BUDDHIST MONASTIC CODE I

Rule IndexTelling a bhikkhu about insulting remarks made by another bhikkhu — in hopes ofwinning favor or causing a rift — is a pācittiya offense. (Pc 3)Abusive speechAn insult made with malicious intent to another bhikkhu is a pācittiya offense. (Pc 2)Idle chatterVisiting lay families — without having informed an available bhikkhu — before orafter a meal to which one has been invited is a pācittiya offense except during therobe season or any time one is making a robe. (Pc 46)Entering a village, town, or city during the period after noon until the following dawn,without having taken leave of an available bhikkhu — unless there is an emergency— is a pācittiya offense. (Pc 85)Right ActionMN 117 defines wrong action as killing living beings, taking what is not given, andengaging in sexual misconduct.KillingIntentionally bringing about the death of a human being, even if it is still a fetus —whether by killing the person, arranging for an assassin to kill the person, incitingthe person to die, or describing the advantages of death — is a pārājika offense.(Pr 3)Pouring water that one knows to contain living beings — or having it poured — ongrass or clay is a pācittiya offense. Pouring anything that would kill the beings intosuch water — or having it poured — is also a pācittiya offense. (Pc 20)Deliberately killing an animal — or having it killed — is a pācittiya offense. (Pc 61)Using water, or getting others to use it, knowing that it contains living beings thatwill die from that use, is a pācittiya offense. (Pc 62)Taking what is not givenThe theft of anything worth 1/24 ounce troy of gold or more is a pārājika offense.(Pr 2)Having given another bhikkhu a robe on a condition and then — angry anddispleased — snatching it back or having it snatched back is a nissaggiya pācittiyaoffense. (NP 25)516