- 0.1Theravāda VinayaTheravāda Collection on Monastic Law
- 0.2BhikkhunivibhaṅgaThe Nuns’ Analysis
- 0.3PācittiyakaṇḍaThe chapter on offenses entailing confession
- 0.4CittāgāravaggaThe subchapter on galleries
0.547. ĀvasathacīvarasikkhāpadaNot relinquishing a communal robe
1.0Origin story
1.1Tena samayena buddho bhagavā sāvatthiyaṁ viharati jetavane anāthapiṇḍikassa ārāme.At one time the Buddha was staying at Sāvatthī in the Jeta Grove, Anāthapiṇḍika’s Monastery.1.2Tena kho pana samayena thullanandā bhikkhunī āvasathacīvaraṁ anissajjitvā paribhuñjati.At that time the nun Thullanandā did not relinquish the communal robe, but continued using it.1.3Aññā utuniyo bhikkhuniyo na labhanti.Other menstruating nuns did not get to use it.
1.4Yā tā bhikkhuniyo appicchā …pe… tā ujjhāyanti khiyyanti vipācenti—The nuns of few desires complained and criticized her,1.5“kathañhi nāma ayyā thullanandā āvasathacīvaraṁ anissajjitvā paribhuñjissatī”ti …pe…“How could Venerable Thullanandā not relinquish the communal robe, but continue using it?” …1.6“saccaṁ kira, bhikkhave, thullanandā bhikkhunī āvasathacīvaraṁ anissajjitvā paribhuñjatī”ti?“Is it true, monks, that the nun Thullanandā did this?”
1.7“Saccaṁ, bhagavā”ti.“It’s true, sir.”
1.8Vigarahi buddho bhagavā …pe…The Buddha rebuked her …1.9kathañhi nāma, bhikkhave, thullanandā bhikkhunī āvasathacīvaraṁ anissajjitvā paribhuñjissati.“How could the nun Thullanandā do this?1.10Netaṁ, bhikkhave, appasannānaṁ vā pasādāya …pe…This will affect people’s confidence …” …1.11evañca pana, bhikkhave, bhikkhuniyo imaṁ sikkhāpadaṁ uddisantu—“And, monks, the nuns should recite this training rule like this:
1.12.0Final ruling
1.12.1“Yā pana bhikkhunī āvasathacīvaraṁ anissajjitvā paribhuñjeyya, pācittiyan”ti.‘If a nun does not relinquish a communal robe, but continues to use it, she commits an offense entailing confession.’”1
2.1.0Definitions
- 2.1.1Yā 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.
- 2.1.5Āvasathacīvaraṁ nāmaA communal robe:
- 2.1.6“utuniyo bhikkhuniyo paribhuñjantū”ti dinnaṁ hoti.it is given specifically for the use of menstruating nuns.
- 2.1.7Anissajjitvā paribhuñjeyyātiDoes not relinquish, but continues to use it:
- 2.1.8dvetisso rattiyo paribhuñjitvā catutthadivase dhovitvā bhikkhuniyā vā sikkhamānāya vā sāmaṇeriyā vā anissajjitvā paribhuñjati, āpatti pācittiyassa.if she uses it for two or three days, washes it on the fourth day, and then uses it again without relinquishing it to a nun or a trainee nun or a novice nun, she commits an offense entailing confession.
2.2.0Permutations
2.2.1Anissajjite anissajjitasaññā paribhuñjati, āpatti pācittiyassa.If it has not been relinquished, and she perceives that it has not, and she uses it, she commits an offense entailing confession.2.2.2Anissajjite vematikā paribhuñjati, āpatti pācittiyassa.If it has not been relinquished, but she is unsure of it, and she uses it, she commits an offense entailing confession.2.2.3Anissajjite nissajjitasaññā paribhuñjati, āpatti pācittiyassa.If it has not been relinquished, but she perceives that it has, and she uses it, she commits an offense entailing confession.
2.2.4Nissajjite anissajjitasaññā, āpatti dukkaṭassa.If it has been relinquished, but she perceives that it has not, she commits an offense of wrong conduct.2.2.5Nissajjite vematikā, āpatti dukkaṭassa.If it has been relinquished, but she is unsure of it, she commits an offense of wrong conduct.2.2.6Nissajjite nissajjitasaññā anāpatti.If it has been relinquished, and she perceives that it has, there is no offense.
2.3.0Non-offenses
2.3.1Anāpatti—There is no offense:2.3.2nissajjitvā paribhuñjati,if she relinquishes it and then uses it; 2.3.3puna pariyāyena paribhuñjati,if she uses it again at the next turn; 2.3.4aññā utuniyo bhikkhuniyo na honti,if there are no other menstruating nuns; 2.3.5acchinnacīvarikāya,if her robe has been stolen; 2.3.6naṭṭhacīvarikāya,if her robe has been lost; 2.3.7āpadāsu,if there is an emergency; 2.3.8ummattikāya,if she is insane; 2.3.9ādikammikāyāti.if she is the first offender.
2.3.10Sattamasikkhāpadaṁ niṭṭhitaṁ.The seventh training rule is finished.