འདལ་བ་གཞ notes.1.123
The Chapter on Going Forth; The Chapter on the Restoration Rite; The Chapter on Lifting Restrictions; The Chapter on the Rains; The Chapter on Medicines notes.1.123
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notes.1.123
123. A reference to the five types of offenses a monk may incur (defeats, saṅgha remnant, transgressions, confessable offenses, and misdeeds), each of which must be expunged in its own way. Defeats cannot be expunged. Saṅgha remnants are expunged through confession to the community followed by a period of probation and penance. Transgressions are of two types, those requiring forfeiture and simple transgressions. Transgressions requiring forfeiture are expunged through communal confession and the forfeiting of the object that caused the offense. Simple transgressions are expunged through participation in the community’s restoration. Confessable offenses are expunged through personal confession while misdeeds are expunged through resolving to refrain from them in the future (see Dudjom, 1999). According to Kalyāṇamitra, slight mental misdeeds must be reined in; transgressions, and confessable offenses should be confessed; while saṅgha remnants and transgressions requiring forfeiture must be formally excused (Kalyāṇamitra, folio 244.a.4–7).