Aṇguttara Nikāya
VIII. Atthaka Nipāta
IX. Sati-Vagga
The Book of the Gradual Sayings
VIII. The Book of the Eights
Chapter IX: Mindfulness
Sutta 90
Tassa-Pāpiyyasikā Sammā-Vattana Suttaṃ
The Proper Practice[1]
Translated from the Pali by E.M. Hare.
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[1] THUS have I heard:
Once the Exalted One was dwelling near Sāvatthī.
There the Exalted One addressed the monks, saying:
"Monks."
"Yes, lord," they replied, and the Exalted One said:
"Monks, it is proper to deal with a monk,
guilty of some specified offence,
against whom proceedings have been taken,
in eight ways.
What eight?
Let him not have acceptance;[2]
let no help be given to him;[3]
let no novice be made to wait upon him;
let no doctrine put forward by him be listened to;
let him not admonish nuns,
even if authorized;
let him not enjoy any of the Order's sanctions;
let him not be placed in any special place of honour;
let him not gain re-instatement on any grounds.
[229] Monks, it is proper to deal with a monk,
guilty of some specified offence,
against whom proceedings have been taken,
in these eight ways."
[1] Cf. M. ii, 249; F. Dial. ii, 142; Vin. ii, 86.
[2] Upasampadā.
[3] Lit. dependence on (a preceptor).
