Early Monastic Buddhism v1.c20.s6.9

v1.c20.s6.9

*Mānatta* and *Parivāsa* are prescribed for Saṅghādisesa offences. The former is limited to six days during which period a monk is debarred from enjoying the usual privileges of the membership of a Saṅgha. The latter is of three kinds, (i) *Paṭicchanna* (ii) *Suddhanta* and (iii) *Samodhāna*. If a guilty monk conceals (paṭicchādeti) his guilt for a certain period, his period of probation extends to the number of days he had concealed it plus the six days for mānatta, while for one who has not concealed his guilt, no parivāsa is prescribed, he is to observe only mānatta. For persons who cannot remember the number of days he has concealed the offences committed by him, Suddhantaparivāsa is prescribed, the parivāsa in that case is to extend over as many days as have passed between the day of his ordination and the commencement of his parivāsa. When an offence is committed during the period of probation, the guilty person is required to go through the probation anew and the period of parivāsa already observed by him is not taken into account. This is called Samodhāna parivāsa. In both the cases, mānatta also has to be observed after the parivāsa period.