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The Book of the Fives
The Book of the Fives

211(1)One Who Insults

Author: Bhikkhu Bodhi @ IAPT

211(1)One Who Insults

"Bhikkhus,when a bhikkhu is one who insults and disparages his fellow monks,a reviler of the noble ones,five dangers can be expected for him.
What five?

(1)He either commits a pārajika and cuts off the outlet, Chinnaparipantlo.Mp explains that he has cut off the world-transcending outlet(lokuttaraparipanthassa chinnatta chinnapari-pantho),but possibly what is meant is that,having committed a parajika,which requires expulsion from the Sangha,he has noway to preserve his status as a bhikkhu.

or(2)commits a certain defiled offense,Annataram saṃkilittham apattim apajjati.This sometimes means that he commits a parajika or a sanghadisesa offense,but since a parajika was just mentioned,it must refer to a sanighadisesa.or(3)contracts a severe illness.(4)He dies confused. (5)With the breakup of the body,after death,he is reborn in the plane of misery,in a bad destinationi,in the lower world,in hell.

When a bhikkhu is one who insults and disparages his fellow monks,a reviler of the noble ones,these five dangers can be expected for him."