AN 2.15

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“Yasmiṁ, bhikkhave, adhikaraṇe āpanno ca bhikkhu codako ca bhikkhu na sādhukaṁ attanāva attānaṁ paccavekkhati tasmetaṁ, bhikkhave, adhikaraṇe pāṭikaṅkhaṁ: ‘dīghattāya kharattāya vāḷattāya saṁvattissati, bhikkhū ca na phāsuṁ viharissantī’ti. Yasmiñca kho, bhikkhave, adhikaraṇe āpanno ca bhikkhu codako ca bhikkhu sādhukaṁ attanāva attānaṁ paccavekkhati tasmetaṁ, bhikkhave, adhikaraṇe pāṭikaṅkhaṁ: ‘na dīghattāya kharattāya vāḷattāya saṁvattissati, bhikkhū ca phāsuṁ viharissantī’ti.

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“Mendicants, in a disciplinary issue, if neither the offending mendicant nor the accusing mendicant carefully checks themselves, you can expect that issue will lead to lasting acrimony and enmity, and the mendicants won’t live comfortably. But in a disciplinary issue, if both the offending mendicant and the accusing mendicant carefully check themselves, you can expect that issue won’t lead to lasting acrimony and enmity, and the mendicants will live comfortably.

Kathañca, bhikkhave, āpanno bhikkhu sādhukaṁ attanāva attānaṁ paccavekkhati? Idha, bhikkhave, āpanno bhikkhu iti paṭisañcikkhati: ‘ahaṁ kho akusalaṁ āpanno kañcideva desaṁ kāyena. Maṁ so bhikkhu addasa akusalaṁ āpajjamānaṁ kañcideva desaṁ kāyena. No ce ahaṁ akusalaṁ āpajjeyyaṁ kañcideva desaṁ kāyena, na maṁ so bhikkhu passeyya akusalaṁ āpajjamānaṁ kañcideva desaṁ kāyena. Yasmā ca kho, ahaṁ akusalaṁ āpanno kañcideva desaṁ kāyena, tasmā maṁ so bhikkhu addasa akusalaṁ āpajjamānaṁ kañcideva desaṁ kāyena. Disvā ca pana maṁ so bhikkhu akusalaṁ āpajjamānaṁ kañcideva desaṁ kāyena anattamano ahosi. Anattamano samāno anattamanavacanaṁ maṁ so bhikkhu avaca. Anattamanavacanāhaṁ tena bhikkhunā vutto samāno anattamano ahosiṁ. Anattamano samāno paresaṁ ārocesiṁ. Iti mameva tattha accayo accagamā suṅkadāyakaṁva bhaṇḍasmin’ti. Evaṁ kho, bhikkhave, āpanno bhikkhu sādhukaṁ attanāva attānaṁ paccavekkhati.

And how, mendicants, does an offending mendicant carefully check themselves? An offending mendicant reflects: ‘I have committed a certain unskillful offense with the body. That mendicant saw me do this. If I hadn’t committed that offense, they wouldn’t have seen me. But since I did commit that offense, they did see me. When they saw me, they were upset, and they voiced their unhappiness to me. Then I also got upset, so I told others. So the mistake is mine alone, like someone who owes customs duty on their goods.’ That’s how, mendicants, an offending mendicant carefully checks themselves.

Kathañca, bhikkhave, codako bhikkhu sādhukaṁ attanāva attānaṁ paccavekkhati? Idha, bhikkhave, codako bhikkhu iti paṭisañcikkhati: ‘ayaṁ kho bhikkhu akusalaṁ āpanno kañcideva desaṁ kāyena. Ahaṁ imaṁ bhikkhuṁ addasaṁ akusalaṁ āpajjamānaṁ kañcideva desaṁ kāyena. No ce ayaṁ bhikkhu akusalaṁ āpajjeyya kañcideva desaṁ kāyena, nāhaṁ imaṁ bhikkhuṁ passeyyaṁ akusalaṁ āpajjamānaṁ kañcideva desaṁ kāyena. Yasmā ca kho, ayaṁ bhikkhu akusalaṁ āpanno kañcideva desaṁ kāyena, tasmā ahaṁ imaṁ bhikkhuṁ addasaṁ akusalaṁ āpajjamānaṁ kañcideva desaṁ kāyena. Disvā ca panāhaṁ imaṁ bhikkhuṁ akusalaṁ āpajjamānaṁ kañcideva desaṁ kāyena anattamano ahosiṁ. Anattamano samāno anattamanavacanāhaṁ imaṁ bhikkhuṁ avacaṁ. Anattamanavacanāyaṁ bhikkhu mayā vutto samāno anattamano ahosi. Anattamano samāno paresaṁ ārocesi. Iti mameva tattha accayo accagamā suṅkadāyakaṁva bhaṇḍasmin’ti. Evaṁ kho, bhikkhave, codako bhikkhu sādhukaṁ attanāva attānaṁ paccavekkhati.

And how, mendicants, does an accusing mendicant carefully check themselves? An accusing mendicant reflects: ‘This mendicant has committed a certain unskillful offense with the body. I saw them do that. If they hadn’t committed that offense, I wouldn’t have seen them. But since they did commit that offense, I did see them. When I saw them, I was upset, and I voiced my unhappiness to them. Then they also got upset, so they told others. So the mistake is mine alone, like someone who owes customs duty on their goods.’ That’s how, mendicants, an accusing mendicant carefully checks themselves.

Yasmiṁ, bhikkhave, adhikaraṇe āpanno ca bhikkhu codako ca bhikkhu na sādhukaṁ attanāva attānaṁ paccavekkhati tasmetaṁ, bhikkhave, adhikaraṇe pāṭikaṅkhaṁ dīghattāya kharattāya vāḷattāya saṁvattissati, bhikkhū ca na phāsuṁ viharissantīti. Yasmiñca kho, bhikkhave, adhikaraṇe āpanno ca bhikkhu codako ca bhikkhu sādhukaṁ attanāva attānaṁ paccavekkhati tasmetaṁ, bhikkhave, adhikaraṇe pāṭikaṅkhaṁ na dīghattāya kharattāya vāḷattāya saṁvattissati, bhikkhū ca phāsuṁ viharissantī”ti.

In a disciplinary issue, if neither the offending mendicant nor the accusing mendicant carefully checks themselves, you can expect that issue will lead to lasting acrimony and enmity, and the mendicants won’t live comfortably. But in a disciplinary issue, if both the offending mendicant and the accusing mendicant carefully checks themselves, you can expect that issue won’t lead to lasting acrimony and enmity, and the mendicants will live comfortably.”