AN 10 The Book of the Tens – Dasakanipāta > AN 10.32 Suspending the Recitation of the Monastic Code

Numbered Discourses 10.32 – Aṅguttara Nikāya 10.32

4. With Upāli – 4. Upālivagga

AN 10.32 Suspending the Recitation of the Monastic Code – Pātimokkhaṭṭhapanāsutta

1.1

“Sir, how many grounds are there to suspend the recitation of the monastic code?”

“Kati nu kho, bhante, pātimokkhaṭṭhapanā”ti?

1.2

“Upāli, there are ten grounds to suspend the recitation of the monastic code.

“Dasa kho, upāli, pātimokkhaṭṭhapanā.

1.3

What ten?

Katame dasa?

1.4

A bhikkhu who has committed an expulsion offense is sitting in the assembly. A discussion about whether someone has committed an expulsion offense is unfinished. A person who is not fully ordained is sitting in the assembly. A discussion about whether someone is fully ordained or not is unfinished. Someone who has resigned the training is sitting in the assembly. A discussion about whether someone has rejected the training or not is unfinished. A eunuch is sitting in the assembly. A discussion about whether someone is a eunuch is unfinished. A raper of nuns is sitting in the assembly. A discussion about whether or not someone is a raper of nuns is unfinished.

Pārājiko tassaṁ parisāyaṁ nisinno hoti, pārājikakathā vippakatā hoti, anupasampanno tassaṁ parisāyaṁ nisinno hoti, anupasampannakathā vippakatā hoti, sikkhaṁ paccakkhātako tassaṁ parisāyaṁ nisinno hoti, sikkhaṁ paccakkhātakakathā vippakatā hoti, paṇḍako tassaṁ parisāyaṁ nisinno hoti, paṇḍakakathā vippakatā hoti, bhikkhunidūsako tassaṁ parisāyaṁ nisinno hoti, bhikkhunidūsakakathā vippakatā hoti—

1.5

These are the ten grounds to suspend the recitation of the monastic code.”

ime kho, upāli, dasa pātimokkhaṭṭhapanā”ti.

1.6

Dutiyaṁ.