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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Cittāgāravagga
The subchapter on galleries
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41. Rājāgārasikkhāpada
41. Visiting places of pleasure
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Tena samayena buddho bhagavā sāvatthiyaṁ viharati jetavane anāthapiṇḍikassa ārāme.
At one time when the Buddha was staying at Sāvatthī in Anāthapiṇḍika’s Monastery,
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Tena kho pana samayena rañño pasenadissa kosalassa uyyāne cittāgāre paṭibhānacittaṁ kataṁ hoti.
artwork had been installed in the gallery in King Pasenadi of Kosala’s park.
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Bahū manussā cittāgāraṁ dassanāya gacchanti.
Many people visited the gallery,
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Chabbaggiyāpi bhikkhuniyo cittāgāraṁ dassanāya agamaṁsu.
as did the nuns from the group of six.
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Manussā ujjhāyanti khiyyanti vipācenti—
People complained and criticized them,
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“kathañhi nāma bhikkhuniyo cittāgāraṁ dassanāya gacchissanti, seyyathāpi gihiniyo kāmabhoginiyo”ti.
“How can nuns visit a gallery? They’re just like householders who indulge in worldly pleasures!”
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Assosuṁ kho bhikkhuniyo tesaṁ manussānaṁ ujjhāyantānaṁ khiyyantānaṁ vipācentānaṁ.
The nuns heard the complaints of those people,
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Yā tā bhikkhuniyo appicchā …pe… tā ujjhāyanti khiyyanti vipācenti—
and the nuns of few desires complained and criticized them,
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“kathañhi nāma chabbaggiyā bhikkhuniyo cittāgāraṁ dassanāya gacchissantī”ti …pe…
“How could the nuns from the group of six do this?” …
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“saccaṁ kira, bhikkhave, chabbaggiyā bhikkhuniyo cittāgāraṁ dassanāya gacchantī”ti?
“Is it true, monks, that those nuns did 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, chabbaggiyā bhikkhuniyo cittāgāraṁ dassanāya gacchissanti.
“How could the nuns from the group of six 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 rājāgāraṁ vā cittāgāraṁ vā ārāmaṁ vā uyyānaṁ vā pokkharaṇiṁ vā dassanāya gaccheyya, pācittiyan”ti.
‘If a nun visits a royal house or a gallery or a park or a garden or a lotus pond, 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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Rājāgāraṁ nāma
A royal house:
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yattha katthaci rañño kīḷituṁ ramituṁ kataṁ hoti.
wherever one has been built for a king to entertain and enjoy himself.
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Cittāgāraṁ nāma
A gallery:
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yattha katthaci manussānaṁ kīḷituṁ ramituṁ kataṁ hoti.
wherever one has been built for people to entertain and enjoy themselves.
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Ārāmo nāma
A park:
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yattha katthaci manussānaṁ kīḷituṁ ramituṁ kato hoti.
wherever one has been made for people to entertain and enjoy themselves.
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Uyyānaṁ nāma
A garden:
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yattha katthaci manussānaṁ kīḷituṁ ramituṁ kataṁ hoti.
wherever one has been made for people to entertain and enjoy themselves.
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Pokkharaṇī nāma
A lotus pond:
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yattha katthaci manussānaṁ kīḷituṁ ramituṁ katā hoti.
wherever one has been made for people to entertain and enjoy themselves.
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Dassanāya gacchati, āpatti dukkaṭassa.
If she is on her way to visit them, she commits an offense of wrong conduct.
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Yattha ṭhitā passati, āpatti pācittiyassa.
Wherever she stands to see them, she commits an offense entailing confession.
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Dassanūpacāraṁ vijahitvā punappunaṁ passati, āpatti pācittiyassa.
Every time she goes beyond the range of sight and then sees them again, she commits an offense entailing confession.
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Ekamekaṁ dassanāya gacchati, āpatti dukkaṭassa.
If she is on her way to visit any one of them, she commits an offense of wrong conduct.
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Yattha ṭhitā passati, āpatti pācittiyassa.
Wherever she stands to see it, she commits an offense entailing confession.
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Dassanūpacāraṁ vijahitvā punappunaṁ passati, āpatti pācittiyassa.
Every time she goes beyond the range of sight and then sees it again, she commits an offense entailing confession.
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Anāpatti—
There is no offense:
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ārāme ṭhitā passati,
if she sees it while remaining in a monastery;
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gacchantī vā āgacchantī vā passati,
if she sees it while coming or going;
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sati karaṇīye gantvā passati,
if she goes when there is something to be done and then sees it;
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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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Paṭhamasikkhāpadaṁ niṭṭhitaṁ.
The first training rule is finished.
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