BUDDHIST MONASTIC CODE I

Buddhist Monastic Code 117. Should any bhikkhu, angered and displeased, evict a bhikkhufrom a dwelling belonging to the Community — or have him evicted —it is to be confessed."At that time some group-of-seventeen bhikkhus (see Pc 65) were fixing up a largedwelling on the fringes of the monastery, thinking, 'We will spend the Rains here.'Some group-of-six bhikkhus... seeing them, said, 'These group-of-seventeenbhikkhus are fixing up a dwelling place. Let's drive them out.' But others of themsaid, 'Wait, friends, while they fix it up. When it's fixed up, then we'll drive themout.'"Then the group-of-six bhikkhus said to the group-of-seventeen bhikkhus, 'Get out,friends. The dwelling is ours.'"'Shouldn't this have been mentioned beforehand so that we could have fixed upanother one?'"'Isn't this a dwelling belonging to the Community?'"'Yes...'"'Then get out. The dwelling is ours.'"'The dwelling is large, friends. You can stay here, and we'll stay here, too.'"'Get out. The dwelling is ours.' And, angered and displeased, seizing them by thethroat, they threw them out. The group-of-seventeen bhikkhus, having been thrownout, began to cry."The three factors for the full offense here are:1) Object a bhikkhu.2) Effort: One evicts him from a dwelling belonging to the Community.3) Intention: One's prime impulse is anger.Object. A bhikkhu is grounds for a pācittiya here, while the following are grounds fora dukkaṭa: a bhikkhu's belongings, an unordained person, and an unordainedperson's belongings.Effort. According to the Commentary, this rule covers both physical eviction —picking up the bhikkhu and throwing him out — as well as verbal eviction —ordering him to leave. The penalty in both cases is the same. (The Mahāsāṃghikasand Sarvāstivādins write this point into their version of the rule.) The Vibhaṅgacounts offenses here as follows: a pācittiya for evicting the bhikkhu from the roomto the porch, and another pācittiya for evicting him off the porch. If, with a singleeffort, one evicts him through many doors, one incurs a single pācittiya.278