150 (1)
“Bhikkhus, those bhikkhus who explain what is not an offense as an offense are acting for the harm of many people, for the unhappiness of many people, for the ruin, harm, and suffering of many people, of devas and human beings. These bhikkhus generate much demerit and cause this good Dhamma to disappear.”
(151) “Bhikkhus, those bhikkhus who explain what is an offense as no offense … (152) … a light offense as a grave offense … (153) … a grave offense as a light offense … (154) … a coarse offense as not a coarse offense … (155) … an offense that is not coarse as a coarse offense … (156) … a remediable offense as an irremediable offense … [21] (157) … an irremediable offense as a remediable offense … (158) … an offense with redress as an offense without redress … (159) … an offense without redress as an offense with redress are acting for the harm of many people, for the unhappiness of many people, for the ruin, harm, and suffering of many people, of devas and human beings.66 These bhikkhus generate much demerit and cause this good Dhamma to disappear.”
160 (11)
“Bhikkhus, those bhikkhus who explain what is no offense as no offense are acting for the welfare of many people, for the happiness of many people, for the good, welfare, and happiness of many people, of devas and humans. These bhikkhus generate much merit and sustain this good Dhamma.”
161 (12)–169 (20)
(161) “Bhikkhus, those bhikkhus who explain an offense as an offense … (162) … a light offense as a light offense … (163) … a grave offense as a grave offense … (164) … a coarse offense as a coarse offense … (165) … an offense that is not coarse as not a coarse offense … (166) … a remediable offense as a remediable offense … (167) … an irremediable offense as an irremediable offense … (168) … an offense with redress as an offense with redress … (169) … an offense without redress as an offense without redress are acting for the welfare of many people, for the happiness of many people, for the good, welfare, and happiness of many people, of devas and humans. These bhikkhus generate much merit and sustain this good Dhamma.” [22]
65 Ee titles this vagga “Not an Offense, Etc.” By offense (āpatti) is meant a transgression of monastic discipline.
66 Mp: “Five classes of offenses are called light (lahuka) and two are called grave (gāruka, lit. “heavy”). Two are coarse and five are not coarse. Six classes are remediable and one is irremediable. Offenses with redress are the same as those that are remediable; the offenses without redress are the same as those that are irremediable.” The two grave classes of offenses are (1) the pārājikas, which entail permanent expulsion from the Saṅgha, and (2) the saṅghādisesas, which require formal meetings of the Saṅgha and a complex process of rehabilitation. The five light classes are thullaccaya (gross transgression), pācittiya (expiation), pātidesanīya (to be acknowledged), dukkaṭa (misdeed), and dubbhāsita (bad speech). These can be exonerated by confession to another monk. The grave offenses are also called “coarse” (duṭṭhulla); the light ones, not coarse (aduṭṭhulla). The pārājikas are “irremediable” (anavasesa) and “without redress” (appaṭikamma), because they do not allow for expiation; the other six classes are “remediable” (sāvasesa) and “with redress” (sappaṭikamma) because they can be cleared by expiation.