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ŚRĪ VYAVAHĀRA SŪTRA
4TH CHEDA SŪTRA
भिक्खू य गणाओ अवक्कम्म ओहावेज्जा, से य इच्छेज्जा दोच्चं पि तमेव गणं उवसंपज्जित्ताणं विहरित्तए, णत्थि णं तस्स केई तप्पत्तियं छेए वा परिहारे वा, णण्णत्थ एगाए सेहोवट्ठावणियाए ।
BHIKKHŪ YA GAŅĀO AVAKKAMMA OHĀVEJJĀ, SE YA ICCHEJJĀ DOCCAM PI TAMEVA GAŅAM UVASAMPAJJITTĀŅAM VIHARITTAE, WATTHI ŅAM TASSA KET TAPPATIYAM CHEE VĀ PARIHĀRE VĀ, ŅAŅŅATTHA EGĀESEHOVAȚTHĀVAŅIYĀE |
If a monk, who has quit monkhood and now wishes to rejoin the group as monk again is permitted to do so. However, there is no penance prescribed as repentance for such a situation. Hence, the person has to be given diksha again to enable him to
rejoin the group. This Sūtra describes the procedure of re-initiation or acceptance
of the monk back in the group. The author has highlighted three major reasons to why a monk gives up the restraint life, 1. He is unable to withstand the difficulties or adversities. 2. Circumstantial discomfort due to friction between monks. 3. Due
to manifestation of karmas bound, he gets attracted to worldly pleasures.
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