{"collection":"Anguttara Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_an2.281-309/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_an2.281-309","id":"suttacentral_an2.281-309","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/an2.281-309/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Anguttara Nikaya","Early Buddhist Texts"],"text":"\u201cFor two reasons the Realized One laid down for his disciples the monastic code \u2026 the recitation of the monastic code \u2026 the suspension of the recitation of the monastic code \u2026 the invitation to admonish \u2026 the setting aside of the invitation to admonish \u2026 the disciplinary act of condemnation \u2026 placing under dependence \u2026 banishment \u2026 reconciliation \u2026 debarment \u2026 probation \u2026 being sent back to the beginning \u2026 penance \u2026 reinstatement \u2026 restoration \u2026 removal \u2026 ordination \u2026 an act with a motion \u2026 an act with a motion and one announcement \u2026 an act with a motion and three announcements \u2026 laying down what was not previously laid down \u2026 amending what was laid down \u2026 the settling of a disciplinary matter by the following methods: face-to-face \u2026 through recollection \u2026 because of past insanity \u2026 acting according to what has been admitted \u2026 majority decision \u2026 further penalty \u2026  covering over as if with grass. What two? For the well-being and comfort of the Sa\u1e45gha \u2026 For keeping difficult individuals in check and for the comfort of good-hearted mendicants \u2026 For restraining defilements that affect this life and protecting against defilements that affect lives to come \u2026 For restraining threats to this life and protecting against threats to lives to come \u2026 For restraining faults that affect this life and protecting against faults that affect lives to come \u2026 For restraining hazards that affect this life and protecting against hazards that affect lives to come \u2026 For restraining unskillful qualities that affect this life and protecting against unskillful qualities that affect lives to come \u2026 Out of sympathy for laypeople and for breaking up factions of mendicants with corrupt wishes \u2026 For inspiring confidence in those without it, and increasing confidence in those who have it \u2026 For the continuation of the true teaching and the support of the training. These are the two reasons why the Realized One laid down the settlement of a disciplinary matter by covering over with grass for his disciples.\u201d","title":"281\u2013309","tradition":"Anguttara Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":340}