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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Chattupāhanavagga
The subchapter on sunshades and sandals
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86. Saṅghāṇisikkhāpada
86. Wearing a hip ornament
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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 aññatarā bhikkhunī aññatarissā itthiyā kulūpikā hoti.
there was a nun was associating with the family of a certain woman.
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Atha kho sā itthī taṁ bhikkhuniṁ etadavoca—
That woman said to that nun,
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“handāyye, imaṁ saṅghāṇiṁ amukāya nāma itthiyā dehī”ti.
“Venerable, please give this hip ornament to such-and-such a woman.”
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Atha kho sā bhikkhunī—
The nun thought,
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“sacāhaṁ pattena ādāya gacchāmi vissaro me bhavissatī”ti paṭimuñcitvā agamāsi.
“If I carry it in my almsbowl, I’ll get into trouble,” and so she put it on and then left.
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Tassā rathikāya suttake chinne vippakiriyiṁsu.
While she was walking along a street the threads snapped and were scattered all over.
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Manussā ujjhāyanti khiyyanti vipācenti—
People complained and criticized her,
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“kathañhi nāma bhikkhuniyo saṅghāṇiṁ dhāressanti, seyyathāpi gihiniyo kāmabhoginiyo”ti.
“How can nuns wear hip ornaments? 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—
The nuns of few desires complained and criticized her,
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“kathañhi nāma bhikkhunī saṅghāṇiṁ dhāressatī”ti …pe…
“How could a nun wear a hip ornament?” …
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“saccaṁ kira, bhikkhave, bhikkhunī saṅghāṇiṁ dhāretī”ti?
“Is it true, monks, that a nun did this?”
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“Saccaṁ, bhagavā”ti.
“It’s true, sir.”
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Vigarahi buddho bhagavā …pe…
The Buddha rebuked her …
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kathañhi nāma, bhikkhave, bhikkhunī saṅghāṇiṁ dhāressati.
“How could a nun 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 saṅghāṇiṁ dhāreyya, pācittiyan”ti.
‘If a nun wears a hip ornament, 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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Saṅghāṇi nāma
A hip ornament:
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yā kāci kaṭūpagā.
whatever goes on the hip.
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Dhāreyyāti
Wears:
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sakimpi dhāreti, āpatti pācittiyassa.
if she wears it even once, she commits an offense entailing confession.
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Anāpatti—
There is no offense:
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ābādhappaccayā,
if she wears it because she is sick;
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kaṭisuttakaṁ dhāreti,
if she wears a girdle;
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ummattikāya,
if she is insane;
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ādikammikāyāti.
if she is the first offender.
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Tatiyasikkhāpadaṁ niṭṭhitaṁ.
The third training rule is finished.
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