1: The Book of the Ones
1. Obsession of the Mind - 151–159
- DG BB TBW © Translated from the Pali by Bhikkhu Bodhi (More copyright information)
(151) "Bhikkhus, those bhikkhus who explain what is an offense as no offense … (152) … a light offense as a grave offense … (153) … a grave offense as a light offense … (154) … a coarse offense as not a coarse offense … (155) … an offense that is not coarse as a coarse offense … (156) … a remediable offense as an irremediable offense … (157) … an irremediable offense as a remediable offense … (158) … an offense with redress as an offense without redress … (159) … an offense without redress as an offense with redress are acting for the harm of many people, for the unhappiness of many people, for the ruin, harm, and suffering of many people, of devas and human beings. [n.66] Mp: "Five classes of offenses are called light (lahuka) and two are called grave (gāruka, lit. "heavy"). Two are coarse and five are not coarse. Six classes are remediable and one is irremediable. Offenses with redress are the same as those that are remediable; the offenses without redress are the same as those that are irremediable." The two grave classes of offenses are (1) the pārājikas, which entail permanent expulsion from the Saṅgha, and (2) the saṅghādisesas, which require formal meetings of the Saṅgha and a complex process of rehabilitation. The five light classes are thullaccaya (gross transgression), pācittiya (expiation), pātidesanīya (to be acknowledged), dukkaṭa (misdeed), and dubbhāsita (bad speech). These can be exonerated by confession to another monk. The grave offenses are also called "coarse" (duṭṭhulla); the light ones, not coarse (aduṭṭhulla). The pārājikas are "irremediable" (anavasesa) and "without redress" (appaṭikamma), because they do not allow for expiation; the other six classes are "remediable" (sāvasesa) and "with redress" (sappaṭikamma) because they can be cleared by expiation. These bhikkhus generate much demerit and cause this good Dhamma to disappear."
