BUDDHIST MONASTIC CODE I

Buddhist Monastic Code 1o c. If the preceptor begins to hold to wrong views, the pupil shouldtry to pry him away from those views or find someone else who can,or give him a Dhamma talk.o d. If the preceptor has committed a saṅghādisesa offense, the pupilshould — to the best of his ability — help with the arrangements forpenance, probation, and rehabilitation, or find someone else whocan.o e. If the Community is going to carry out a transaction against thementor, the pupil should try to dissuade them from it. According tothe Commentary, this means that he should go to the variousmembers of the Community individually before the meeting and try todissuade them from going through with the transaction. If he can'tdissuade them, he should try to get them to lessen its severity (say,from banishment to censure). If they are justified in carrying out thetransaction, though, he should not object while the meeting is inprogress. Once they have carried out the transaction, he shouldconcentrate on helping his mentor behave so that they will rescindthe transaction as quickly as possible.3. Washing, making, and dyeing the mentor's robes.4. Showing loyalty and respect for the mentor.o a. The pupil should neither give nor receive gifts, nor give or receiveservices to/from others without first obtaining the mentor'spermission. According to the Commentary, others here meanspeople who are on bad terms with the mentor.o b. The pupil should obtain his mentor's permission before entering avillage, going to a cemetery (to meditate, says, the Commentary), orleaving the district in which they live. The Commentary notes, though,that if the mentor refuses one's request the first time, one shouldask up to two more times, presenting one's reasons as best one can.If the mentor still refuses, the pupil should reflect on his situation. Ifstaying with the mentor is not helping his education and meditation,and if the mentor seems to want him to stay simply to have someoneto look after his (the mentor's) needs, the pupil is justified in leavingand taking dependence with a new mentor in his new residence.5. Caring for the mentor when he falls ill, not leaving him until he eitherrecovers or passes away (Mv.I.25).According to the Commentary, a pupil is freed from these duties when he is ill.Otherwise, he should observe all the above duties to his preceptor as long as he isin dependence on him. It adds that the duties in sections 1-3 are incumbent on thepupil even after he is released from dependence, as long as both he and thepreceptor are alive and still ordained, although not every Community follows theCommentary on this point.As for the duties to one's teacher, the Commentary lists four types of teachers: thegoing-forth teacher (the one who gives one the ten precepts during one'sordination ceremony); the acceptance teacher (the one who chants the motion andannouncements during the ceremony); the Dhamma teacher (the one who teachesone the Pali language and Canon); and the dependence teacher (the one with12