BUDDHIST MONASTIC CODE I

Saṅghādisesa Chapter 5does not mend his ways after his faults are pointed out to him. It quotes from theAnumāna Sutta (MN 15) a list of traits, any one of which makes a bhikkhu difficult toadmonish: He has evil desires; exalts himself and degrades others; is easilyangered; because of this he harbors ill will, holds a grudge, utters angry words;accused, he throws a tantrum (literally, "explodes"); accused, he is insulting;accused, he returns the accusation; he evades back and forth; he does notrespond; he is mean and spiteful; jealous and possessive; scheming and deceitful;stubborn and proud; attached to his own views, obstinate, unable to let them go.A fair number of these traits are exemplified by Ven. Channa — according totradition, the Buddha's horseman on the night of the great Going Forth — in theorigin stories to Pc 12, 54, and 71, and especially in the origin story to this rule."You think you are to admonish me? It is I who should admonish you! The Buddha ismine, the Dhamma is mine, it was by my young master that the Dhamma wasrealized. Just as a great wind when blowing would gather up grass, sticks, leaves,and rubbish, or a mountain-born river would gather up water weeds and scum, soyou, in going forth, have been gathered up from various names, various clans,various ancestries, various families. You think you are to admonish me? It is I whoshould admonish you!"The procedures to follow when a bhikkhu is difficult to admonish — reprimandinghim in private, admonishing and rebuking him in a formal meeting of the Community— are the same as under Sg 10, beginning with the fact that a bhikkhu who, hearingthat Bhikkhu X is being difficult to admonish, incurs a dukkaṭa if he does notreprimand him. The question of perception and the non-offenses are also the sameas under that rule.If the bhikkhu difficult to admonish carries on as before, even after incurring the fullpenalty under this rule, the Community may perform a banishment transaction(pabbājanīya-kamma) against him for speaking in dispraise of the Community(Cv.I.13 — see BMC2, Chapter 20). If he refuses to see that he has committed thissaṅghādisesa offense or to undergo the penalty, the Community may exclude himfrom participating in the Pāṭimokkha and Invitation ceremonies (Mv.IV.16.2; Cv.IX.2— see BMC2 Chapters 15 and 16) or suspend him from the entire Saṅgha (Cv.I.26;Cv.I.31 — see BMC2, Chapter 20).Summary: To persist — after the third announcement of a formal rebuke in theCommunity — in being difficult to admonish is a saṅghādisesa offense.13. In case a bhikkhu living in dependence on a certain village ortown is a corrupter of families, a man of depraved conduct — whosedepraved conduct is both seen and heard about, and the families hehas corrupted are both seen and heard about — the bhikkhus are toadmonish him thus: "You, venerable sir, are a corrupter of families, aman of depraved conduct. Your depraved conduct is both seen and131