- 0.1Theravāda VinayaTheravāda Collection on Monastic Law
- 0.2BhikkhunivibhaṅgaThe Nuns’ Analysis
- 0.3PācittiyakaṇḍaThe chapter on offenses entailing confession
- 0.4ĀrāmavaggaThe subchapter on monasteries
0.558. OvādasikkhāpadaNot going to the instruction
1.0Origin story
1.1Tena samayena buddho bhagavā sakkesu viharati kapilavatthusmiṁ nigrodhārāme.At one time when the Buddha was staying in the Sakyan country in the Banyan Tree Monastery at Kapilavatthu,1.2Tena kho pana samayena chabbaggiyā bhikkhū bhikkhunupassayaṁ upasaṅkamitvā chabbaggiyā bhikkhuniyo ovadanti.the monks from the group of six went to the nunnery to instruct the nuns from the group of six.1.3Bhikkhuniyo chabbaggiyā bhikkhuniyo etadavocuṁ—Soon afterwards other nuns said to those nuns,1.4“ethāyye, ovādaṁ gamissāmā”ti.“Come, venerables, let’s go to the instruction.”
1.5“Yampi mayaṁ, ayye, gaccheyyāma ovādassa kāraṇā, ayyā chabbaggiyā idheva āgantvā amhe ovadantī”ti.“There’s no need. The monks from the group of six came and instructed us right here.”
1.6Yā tā bhikkhuniyo appicchā …pe… tā ujjhāyanti khiyyanti vipācenti—The nuns of few desires complained and criticized them,1.7“kathañhi nāma chabbaggiyā bhikkhuniyo ovādaṁ na gacchissantī”ti …pe…“How could the nuns from the group of six not go to the instruction?” …1.8“saccaṁ kira, bhikkhave, chabbaggiyā bhikkhuniyo ovādaṁ na gacchantī”ti?“Is it true, monks, that those nuns didn’t do this?”
1.9“Saccaṁ, bhagavā”ti.“It’s true, sir.”
1.10Vigarahi buddho bhagavā …pe…The Buddha rebuked them …1.11PTS 4.315kathañhi nāma, bhikkhave, chabbaggiyā bhikkhuniyo ovādaṁ na gacchissanti.“How could the nuns from the group of six not 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 ovādāya vā saṁvāsāya vā na gaccheyya, pācittiyan”ti.‘If a nun does not go to the instruction or to a formal meeting of the community, she commits an offense entailing confession.’”
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.
- 2.1.5Ovādo nāmaThe instruction:
- 2.1.6aṭṭha garudhammā.the eight important principles.
- 2.1.7Saṁvāso nāmaThe community:
- 2.1.8ekakammaṁ ekuddeso samasikkhatā.joint legal procedures, a joint recitation, the same training.12.1.9Ovādāya vā saṁvāsāya vā na gacchissāmīti dhuraṁ nikkhittamatte āpatti pācittiyassa.If she thinks, “I won’t go to the instruction or to formal meetings of the community,” then by the mere fact of abandoning her duty, she commits an offense entailing confession.
2.2.0Non-offenses
2.2.1Anāpatti—There is no offense:2.2.2sati antarāye,if there is an obstacle; 2.2.3pariyesitvā dutiyikaṁ bhikkhuniṁ na labhati,if she searches for a companion nun, but does not find one; 2.2.4gilānāya,if she is sick; 2.2.5āpadāsu,if there is an emergency; 2.2.6ummattikāya,if she is insane; 2.2.7ādikammikāyāti.if she is the first offender.
2.2.8Aṭṭhamasikkhāpadaṁ niṭṭhitaṁ.The eighth training rule is finished.