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Consecutive Repetitions on Monastic Discipline
201. "There are these two reasons, monks, dependent on which a training rule has been laid down by the Truth-finder for disciples. Which two? For the excellence of the Community, for the comfort of the Community... for the refutation of obstinate persons, for the comfortable abiding of well-behaved monks... for the restraint of mental corruptions pertaining to the present life, for the warding off of mental corruptions pertaining to the future life... for the restraint of enmity pertaining to the present life, for the warding off of enmity pertaining to the future life... for the restraint of faults pertaining to the present life, for the warding off of faults pertaining to the future life... for the restraint of fears pertaining to the present life, for the warding off of fears pertaining to the future life... for the restraint of unwholesome mental states pertaining to the present life, for the warding off of unwholesome mental states pertaining to the future life... out of compassion for laypeople, for the arrest of the faction of monks with evil desires... for the confidence of those without confidence, for the increase of those with confidence... for the duration of the Good Teaching, for the support of the monastic discipline. These, monks, are the two reasons dependent on which a training rule has been laid down by the Truth-finder for disciples."
202-230. "There are these two reasons, monks, dependent on which the principal monastic code (Pātimokkha) has been laid down by the Truth-finder for disciples... etc. the recitation of the principal monastic code (Pātimokkha) has been laid down... the suspension of the principal monastic code (Pātimokkha) has been laid down... the invitation ceremony to admonish has been laid down... the suspension of the invitation ceremony has been laid down... the legal act of censure has been laid down... the legal act of guidance has been laid down... the act of banishment has been laid down... the legal act of reconciliation has been laid down... the legal act of suspension has been laid down... the giving of probation has been laid down... the sending back to the beginning has been laid down... the giving of penance has been laid down... rehabilitation has been laid down... the involving being brought back has been laid down... the involving being sent away has been laid down... full ordination has been laid down... a legal act at which a motion is put has been laid down... a legal act at which a motion is put and is followed by one proclamation has been laid down... a legal act at which a motion is put and is followed by three proclamations has been laid down... laying down in what has not been laid down has been laid down... supplementary laying down in what has been laid down has been laid down... the verdict in the presence has been laid down... the verdict of innocence has been laid down... the verdict of past insanity has been laid down... carrying out on acknowledgement has been laid down... the decision of the majority has been laid down... the decision for specific depravity has been laid down... covering over with grass has been laid down. Which two? For the excellence of the Community, for the comfort of the Community... for the refutation of obstinate persons, for the comfortable abiding of well-behaved monks... for the restraint of mental corruptions pertaining to the present life, for the warding off of mental corruptions pertaining to the future life... for the restraint of enmity pertaining to the present life, for the warding off of enmity pertaining to the future life... for the restraint of faults pertaining to the present life, for the warding off of faults pertaining to the future life... for the restraint of fears pertaining to the present life, for the warding off of fears pertaining to the future life... for the restraint of unwholesome mental states pertaining to the present life, for the warding off of unwholesome mental states pertaining to the future life... out of compassion for laypeople, for the arrest of the faction of monks with evil desires... for the confidence of those without confidence, for the increase of those with confidence... for the duration of the Good Teaching, for the support of the monastic discipline. These, monks, are the two reasons dependent on which covering over with grass has been laid down by the Truth-finder for disciples."
The Repetition Series on Removal is concluded.