For the second time, I speak on this matter. … For the third time, I speak on this matter. Please, venerables, I ask the Sangha to listen. The monk so-and-so is pursuing schism in the united Sangha. And he keeps on doing it. The Sangha presses monk so-and-so to make him stop. Any monk who approves of pressing monk so-and-so to make him stop should remain silent. Any monk who doesn’t approve should speak up. The Sangha has pressed monk so-and-so to make him stop. The Sangha approves and is therefore silent. I will remember it thus.’” After the motion, he commits an offense of wrong conduct. After each of the first two announcements, he commits a serious offense. When the last announcement is finished, he commits an offense entailing suspension. For one who commits the offense entailing suspension, the offense of wrong conduct and the serious offenses are annulled. He commits an offense entailing suspension: … Therefore, too, it is called an offense entailing suspension.

Permutations If it is a legitimate legal procedure, and he perceives it as such, and he does not stop, he commits an offense entailing suspension. If it is a legitimate legal procedure, but he is unsure of it, and he does not stop, he commits an offense entailing suspension. If it is a legitimate legal procedure, but he perceives it as illegitimate, and he does not stop, he commits an offense entailing suspension. If it is an illegitimate legal procedure, but he perceives it as legitimate, he commits an offense of wrong conduct. If it is an illegitimate legal procedure, but he is unsure of it, he commits an offense of wrong conduct. If it is an illegitimate legal procedure, and he perceives it as such, he commits an offense of wrong conduct.

Non-offenses There is no offense: if he has not been pressed; if he stops; if he is insane; if he is deranged; if he is overwhelmed by pain; if he is the first offender. The training rule on causing a schism in the Sangha, the tenth, is finished.

Theravāda Collection on Monastic Law The Great Analysis The chapter on offenses entailing suspension Siding with a schismatic

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