Controverted PointViññatti sīlanti? Theravādin:But the conduct called moral—abstaining from taking life, from stealing, from fornication, lying, and strong drink—do you affirm that these are so many modes of intimation? You do not … .Āmantā. Acts intimating minor courtesies such assalutation, rising to welcome, presenting clasped hands, acts of propriety, offering a seat, a couch, water for the feet, a towel for the feet, rubbing the back in the bath—are these morality? Yes, you say. But you would not affirm theyare the five abstinences just named. Those are moral—are these?Pāṇātipātā veramaṇīti? Acts intimating minor courtesies such asNa hevaṁ vattabbe …pe… Mahāsaṅghika, Sammitiya:But if acts of intimation are not moral, are they immoral? If not, then they are moral.adinnādānā veramaṇīti? Mahāsaṅghika, Sammitiya:Na hevaṁ vattabbe …pe… Shwe Zan Aungkāmesumicchācārā veramaṇīti? This SuttaCentral edition was prepared byManfred WierichandVen. Vimalaand proofread byJosephine Tobin. Some changes were introduced:Na hevaṁ vattabbe …pe… Manfred Wierichmusāvādā veramaṇīti? Ven. VimalaNa hevaṁ vattabbe …pe… Josephine Tobinsurāmerayamajjapamādaṭṭhānā veramaṇīti? Abbreviations, i.e., those of cited works and the participants in the controversies, were expanded.Cross-references were linked.Some typographic changes were introduced, among others, i.e.: the phonetic symbol “ŋ” was changed to the Pāli diacritical letter “ṃ”, “ô” to “o”, single quotes to double quotes, and “:—” to “:”.Letter-spacing with fixed spaces was replaced with bold font.The corrigenda were merged into the text. Some could not be resolved, though.Na hevaṁ vattabbe …pe….

Abbreviations, i.e., those of cited works and the participants in the controversies, were expanded.Abhivādanaṁ sīlaṁ, paccuṭṭhānaṁ sīlaṁ, añjalikammaṁ sīlaṁ, sāmīcikammaṁ sīlaṁ, āsanābhihāro sīlaṁ, seyyābhihāro sīlaṁ, pādodakābhihāro sīlaṁ, pādakathalikābhihāro sīlaṁ, nhāne piṭṭhiparikammaṁ sīlanti? Cross-references were linked.Āmantā. Some typographic changes were introduced, among others, i.e.: the phonetic symbol “ŋ” was changed to the Pāli diacritical letter “ṃ”, “ô” to “o”, single quotes to double quotes, and “:—” to “:”.Pāṇātipātā veramaṇīti? Letter-spacing with fixed spaces was replaced with bold font.Na hevaṁ vattabbe …pe… The corrigenda were merged into the text. Some could not be resolved, though.surāmerayamajjapamādaṭṭhānā veramaṇīti? This electronic version is published under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial 3.0 licence (CC BY-NC 3.0) as found here:http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/Na hevaṁ vattabbe …pe….

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