The numerical method (PLI-TV-PVR7)

11. The section on elevens

“There are eleven kinds of people who should not be ordained, and if they have been ordained, they should be expelled. —³⁴¹

There are eleven kinds of unallowable shoes. —³⁴²

There are eleven kinds of unallowable almsbowls. —³⁴³

There are eleven kinds of unallowable robes. —³⁴⁴

There are eleven ‘after the third’. —³⁴⁵

The nuns should be asked about the eleven obstacles. —³⁴⁶

There are eleven kinds of robes that should be determined. —³⁴⁷

There are eleven kinds of robes that should not be assigned to another. —³⁴⁸

Becoming subject to relinquishment at dawn on the eleventh day. —³⁴⁹

There are eleven kinds of allowable toggles. —³⁵⁰

There are eleven kinds of allowable buckles. —³⁵¹

There are eleven kinds of unallowable earth. —³⁵²

There are eleven kinds of allowable earth. —³⁵³

There are eleven reasons why formal support comes to an end. —³⁵⁴

There are eleven kinds of people a monk should not pay respect to. —³⁵⁵

There are eleven rules on ‘at the most’. —³⁵⁶

They asked for eleven favors. —³⁵⁷

There are eleven kinds of flaws in monastery zones. —³⁵⁸

There are eleven dangers to be expected for people who abuse and revile.³⁵⁹

There are eleven benefits to be expected for one who practices the liberation of mind through love, who develops, cultivates, and makes it a vehicle and basis, who keeps it up, accumulates, and properly implements it:³⁶⁰

(1) you sleep well, (2) you wake up rested, and (3) you have no nightmares; (4) you are loved by humans and (5) spirits; (6) you are protected by the gods; (7) you cannot be harmed by fire, poison, or weapons; (8) your mind is quickly stilled; (9) your face is serene; (10) you die unconfused; and (11) if you do not go any further, you are reborn in the world of the supreme beings.”

The section on elevens is finished.

This is the summary:

“Should be expelled, and shoes,

And almsbowls, and robes;

Thirds, and should be asked about,

Determination, assigning to another.

Dawn, toggles, buckles,

And unallowable, allowable;

Formal support, and should not pay respect to,

‘At the most’, and favors;

And flaws in monastery zones, abuse,

With love—the elevens are done.”

The numerical method is finished.

This is the summary:

“The ones, and the twos,

And the threes, fours, and fives;

And the sixes, sevens, eights, and nines,

The tens, and the elevens.

For the welfare of all beings,

By the Unwavering One who knows the Teaching;

The stainless numerical method,

Was taught by the Great Hero.”

The numerical method is finished.