Early Monastic Buddhism v1.c19.s3: Bars to Admission
Early Monastic Buddhism v1.c19.s3
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Bars to Admission
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Persons belonging to non-Buddhist religious orders could only be admitted into the Saṅgha after they had gone through a probationary period (*parivāsa*) of four months and behaved themselves properly during the period.¹ Exceptions however were made, in the case of the Jaṭilas and the Sākyas, the former being believers in the effects of past deeds (*kammavādino kiriyavādino*) and the latter being kinsmen of the Teacher.²
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¹ *Mahāvagga*, i, 38. 1.
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² *Ibid.*, i, 38. 11.
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Persons suffering from any of the five diseases, viz., leprosy (*kuṭṭhaṃ*), boils (*gaṇḍo*), dry leprosy (*kilāso*), consumption (*soso*), and fits (*apamāro*) were debarred from admission into the Saṅgha. Other persons who were excluded from admission into the Saṅgha were (a) *rājabhaṭo* (men in royal service), *dhajabaddho coro* (declared thieves), *kārābhedako coro* (jail-breaker), *likhitako coro*, (proclaimed robber), *kasāhaṭo kaṭadaṇḍakammo* (scourged offender), *lakkhaṇāhaṭo* (branded thief), *iṇāyiko* (debtor), *dāso* (slave), a matricide, a patricide, an arhantacide, one who has violated a nun, one who has caused a schism, one who has shed Buddha’s blood, a eunuch, a hermophrodite, an animal in human form, one whose hand or feet or both have been severed and one who has furtively joined the Saṅgha.³
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³ *Ibid.*, i, 61. 1 to i, 71. 1.
Linked texts (1)
- Mahāvagga — Pāli