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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Ārāmavagga
The subchapter on monasteries
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56. Abhikkhukāvāsasikkhāpada
56. Spending the rainy season apart from monks
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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 sambahulā bhikkhuniyo gāmakāvāse vassaṁvuṭṭhā sāvatthiṁ agamaṁsu.
At that time a number of nuns who had completed the rainy-season residence in a village monastery went to Sāvatthī.
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Bhikkhuniyo tā bhikkhuniyo etadavocuṁ—
The nuns there asked them,
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“katthāyyāyo vassaṁvuṭṭhā?
“Venerables, where did you spend the rains residence?
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Kacci ovādo iddho ahosī”ti?
We hope the instruction was effective?”
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“Natthayye, tattha bhikkhū;
“There were no monks there.
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kuto ovādo iddho bhavissatī”ti.
So how could the instruction be effective?”
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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 abhikkhuke āvāse vassaṁ vasissantī”ti …pe…
“How could nuns spend the rains residence in a monastery without monks?” …
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“saccaṁ kira, bhikkhave, bhikkhuniyo abhikkhuke āvāse vassaṁ vasantī”ti?
“Is it true, monks, that 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, bhikkhuniyo abhikkhuke āvāse vassaṁ vasissanti.
“How could 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 abhikkhuke āvāse vassaṁ vaseyya, pācittiyan”ti.
‘If a nun spends the rainy-season residence in a monastery without monks, 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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Abhikkhuko nāma āvāso
A monastery without monks:
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na sakkā hoti ovādāya vā saṁvāsāya vā gantuṁ.
she is not able to go to the instruction or to a formal meeting of the community.
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“Vassaṁ vasissāmī”ti senāsanaṁ paññapeti pānīyaṁ paribhojanīyaṁ upaṭṭhapeti pariveṇaṁ sammajjati, āpatti dukkaṭassa.
If she thinks, “I’ll stay here for the rainy-season residence,” and she prepares a dwelling, sets out water for drinking and water for washing, and sweeps the yard, she commits an offense of wrong conduct.
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Saha aruṇuggamanā āpatti pācittiyassa.
At dawn, she commits an offense entailing confession.
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Anāpatti—
There is no offense:
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vassupagatā bhikkhū pakkantā vā honti vibbhantā vā kālaṅkatā vā pakkhasaṅkantā vā,
if the monks who entered the rainy-season residence there depart or disrobe or die or join another religion or sect;
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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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Chaṭṭhasikkhāpadaṁ niṭṭhitaṁ.
The sixth training rule is finished.
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