San Lo Bi Vb Pc 122Dismissing a Companion
Pāli / Sanskrit:Dutiyikauyyojana
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Explanation of the Sutta: Sending Away a Fellow Practitioner
Background
The Dutiyikauyyojana Sutta appears in the Vinaya Piṭaka of the Theravāda Buddhist tradition, specifically in the Pācittiya section, the very subtle Pātimokkha. These are disciplinary rules for monks maintaining the discipline of the monastic community.
This sutta addresses a specific situation: a monk or practitioner has conduct that is not in accordance with the rules of the Sangha, or violates fundamental principles. When a monk “sends away” or “dismisses” that person from the community of practice, this is not an arbitrary act, but the result of a strict disciplinary procedure clearly prescribed in the Pātimokkha.
The historical context concerns specific situations in the earliest period of Buddhism, when the Buddha’s disciples needed to maintain the purity of the Sangha rules and protect the Dharma from negative influences.
Main Content
The Dutiyikauyyojana Sutta deals with the manner of jointly administering discipline or separating a member from the monastic community. The word “Dutiyika” means “second time” or “repeated,” indicating that this is a decision or admonition connected with a second violation.
According to the Vinaya, sending a person away from the Sangha must follow strict conditions: there must be the witness of the community, the announcement must be repeated three times, and the person disciplined must be given the opportunity to amend himself. This ensures that the act is not an arbitrary punishment but a collective procedure grounded in the Dharma (Dhamma).
Conduct that may lead to “being sent away” includes violations of rules involving mental impurity, such as lying, greed, and hatred, or repeated offenses despite previous admonition. However, the specific content of this sutta has not yet been fully translated, but according to the general context of the Vinaya, this procedure aims to protect the purity of the Sangha rules and create an opportunity to instruct the offender.
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