- 0.1Theravāda VinayaTheravāda Collection on Monastic Law
- 0.2BhikkhunivibhaṅgaThe Nuns’ Analysis
- 0.3PācittiyakaṇḍaThe chapter on offenses entailing confession
- 0.4TuvaṭṭavaggaThe subchapter on lying down
0.539. AntovassasikkhāpadaWandering during the rainy season
1.0Origin story
1.1Tena samayena buddho bhagavā rājagahe viharati veḷuvane kalandakanivāpe.At one time when the Buddha was staying at Rājagaha in the Bamboo Grove, the squirrel sanctuary,1.2Tena kho pana samayena bhikkhuniyo antovassaṁ cārikaṁ caranti.the nuns went wandering during the rainy season.1.3Manussā ujjhāyanti khiyyanti vipācenti—People complained and criticized them,1.4“kathañhi nāma bhikkhuniyo antovassaṁ cārikaṁ carissanti haritāni tiṇāni ca sammaddantā, ekindriyaṁ jīvaṁ viheṭhentā, bahū khuddake pāṇe saṅghātaṁ āpādentā”ti.“How can the nuns go wandering during the rainy season? They are trampling down the green grass, harming one-sensed life, and destroying many small beings.”
1.5Assosuṁ kho bhikkhuniyo tesaṁ manussānaṁ ujjhāyantānaṁ khiyyantānaṁ vipācentānaṁ.The nuns heard the complaints of those people,1.6Yā tā bhikkhuniyo appicchā …pe… tā ujjhāyanti khiyyanti vipācenti—and the nuns of few desires complained and criticized them,1.7“kathañhi nāma bhikkhuniyo antovassaṁ cārikaṁ carissantī”ti …pe…“How can nuns go wandering during the rainy season?” …1.8“saccaṁ kira, bhikkhave, bhikkhuniyo antovassaṁ cārikaṁ carantī”ti?“Is it true, monks, that nuns do this?”
1.9“Saccaṁ, bhagavā”ti.“It’s true, sir.”
1.10Vigarahi buddho bhagavā …pe…The Buddha rebuked them …1.11kathañhi nāma, bhikkhave, bhikkhuniyo antovassaṁ cārikaṁ carissanti.“How can nuns do this?1.12Netaṁ, bhikkhave, appasannānaṁ vā pasādāya …pe…This will affect people’s confidence …” …1.13evañca pana, bhikkhave, bhikkhuniyo imaṁ sikkhāpadaṁ uddisantu—“And, monks, the nuns should recite this training rule like this:
1.14.0Final ruling
1.14.1“Yā pana bhikkhunī antovassaṁ cārikaṁ careyya, pācittiyan”ti.‘If a nun goes wandering during the rainy season, she commits an offense entailing confession.’”
2.1.0Definitions
- 2.1.1PTS 4.297Yā panātiA:
- 2.1.2yā yādisā …pe…whoever …
- 2.1.3bhikkhunītiNun:
- 2.1.4…pe… ayaṁ imasmiṁ atthe adhippetā bhikkhunīti.… The nun who has been given the full ordination in unanimity by both Sanghas through a legal procedure consisting of one motion and three announcements that is irreversible and fit to stand—this sort of nun is meant in this case.
- 2.1.5AntovassantiDuring the rainy season:
- 2.1.6purimaṁ vā temāsaṁ pacchimaṁ vā temāsaṁ avasitvā.not having stayed put for the first three or the last three months of the rainy season.
- 2.1.7Cārikaṁ careyyātiGoes wandering:
- 2.1.8kukkuṭasampāte gāme gāmantare gāmantare āpatti pācittiyassa.when the inhabited areas are a chicken’s flight apart, then for every next inhabited area she commits an offense entailing confession.2.1.9Agāmake araññe addhayojane addhayojane āpatti pācittiyassa.When it is an uninhabited area, a wilderness, then for every six kilometers she commits an offense entailing confession.1
2.2.0Non-offenses
2.2.1Anāpatti—There is no offense:2.2.2sattāhakaraṇīyena gacchati,if she goes on seven-day business; 2.2.3kenaci ubbāḷhā gacchati,if she goes because something is disturbing her; 2.2.4āpadāsu,if there is an emergency; 2.2.5ummattikāya,if she is insane; 2.2.6ādikammikāyāti.if she is the first offender.
2.2.7Navamasikkhāpadaṁ niṭṭhitaṁ.The ninth training rule is finished.