A monk sees another monk committing an offense entailing confession … an offense entailing acknowledgment … an offense of wrong conduct … an offense of wrong speech, and the first monk regards it as an offense of wrong speech … but the first monk regards it as an offense entailing suspension … but the first monk regards it as a serious offense … but the first monk regards it as an offense entailing confession … but the first monk regards it as an offense entailing acknowledgment … but the first monk regards it as an offense of wrong conduct. If he then has him accused of an offense entailing expulsion, saying, “You’re not an ascetic, not a Sakyan monastic. You’re excluded from the observance-day ceremony, from the invitation ceremony, and from the legal procedures of the Sangha,” thus using an unrelated offense as a pretext, he commits an offense entailing suspension for each statement.

Non-offenses There is no offense: if he accuses or has someone accused in accordance with his own perception; if he is insane; if he is the first offender. The training rule on making a groundless accusation out of anger, using a pretext, the ninth, is finished.

Theravāda Collection on Monastic Law The Great Analysis The chapter on offenses entailing suspension Causing a schism in the Sangha

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