1"Bhante, how many qualities should a bhikkhu possess to be agreed upon to adjudicate in a disciplinary issue?" [n.2035] Ubbāhikā. DOP defines as "the reference (of a dispute) to a committee of selected bhikkhus." Mp: "Adjudication means picking out, selecting from the Saṅgha to settle a disciplinary issue that has arisen" (sampatta-adhikaraṇaṁ vūpasametuṁ saṅghato ubbāhitvā uddharitvā gahaṇatthāya). The procedure is described in detail at Vin II 95,25 –97,16.

"A bhikkhu who possesses ten qualities, Upāli, may be agreed upon to adjudicate in a disciplinary issue. What ten? (1) Here, a bhikkhu is virtuous; he dwells restrained by the Pāṭimokkha, possessed of good conduct and resort, seeing danger in minute faults. Having undertaken the training rules, he trains in them. (2) He has learned much, remembers what he has learned, and accumulates what he has learned. Those teachings that are good in the beginning, good in the middle, and good in the end, with the right meaning and phrasing, which proclaim the perfectly complete and pure spiritual life—such teachings as these he has learned much of, retained in mind, recited verbally, investigated mentally, and penetrated well by view. (3) Both Pāṭimokkhas have been well transmitted to him in detail, well analyzed, well mastered, well determined in terms of the rules and their detailed explication. (4) He is firm in the discipline, immovable. (5) He is able to convince those on both sides of the issue, to describe matters to them, to persuade them, to demonstrate to them, and to placate them. (6) He is skilled in the origination and settlement of disciplinary issues. (7) He knows what a disciplinary issue is. [n.2036] Mp: "The four kinds of disciplinary issues." The four are a dispute, an accusation, an offense, and proceedings (vivādādhikaraṇa, anuvādādhikaraṇa, āpattādhikaraṇa, kiccādhikaraṇa). See MN 104.12, II 247–50. (8) He knows the origin of a disciplinary issue. (9) He knows the cessation of a disciplinary issue. (10) He knows the way leading to the cessation of a disciplinary issue. [n.2037] Mp defines this as the seven ways of settling disciplinary issues (satta adhikaraṇasamathā). A bhikkhu who possesses these ten qualities may be agreed upon to adjudicate in a disciplinary issue."

1"Katihi nu kho, bhante, dhammehi samannāgato bhikkhu ubbāhikāya sammannitabbo"ti?

"Dasahi kho, upāli, dhammehi samannāgato bhikkhu ubbāhikāya sammannitabbo. Katamehi dasahi? Idhupāli, bhikkhu sīlavā hoti; pātimokkhasaṁvarasaṁvuto viharati ācāragocarasampanno aṇumattesu vajjesu bhayadassāvī, samādāya sikkhati sikkhāpadesu; bahussuto hoti sutadharo sutasannicayo, ye te dhammā ādikalyāṇā majjhekalyāṇā pariyosānakalyāṇā sātthaṁ sabyañjanaṁ kevalaparipuṇṇaṁ parisuddhaṁ brahmacariyaṁ abhivadanti, tathārūpāssa dhammā bahussutā honti dhātā vacasā paricitā manasānupekkhitā diṭṭhiyā suppaṭividdhā; ubhayāni kho panassa pātimokkhāni vitthārena svāgatāni honti suvibhattāni suppavattīni suvinicchitāni suttaso anubyañjanaso; vinaye kho pana ṭhito hoti asaṁhīro; paṭibalo hoti ubho atthapaccatthike saññāpetuṁ paññāpetuṁ nijjhāpetuṁ pekkhetuṁ pasādetuṁ; adhikaraṇasamuppādavūpasamakusalo hoti – adhikaraṇaṁ jānāti; adhikaraṇasamudayaṁ jānāti; adhikaraṇanirodhaṁ jānāti; adhikaraṇanirodhagāminiṁ paṭipadaṁ jānāti. Imehi kho, upāli, dasahi dhammehi samannāgato bhikkhu ubbāhikāya sammannitabbo"ti.

Tatiyaṁ.