down to) the Tagganiya-kamma.
'There are other three kinds of Bhikkhus, O Bhikkhus, against whom, if the Samgha likes, it should carry out the Tagganiya-kamma; (that is to say), one who has failed in morality in regard to moral matters--one who has failed in conduct
as regards transgression--one who has failed in opinion as regards the principal matters of opinion. These are three kinds of Bhikkhus, O Bhikkhus (&c., as before, down to) the Tagganiya-kamma.
'There are other three kinds of Bhikkhus, O Bhikkhus, against whom, if the Samgha likes, it should carry out the Tagganiya-kamma; (that is to say), one who speaks in dispraise of the Buddha--one who speaks in dispraise of the Dhamma--one who speaks in dispraise of the Samgha. These are three kinds of Bhikkhus, O Bhikkhus (&c., as before, down to) the Tagganiya-kamma.'
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Here end the six permissive cases of Tagganiya-kamma.