Theravāda Vinaya — Bhikkhunivibhaṅga — Pācittiyakaṇḍa
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Theravāda Vinaya
Theravāda Collection on Monastic Law
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Bhikkhunivibhaṅga
The Nuns’ Analysis
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Pācittiyakaṇḍa
The chapter on offenses entailing confession
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Tuvaṭṭavagga
The subchapter on lying down
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38. Tiroraṭṭhasikkhāpada
38. Wandering outside the country
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Tena samayena buddho bhagavā sāvatthiyaṁ viharati jetavane anāthapiṇḍikassa ārāme.
At one time the Buddha was staying at Sāvatthī in the Jeta Grove, Anāthapiṇḍika’s Monastery.
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Tena kho pana samayena bhikkhuniyo tiroraṭṭhe sāsaṅkasammate sappaṭibhaye asatthikā cārikaṁ caranti.
At that time the nuns went wandering without a group of travelers where it was considered risky and dangerous outside their own country.
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Dhuttā dūsenti.
Scoundrels raped them.
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Yā tā bhikkhuniyo appicchā …pe… tā ujjhāyanti khiyyanti vipācenti—
The nuns of few desires complained and criticized them,
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“kathañhi nāma bhikkhuniyo tiroraṭṭhe sāsaṅkasammate sappaṭibhaye asatthikā cārikaṁ carissantī”ti …pe…
“How can nuns go wandering without a group of travelers where it’s considered risky and dangerous outside their own country?” …
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“saccaṁ kira, bhikkhave, bhikkhuniyo tiroraṭṭhe sāsaṅkasammate sappaṭibhaye asatthikā cārikaṁ carantī”ti?
“Is it true, monks, that nuns do this?”
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“Saccaṁ, bhagavā”ti.
“It’s true, sir.”
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Vigarahi buddho bhagavā …pe…
The Buddha rebuked them …
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kathañhi nāma, bhikkhave, bhikkhuniyo tiroraṭṭhe sāsaṅkasammate sappaṭibhaye asatthikā cārikaṁ carissanti.
“How can nuns do this?
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Netaṁ, bhikkhave, appasannānaṁ vā pasādāya …pe…
This will affect people’s confidence …” …
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evañca pana, bhikkhave, bhikkhuniyo imaṁ sikkhāpadaṁ uddisantu—
“And, monks, the nuns should recite this training rule like this:
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“Yā pana bhikkhunī tiroraṭṭhe sāsaṅkasammate sappaṭibhaye asatthikā cārikaṁ careyya, pācittiyan”ti.
‘If a nun goes wandering without a group of travelers where it is considered risky and dangerous outside her own country, she commits an offense entailing confession.’”
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Yā panāti
A:
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yā yādisā …pe…
whoever …
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bhikkhunīti
Nun:
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…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.
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Tiroraṭṭheti
Outside her own country:
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yassa vijite viharati, taṁ ṭhapetvā aññassa raṭṭhe.
in any country apart from the one where she is living.
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Sāsaṅkaṁ nāma
Risky:
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tasmiṁ magge corānaṁ niviṭṭhokāso dissati, bhuttokāso dissati, ṭhitokāso dissati, nisinnokāso dissati, nipannokāso dissati.
a place has been seen along that road where criminals are camping, eating, standing, sitting, or lying down.
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Sappaṭibhayaṁ nāma
Dangerous:
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tasmiṁ magge corehi manussā hatā dissanti, viluttā dissanti, ākoṭitā dissanti.
criminals have been seen along that road, injuring, robbing, or beating people.
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Asatthikā nāma
Without a group of travelers:
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vinā satthena.
in the absence of a group of travelers.
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Cārikaṁ careyyāti
Goes wandering:
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kukkuṭasampāte 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.
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Agāmake araññe addhayojane addhayojane āpatti pācittiyassa.
When it is an uninhabited area, a wilderness, then for every six kilometers she commits an offense entailing confession.
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Anāpatti—
There is no offense:
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satthena saha gacchati,
if she travels with a group;
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kheme appaṭibhaye gacchati,
if she travels where it is safe and free from danger;
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āpadāsu,
if there is an emergency;
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ummattikāya,
if she is insane;
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ādikammikāyāti.
if she is the first offender.
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Aṭṭhamasikkhāpadaṁ niṭṭhitaṁ.
The eighth training rule is finished.
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