This was a sanction which was given to a person who violated the precepts of Buddhism, and there were various kinds of punishments ranging from the Tokira-zai Punishment, the lightest one to make a confession, and to the Harai-zai Punishment, the most serious one to be expelled from a religious group. これは戒律に違背した者に行われた制裁であり、最も軽いものは懺悔を求める突吉羅(ときら)罪で、最も重いのは教団追放である波羅夷(はらい)罪まで、いくつかの種類がある。 |