BUDDHIST MONASTIC CODE I

The Naked Ascetic Chapter Chapter 8.53) Effort: One dismisses him.4) Result: He leaves one's range of hearing and sight.Although the rule mentions one specific situation — bhikkhus going for alms in atown or village — the non-offense clauses give no exemption for a bhikkhu who,wanting to indulge in misconduct, dismisses another bhikkhu while outside of avillage or engaged in an activity other than going for alms. The commentaries noticethis point and, reasonably, do not list the specific situation as a necessary factor forthe offense. For this reason, the factors for this offense apply in any location and atany time of the day.Object. A bhikkhu is grounds for a pācittiya here; an unordained person (which forthe purpose of this rule would include bhikkhunīs), grounds for a dukkaṭa.Perception as to whether a person is actually a bhikkhu is not a mitigating factorhere. In other words, a bhikkhu is grounds for a pācittiya if one perceives him as abhikkhu, if one perceives him as an unordained person, or if one is in doubt aboutthe matter. An unordained person is grounds for a dukkaṭa if one perceives him as abhikkhu, if one perceives him as an unordained person, or if one is in doubt aboutthe matter. This pattern — three pācittiyas and three dukkaṭas — is repeated in allthe rules where a bhikkhu is grounds for a pācittiya, an unordained person isgrounds for a dukkaṭa, and perception is not a mitigating factor.Intention. The Vibhaṅga defines misconduct as laughing, playing, or sitting in privatewith a woman, or any other misbehavior of any sort. To dismiss the other person,ordained or not, for motives other than a desire to hide one's own misconductentails no offense. Examples of such motives given in the non-offense clauses arelisted below.Effort & result. To dismiss the other person means either to say outright for him/herto go away, or else to make remarks that will make him/her want to leave. TheCommentary gives an example here — "Look at how this guy stands, sits, and looksaround. He stands like a stump, sits like a dog, and looks about like a monkey" —but this would more likely come under Pc 2.The offenses here are as follows:a dukkaṭa for speaking the words of dismissal;a dukkaṭa when the other bhikkhu is leaving the range of hearing and sight;anda pācittiya when he has left.The Commentary defines range of hearing and range of sight as twelve cubits, orsix meters. If, however, there is a wall or a door within that distance, it says, thatdelimits the range.Non-offenses. According to the Vibhaṅga, there is no offense in:341