Samathavāra

Parivāra

The Compendium

Bhikkhuvibhaṅga

The Monks’ Analysis

Dutiyabhāga

Part two

1.5 Samathavāra

How each offense is settled

Methunaṁ dhammaṁ paṭisevanapaccayā āpattiyo sattannaṁ samathānaṁ katihi samathehi sammanti?

When it comes to the offenses that are a result of having sexual intercourse, through how many of the seven principles for settling legal issues are they settled?

Methunaṁ dhammaṁ paṭisevanapaccayā āpattiyo sattannaṁ samathānaṁ tīhi samathehi sammanti—

Through three of them:

siyā sammukhāvinayena ca paṭiññātakaraṇena ca;

they may be settled by resolution face-to-face and by acting according to what has been admitted;

siyā sammukhāvinayena ca tiṇavatthārakena ca …pe….

or they may be settled by resolution face-to-face and by covering over as if with grass. …

Anādariyaṁ paṭicca udake uccāraṁ vā passāvaṁ vā kheḷaṁ vā karaṇapaccayā āpatti sattannaṁ samathānaṁ katihi samathehi sammati?

When it comes to the offense that is a result of, out of disrespect, defecating, urinating, or spitting in water, through how many of the seven principles for settling legal issues is it settled?

Anādariyaṁ paṭicca udake uccāraṁ vā passāvaṁ vā kheḷaṁ vā karaṇapaccayā āpatti sattannaṁ samathānaṁ tīhi samathehi sammati—

Through three of them:

siyā sammukhāvinayena ca paṭiññātakaraṇena ca, siyā sammukhāvinayena ca tiṇavatthārakena cāti.

it may be settled by resolution face-to-face and by acting according to what has been admitted; or it may be settled by resolution face-to-face and by covering over as if with grass.

Samathavāro niṭṭhito sattamo.

How each offense is settled, the seventh, is finished.