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54. Disrespect

Anādariya

A monk who is disrespectful when rightly corrected about a breach of the monastic code must confess the offense.

Translated by Bhikkhu Brahmali · Pāli: Mahāsaṅgīti Tipiṭaka · Public domain (CC0) via SuttaCentral

  • 0.1Theravāda VinayaTheravāda Collection on Monastic Law
  • 0.2MahāvibhaṅgaThe Great Analysis
  • 0.3PācittiyakaṇḍaThe chapter on offenses entailing confession
  • 0.4SurāpānavaggaThe subchapter on drinking alcohol

0.554. AnādariyasikkhāpadaDisrespect

1.0Origin story

1.1Tena samayena buddho bhagavā kosambiyaṁ viharati ghositārāme.At one time when the Buddha was staying at Kosambī in Ghosita’s Monastery,1.2Tena kho pana samayena āyasmā channo anācāraṁ ācarati.Venerable Channa was misbehaving.1.3Bhikkhū evamāhaṁsu—The monks would tell him,1.4“māvuso channa, evarūpaṁ akāsi.“Channa, don’t do that;1.5Netaṁ kappatī”ti.it’s not allowable,”1.6So anādariyaṁ paṭicca karotiyeva.and he just did it again out of disrespect.

1.7Ye te bhikkhū appicchā …pe… te ujjhāyanti khiyyanti vipācenti—The monks of few desires complained and criticized him,1.8“kathañhi nāma āyasmā channo anādariyaṁ karissatī”ti …pe…“How can Venerable Channa act disrespectfully?” …1.9“saccaṁ kira tvaṁ, channa, anādariyaṁ karosī”ti?“Is it true, Channa, that you do this?”

1.10“Saccaṁ, bhagavā”ti.“It’s true, sir.”

1.11Vigarahi buddho bhagavā …pe…The Buddha rebuked him …1.12kathañhi nāma tvaṁ, moghapurisa, anādariyaṁ karissasi.“Foolish man, how can you do this?1.13Netaṁ, moghapurisa, appasannānaṁ vā pasādāya …pe…This will affect people’s confidence …” …1.14evañca pana, bhikkhave, imaṁ sikkhāpadaṁ uddiseyyātha—“And, monks, this training rule should be recited like this:

1.15.0Final ruling

1.15.1“Anādariye pācittiyan”ti.‘If a monk is disrespectful, he commits an offense entailing confession.’”

2.1.0Definitions

2.1.1Anādariyaṁ nāmaDisrespectful:
2.1.2dve anādariyāni— puggalānādariyañca dhammānādariyañca.there are two kinds of disrespect: disrespect for the person and disrespect for the rule.
2.1.3Puggalānādariyaṁ nāmaDisrespect for the person:
2.1.4upasampannena paññattena vuccamāno— “ayaṁ ukkhittako vā vambhito vā garahito vā, imassa vacanaṁ akataṁ bhavissatī”ti anādariyaṁ karoti, āpatti pācittiyassa.if, when corrected by one who is fully ordained about a rule that has been laid down, he thinks, “They’ve been ejected,” “They’ve been reproved,” or “They’ve been blamed,” and then, “I won’t do what they say,” and he acts disrespectfully, then he commits an offense entailing confession.
2.1.5Dhammānādariyaṁ nāmaDisrespect for the rule:
2.1.6upasampannena paññattena vuccamāno— “kathāyaṁ nasseyya vā vinasseyya vā antaradhāyeyya vā”, taṁ vā na sikkhitukāmo anādariyaṁ karoti, āpatti pācittiyassa.if, when corrected by one who is fully ordained about a rule that has been laid down, he thinks, “What can be done so that this rule is lost?” “What can be done so that it perishes?” or “What can be done so that it disappears?” or he does not want to train in that rule, and he acts disrespectfully, then he commits an offense entailing confession.

2.2.0Permutations

2.2.1Upasampanne upasampannasaññī anādariyaṁ karoti, āpatti pācittiyassa.If the other person is fully ordained, and he perceives them as such, and he acts disrespectfully, he commits an offense entailing confession.2.2.2Upasampanne vematiko anādariyaṁ karoti, āpatti pācittiyassa.If the other person is fully ordained, but he is unsure of it, and he acts disrespectfully, he commits an offense entailing confession.2.2.3Upasampanne anupasampannasaññī anādariyaṁ karoti, āpatti pācittiyassa.If the other person is fully ordained, but he does not perceive them as such, and he acts disrespectfully, he commits an offense entailing confession.

2.2.4Apaññattena vuccamāno—If, when corrected about something that has not been laid down, he thinks,2.2.5“idaṁ na sallekhāya na dhutatthāya na pāsādikatāya na apacayāya na vīriyārambhāya saṁvattatī”ti anādariyaṁ karoti, āpatti dukkaṭassa.“This isn’t conducive to self-effacement,” “This isn’t conducive to ascetic practices,” “This isn’t conducive to being inspiring,” “This isn’t conducive to a reduction in things,” or “This isn’t conducive to being energetic,” and he acts disrespectfully, he commits an offense of wrong conduct.2.2.6Anupasampannena paññattena vā apaññattena vā vuccamāno—If, when corrected by one who is not fully ordained, whether or not it has been laid down, he thinks,2.2.7PTS 4.114“idaṁ na sallekhāya na dhutatthāya na pāsādikatāya na apacayāya na vīriyārambhāya saṁvattatī”ti anādariyaṁ karoti, āpatti dukkaṭassa.“This isn’t conducive to self-effacement,” “This isn’t conducive to ascetic practices,” “This isn’t conducive to being inspiring,” “This isn’t conducive to a reduction in things,” or “This isn’t conducive to being energetic,” and he acts disrespectfully, he commits an offense of wrong conduct.

2.2.8Anupasampanne upasampannasaññī āpatti dukkaṭassa.If the other person is not fully ordained, but he perceives them as such, he commits an offense of wrong conduct.2.2.9Anupasampanne vematiko, āpatti dukkaṭassa.If the other person is not fully ordained, but he is unsure of it, he commits an offense of wrong conduct.2.2.10Anupasampanne anupasampannasaññī, āpatti dukkaṭassa.If the other person is not fully ordained, and he does not perceive them as such, he commits an offense of wrong conduct.

2.3.0Non-offenses

2.3.1Anāpatti—There is no offense:2.3.2“evaṁ amhākaṁ ācariyānaṁ uggaho paripucchā”ti bhaṇati,if he says, “This is how we were taught and tested by our teachers;”1 2.3.3ummattakassa,if he is insane; 2.3.4ādikammikassāti.if he is the first offender.

2.3.5Anādariyasikkhāpadaṁ niṭṭhitaṁ catutthaṁ.The training rule on disrespect, the fourth, is finished.

Translator’s notes

  1. “Testing” renders paripuccha. The basic meaning of paripucchā is “to question” or “to ask”, as used for instance in Bu Pc 71. Often, however, as in the present case, it refers to a teacher questioning his student, in the sense of finding out how much the student knows. In such cases I render the word as “testing”.

    ↩ pli-tv-bu-vb-pc54:2.3.2