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The Chapter on Non-offence

150. "Those monks, monks, who explain what is no offence as 'an offence' - those monks, monks, are practising for the harm of many people, for the unhappiness of many people, for the harm, for the detriment, for the suffering of many people, of gods and humans. And those monks, monks, generate much demerit, and they cause this Good Teaching to disappear." The first.

151. "Those monks, monks, who explain an offence as 'no offence' - those monks, monks, are practising for the harm of many people, for the unhappiness of many people, for the harm, for the detriment, for the suffering of many people, of gods and humans. And those monks, monks, generate much demerit, and they cause this Good Teaching to disappear." The second.

152-159. "Those monks, monks, who explain a light offence as 'a heavy offence', etc. who explain a heavy offence as 'a light offence', etc. who explain a coarse offence as 'not a coarse offence', etc. who explain what is not a coarse offence as 'a coarse offence', etc. who explain a remediable offence as 'an irremediable offence', etc. who explain an irremediable offence as 'a remediable offence', etc. who explain a remediable offence as 'an irremediable offence', etc. who explain an irremediable offence as 'a remediable offence' - those monks, monks, are practising for the harm of many people, for the unhappiness of many people, for the harm, for the detriment, for the suffering of gods and humans. And those monks, monks, generate much demerit, and they cause this Good Teaching to disappear." The tenth.

160. "Those monks, monks, who explain what is no offence as 'no offence' - those monks, monks, are practising for the welfare of many people, for the happiness of many people, for the good, welfare, and happiness of many people, of gods and humans. And those monks, monks, generate much merit, and they establish this Good Teaching." The eleventh.

161. "Those monks, monks, who explain an offence as 'an offence' - those monks, monks, are practising for the welfare of many people, for the happiness of many people, for the good, welfare, and happiness of many people, of gods and humans. And those monks, monks, generate much merit, and they establish this Good Teaching." The twelfth.

162-169. "Those monks, monks, who explain a light offence as 'a light offence'... who explain a heavy offence as 'a heavy offence'... who explain a coarse offence as 'a coarse offence'... who explain what is not a coarse offence as 'not a coarse offence'... who explain a remediable offence as 'a remediable offence'... who explain an irremediable offence as 'an irremediable offence'... who explain a remediable offence as 'a remediable offence'... who explain an irremediable offence as 'an irremediable offence' - those monks, monks, are practising for the welfare of many people, for the happiness of many people, for the good, welfare, and happiness of many people, of gods and humans. And those monks, monks, generate much merit, and they establish this Good Teaching." The twentieth.

The Chapter on No Offence is the twelfth.