• Numbered Discourses 8.87 Aį¹…guttara Nikāya 8.87
  • 9. Mindfulness 9. Sativagga

Turning the Bowl Upside Down Pattanikujjanasutta

ā€œMendicants, the Saį¹…gha may, if it wishes, turn the bowl upside down for a lay follower on eight grounds. ā€œAį¹­į¹­hahi, bhikkhave, aį¹…gehi samannāgatassa upāsakassa ākaį¹…khamāno saį¹…gho pattaṁ nikkujjeyya. What eight? Katamehi aį¹­į¹­hahi? They try to prevent the mendicants from getting material things. They try to harm mendicants. They try to drive mendicants from a monastery. They insult and abuse mendicants. They divide mendicants against each other. They criticize the Buddha, the teaching, and the Saį¹…gha. BhikkhÅ«naṁ alābhāya parisakkati, bhikkhÅ«naṁ anatthāya parisakkati, bhikkhÅ«naṁ avāsāya parisakkati, bhikkhÅ« akkosati paribhāsati, bhikkhÅ« bhikkhÅ«hi bhedeti, buddhassa avaṇṇaṁ bhāsati, dhammassa avaṇṇaṁ bhāsati, saį¹…ghassa avaṇṇaṁ bhāsati. The Saį¹…gha may, if it wishes, turn the bowl upside down for a lay follower on these eight grounds. Imehi kho, bhikkhave, aį¹­į¹­hahaį¹…gehi samannāgatassa upāsakassa ākaį¹…khamāno saį¹…gho pattaṁ nikkujjeyya.

The Saį¹…gha may, if it wishes, turn the bowl upright for a lay follower on eight grounds. Aį¹­į¹­hahi, bhikkhave, aį¹…gehi samannāgatassa upāsakassa ākaį¹…khamāno saį¹…gho pattaṁ ukkujjeyya. What eight? Katamehi aį¹­į¹­hahi? They don’t try to prevent the mendicants from getting material things. They don’t try to harm mendicants. They don’t try to drive mendicants from a monastery. They don’t insult and abuse mendicants. They don’t divide mendicants against each other. They don’t criticize the Buddha, the teaching, and the Saį¹…gha. Na bhikkhÅ«naṁ alābhāya parisakkati, na bhikkhÅ«naṁ anatthāya parisakkati, na bhikkhÅ«naṁ avāsāya parisakkati, na bhikkhÅ« akkosati paribhāsati, na bhikkhÅ« bhikkhÅ«hi bhedeti, buddhassa vaṇṇaṁ bhāsati, dhammassa vaṇṇaṁ bhāsati, saį¹…ghassa vaṇṇaṁ bhāsati. The Saį¹…gha may, if it wishes, turn the bowl upright for a lay follower on these eight grounds.ā€ Imehi kho, bhikkhave, aį¹­į¹­hahaį¹…gehi samannāgatassa upāsakassa ākaį¹…khamāno saį¹…gho pattaṁ ukkujjeyyÄā€ti.

Sattamaṁ.