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BUDDHIST MONASTIC CODE I

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Rule IndexWhen one has set a bed, bench, mattress, or stool belonging to the Community outin the open: Leaving its immediate vicinity without putting it away, arranging to haveit put away, or taking leave is a pācittiya offense. (Pc 14)When one has spread bedding out in a dwelling belonging to the Community:Departing from the monastery without putting it away, arranging to have it put away,or taking leave is a pācittiya offense. (Pc 15)Intruding on another bhikkhu's sleeping or sitting place in a dwelling belonging tothe Community, with the sole purpose of making him uncomfortable and forcing himto leave, is a pācittiya offense. (Pc 16)Causing a bhikkhu to be evicted from a dwelling belonging to the Community —when one's primary impulse is anger — is a pācittiya offense. (Pc 17)Sitting or lying down on a bed or bench with detachable legs on an unplanked loft ina dwelling belonging to the Community, is a pācittiya offense. (Pc 18)Saying that a properly authorized bhikkhu exhorts the bhikkhunīs for the sake ofworldly gain — when in fact that is not the case — is a pācittiya offense. (Pc 24)Deliberately tricking another bhikkhu into breaking Pācittiya 35, in hopes of findingfault with him, is a pācittiya offense. (Pc 36)Speaking or acting disrespectfully after having been admonished by another bhikkhufor a breach of the training rules is a pācittiya offense. (Pc 54)Agitating to re-open an issue, knowing that it was properly dealt with, is a pācittiyaoffense. (Pc 63)Not informing another bhikkhu of a serious offense that one knows a third bhikkhuhas committed — out of a desire to protect the third bhikkhu either from having toundergo the penalty or from the jeering remarks of other bhikkhus — is a pācittiyaoffense. (Pc 64)Acting as the preceptor in the full Acceptance (ordination) of a person one knows tobe less than 20 years old is a pācittiya offense. (Pc 65)Refusing — after the third announcement of a formal rebuke in a meeting of theCommunity — to relinquish the evil view that there is nothing wrong in intentionallytransgressing the Buddha's ordinances is a pācittiya offense. (Pc 68)Communing, affiliating, or lying down under the same roof with a bhikkhu who hasbeen suspended and not been restored — knowing that such is the case — is apācittiya offense. (Pc 69)524

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