18. Vinayapeyyālaṃ | 2 | Aṅguttara
Aṅguttara Nikāya
2. Dukanipāta
18. Vinayapeyyālaṃ
XVIII. Discipline Repetition Series
280 (1)
Bhikkhus, it is for these 2 reasons that the Tathāgata has prescribed the training rules for his disciples. What 2?
For the well-being of the Saṅgha and for the ease of the Saṅgha ...
For keeping recalcitrant persons in check and so that well-behaved Bhikkhus can dwell at ease ...
For the restraint of taints pertaining to this present life and for the dispelling of taints pertaining to future lives ...
For the restraint of enmities pertaining to this present life and for the dispelling of enmities pertaining to future lives ...
For the restraint of faults pertaining to this present life and for the dispelling of faults pertaining to future lives ...
For the restraint of perils pertaining to this present life and for the dispelling of perils pertaining to future lives ...
For the restraint of unwholesome qualities pertaining to this present life and for the dispelling of unwholesome qualities pertaining to future lives ...
Out of compassion for laypeople and to stop the faction of those with evil desires ...
So that those without confidence might gain confidence and for increasing [the confidence] of those with confidence ...
For the continuation of the good Dhamma and for promoting the discipline.
- It is for these 2 reasons that the Tathāgata has prescribed the training rules for his disciples.
281 (2)–309 (30)
Bhikkhus, it is for these 2 reasons that the Tathāgata
(281) has prescribed the Pātimokkha for his disciples ...
[this Sutta and those to follow should be elaborated as above] ...
(282) ... has prescribed the recitation of the Pātimokkha ...
(283) ... has prescribed the suspension of the Pātimokkha ...
(284) ... has prescribed the invitation ceremony ...
(285) ... has prescribed the suspension of the invitation ceremony ...
(286) ... has prescribed the legal act of censure ...
(287) ... has prescribed the legal act of [placing under] dependence ...
(288) ... has prescribed the legal act of banishment ...
(289) ... has prescribed the legal act of reconciliation ...
(290) ... has prescribed the legal act of suspension ...
(291) ... has prescribed the imposition of probation ...
(292) ... has prescribed sending back to the beginning ...
(293) ... has prescribed the imposition of penance ...
(294) ... has prescribed rehabilitation ...
(295) ... has prescribed reinstatement ...
(296) ... has prescribed removal ...
(297) ... has prescribed full ordination ...
(298) ... has prescribed a legal act that consists in a motion ...
(299) ... has prescribed a legal act that includes a motion as the second [factor] ...
(300) ... has prescribed a legal act that includes a motion as the fourth [factor] ...
(301) ... has prescribed [a training rule] when none had been prescribed before ...
(302) ... has added an amendment [to a training rule already] prescribed ...
(303) ... has prescribed removal by presence ...
(304) ... has prescribed removal on account of recollection ...
(305) ... has prescribed removal on account of [past] insanity ...
(306) ... has prescribed the acknowledgment [of an offense] ...
(307) ... has prescribed [the opinion of] the majority ...
(308) ... has prescribed [the pronouncement of] aggravated misconduct ...
(309) ... has prescribed covering over with grass. What 2?
For the well-being of the Saṅgha and for the ease of the Saṅgha ...
... For the continuation of the good Dhamma and for promoting the discipline.
- It is for these 2 reasons that the Tathāgata has prescribed the covering over with grass.