“Mendicants, there are these five drawbacks of placing faith in an individual. What five? The individual to whom an individual is devoted falls into an offense such that the Saṅgha suspends them. It occurs to them:
‘This individual dear and beloved to me has been suspended by the Saṅgha.’ They lose much of their faith in mendicants. So they don’t frequent other mendicants, they don’t hear the true teaching,
PL
‘yo kho myāyaṁ puggalo piyo manāpo so saṅghena ukkhitto’ti. Bhikkhūsu appasādabahulo hoti. Bhikkhūsu appasādabahulo samāno aññe bhikkhū na bhajati. Aññe bhikkhū abhajanto saddhammaṁ na suṇāti.
EN
and they fall away from the true teaching. This is the first drawback in placing faith in an individual. Furthermore, the individual to whom an individual is devoted falls into an offense such that the Saṅgha makes them sit at the end of the line. …
‘yo kho myāyaṁ puggalo piyo manāpo so saṅghena ante nisīdāpito’ti. Bhikkhūsu appasādabahulo hoti. Bhikkhūsu appasādabahulo samāno aññe bhikkhū na bhajati. Aññe bhikkhū abhajanto saddhammaṁ na suṇāti.
EN
This is the second drawback in placing faith in an individual. Furthermore, the individual to whom an individual is devoted leaves for another region … disrobes … passes away. It occurs to them:
‘This individual dear and beloved to me has passed away.’ So they don’t frequent other mendicants, they don’t hear the true teaching, and they fall away from the true teaching.
PL
‘yo kho myāyaṁ puggalo piyo manāpo so kālaṅkato’ti. Aññe bhikkhū na bhajati. Aññe bhikkhū abhajanto saddhammaṁ na suṇāti. Saddhammaṁ asuṇanto saddhammā parihāyati.
EN
This is the fifth drawback in placing faith in an individual. These are the five drawbacks of placing faith in an individual.”
“Mendicants, there are these five drawbacks of placing faith in an individual. What five? The individual to whom an individual is devoted falls into an offense such that the Saṅgha suspends them. It occurs to them:
‘This individual dear and beloved to me has been suspended by the Saṅgha.’ They lose much of their faith in mendicants. So they don’t frequent other mendicants, they don’t hear the true teaching,
PL
‘yo kho myāyaṁ puggalo piyo manāpo so saṅghena ukkhitto’ti. Bhikkhūsu appasādabahulo hoti. Bhikkhūsu appasādabahulo samāno aññe bhikkhū na bhajati. Aññe bhikkhū abhajanto saddhammaṁ na suṇāti.
EN
and they fall away from the true teaching. This is the first drawback in placing faith in an individual. Furthermore, the individual to whom an individual is devoted falls into an offense such that the Saṅgha makes them sit at the end of the line. …
‘yo kho myāyaṁ puggalo piyo manāpo so saṅghena ante nisīdāpito’ti. Bhikkhūsu appasādabahulo hoti. Bhikkhūsu appasādabahulo samāno aññe bhikkhū na bhajati. Aññe bhikkhū abhajanto saddhammaṁ na suṇāti.
EN
This is the second drawback in placing faith in an individual. Furthermore, the individual to whom an individual is devoted leaves for another region … disrobes … passes away. It occurs to them:
‘This individual dear and beloved to me has passed away.’ So they don’t frequent other mendicants, they don’t hear the true teaching, and they fall away from the true teaching.
PL
‘yo kho myāyaṁ puggalo piyo manāpo so kālaṅkato’ti. Aññe bhikkhū na bhajati. Aññe bhikkhū abhajanto saddhammaṁ na suṇāti. Saddhammaṁ asuṇanto saddhammā parihāyati.
EN
This is the fifth drawback in placing faith in an individual. These are the five drawbacks of placing faith in an individual.”
Sutraya