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1“Venerables, these seven principles for the settling of legal issues come up for recitation.

2For the settling and resolving of legal issues whenever they arise there is:

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Resolution face-to-face to be applied;

Resolution through recollection to be granted;

Resolution because of past insanity to be granted;

Acting according to what has been admitted;

Majority decision;

Further penalty;

Covering over as if with grass.

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3Venerables, the seven principles for the settling of legal issues have been recited. In regard to this I ask you, ‘Are you pure in this?’ A second time I ask, ‘Are you pure in this?’ A third time I ask, ‘Are you pure in this?’ You are pure in this and therefore silent. I’ll remember it thus.”

4The seven principles for the settling of legal issues are finished.

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5“Venerables, the introduction has been recited; the four rules on expulsion have been recited; the thirteen rules on suspension have been recited; the two undetermined rules have been recited; the thirty rules on relinquishment and confession have been recited; the ninety-two rules on confession have been recited; the four rules on acknowledgment have been recited; the rules to be trained in have been recited; the seven principles for the settling of legal issues have been recited. This much has come down and is included in the Monastic Code of the Buddha and comes up for recitation every half-month. In regard to this everyone should train in unity, in concord, without dispute.”

6The Great Analysis is finished.

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1p_2V_2093Ime kho panāyasmanto satta adhika­ra­ṇa­sama­thā dhammā uddesaṁ āgacchanti.

2p_2V_2094, msdiv655Uppan­nup­pan­nā­naṁ adhikaraṇānaṁ samathāya vūpasamāya:

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Sammukhāvinayo dātabbo,

Sativinayo dātabbo,

Amūḷhavinayo dātabbo,

Paṭiññāya kāretabbaṁ,

Yebhuyyasikā,

Tassapāpiyasikā,

Tiṇavatthārakoti.

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3p_2V_2095Uddiṭṭhā kho, āyasmanto, satta adhika­ra­ṇa­sama­thā dhammā. Tatthāyasmante pucchāmi—“Kaccittha parisuddhā"? Dutiyampi pucchāmi—“Kaccittha parisuddhā"? Tatiyampi pucchāmi—“Kaccittha parisuddhā"? Pari­sud­dhet­thā­yasmanto, tasmā tuṇhī, evametaṁ dhārayāmīti.

4Adhikaraṇasamathā niṭṭhitā.

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5Uddiṭṭhaṁ kho, āyasmanto, nidānaṁ; uddiṭṭhā cattāro pārājikā dhammā; uddiṭṭhā terasa saṅghādisesā dhammā; uddiṭṭhā dve aniyatā dhammā; uddiṭṭhā tiṁsa nissaggiyā pācittiyā dhammā; uddiṭṭhā dvenavuti pācittiyā dhammā; uddiṭṭhā cattāro pāṭidesanīyā dhammā; uddiṭṭhā sekhiyā dhammā; uddiṭṭhā satta adhikaraṇasamathā dhammā. Ettakaṁ tassa bhagavato suttāgataṁ suttapariyāpannaṁ anvaddhamāsaṁ uddesaṁ āgacchati. Tattha sabbeheva samaggehi sammodamānehi avivadamānehi sikkhitabbanti.

6Mahāvibhaṅgo Niṭṭhito