Lzh Mg Bu Pm As 5Further Penalty
Pāli / Sanskrit:Tassapāpiyasikā
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Commentary on the Tassapāpiyasikā Sutta (The Further, More Severe Penalty)
Background
The Tassapāpiyasikā is found within the Vinayapiṭaka, specifically in the section on disciplinary rules and penalties governing the monastic community. These are regulations set forth by the Blessed One for the purpose of maintaining ethical conduct and order within the community of renunciants, with the aim of protecting both the integrity of the monastics and the honor of the Dharma.
In the early period of the Buddha's Teaching, when the monastic community had not yet established clear regulations, many problems arose from misconduct. The Blessed One continually revised and refined the Vinaya in response to specific situations. This text records one of the more severe penalties, applied when a transgression has exceeded the nature of an ordinary offense.
Principal Content
Tassapāpiyasikā (from "tassa" — of that, "pāpiya" — more grave offense, "sika" — continuing) refers to those cases in which misconduct constitutes not merely a violation of a single precept, but also entails consequences of a more serious nature. The text sets out specific circumstances in which monastics who have committed offenses must undergo a penalty exceeding that of the ordinary Pātimokkha.
The regulations in this text pertain not only to physical actions but also encompass offenses related to intention (cetanā) and the character of the act. If a monastic deliberately commits a transgression, or if the misconduct exerts a harmful influence upon the community of practitioners, the penalty is increased accordingly. This may include the loss of the right to participate in communal assemblies, exclusion from the study of the Dharma, or the requirement to perform acts of expiation over an extended period.
The text emphasizes that the Vinaya is not intended as arbitrary punishment, but rather as a means of education. Its ultimate aim is to help the monastic recognize his own fault, abandon unwholesome conduct, and return to the path of pure practice.
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