Theravāda Vinaya — Mahāvibhaṅga — Pācittiyakaṇḍa
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Theravāda Vinaya
Theravāda Collection on Monastic Law
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Mahāvibhaṅga
The Great Analysis
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Pācittiyakaṇḍa
The chapter on offenses entailing confession
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Sappāṇakavagga
The subchapter on containing living beings
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67. Saṁvidhānasikkhāpada
67. Traveling with a woman
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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 aññataro bhikkhu kosalesu janapade sāvatthiṁ gacchanto aññatarena gāmadvārena atikkamati.
a monk who was traveling through the Kosalan country on his way to Sāvatthī walked through the gateway of a certain village.
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Aññatarā itthī sāmikena saha bhaṇḍitvā gāmato nikkhamitvā taṁ bhikkhuṁ passitvā etadavoca—
A woman who had had an argument with her husband walked through the same gateway. When she saw that monk, she asked him,
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“kahaṁ, bhante, ayyo gamissatī”ti?
“Venerable, where are you going?”
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“Sāvatthiṁ kho ahaṁ, bhagini, gamissāmī”ti.
“I’m going to Sāvatthī.”
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“Ahaṁ ayyena saddhiṁ gamissāmī”ti.
“May I go with you?”
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“Eyyāsi, bhaginī”ti.
“Sure.”
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Atha kho tassā itthiyā sāmiko gāmato nikkhamitvā manusse pucchi—
Soon afterwards that woman’s husband also left that village. He asked around,
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“apāyyo, evarūpiṁ itthiṁ passeyyāthā”ti?
“Have you seen such-and-such a woman?”
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“Esāyyo, pabbajitena saha gacchatī”ti.
“She’s walking along with a monastic.”
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Atha kho so puriso anubandhitvā taṁ bhikkhuṁ gahetvā ākoṭetvā muñci.
He then followed after them, caught that monk, and gave him a beating.
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Atha kho so bhikkhu aññatarasmiṁ rukkhamūle padhūpento nisīdi.
The monk sat down fuming at the foot of a tree.
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Atha kho sā itthī taṁ purisaṁ etadavoca—
And the woman said to her husband,
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“nāyyo, so bhikkhu maṁ nippātesi;
“This monk didn’t make me go;
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api ca ahameva tena bhikkhunā saddhiṁ gacchāmi;
I was the one who went with him.
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akārako so bhikkhu;
He’s innocent.
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gaccha, naṁ khamāpehī”ti.
Go and ask his forgiveness.”
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Atha kho so puriso taṁ bhikkhuṁ khamāpesi.
And he did so.
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Atha kho so bhikkhu sāvatthiṁ gantvā bhikkhūnaṁ etamatthaṁ ārocesi.
That monk then went to Sāvatthī where he told the monks what had happened.
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Ye te bhikkhū appicchā …pe… te ujjhāyanti khiyyanti vipācenti—
The monks of few desires complained and criticized him,
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“kathañhi nāma bhikkhu mātugāmena saddhiṁ saṁvidhāya ekaddhānamaggaṁ paṭipajjissatī”ti …pe…
“How could a monk travel by arrangement with a woman?” …
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“saccaṁ kira tvaṁ, bhikkhu, mātugāmena saddhiṁ saṁvidhāya ekaddhānamaggaṁ paṭipajjasī”ti?
“Is it true, monk, that you did this?”
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“Saccaṁ, bhagavā”ti.
“It’s true, sir.”
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Vigarahi buddho bhagavā …pe…
The Buddha rebuked him …
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kathañhi nāma tvaṁ, moghapurisa, mātugāmena saddhiṁ saṁvidhāya ekaddhānamaggaṁ paṭipajjissasi.
“Foolish man, how could do this?
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Netaṁ, moghapurisa, appasannānaṁ vā pasādāya …pe…
This will affect people’s confidence …” …
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evañca pana, bhikkhave, imaṁ sikkhāpadaṁ, uddiseyyātha—
“And, monks, this training rule should be recited like this:
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“Yo pana bhikkhu mātugāmena saddhiṁ saṁvidhāya ekaddhānamaggaṁ paṭipajjeyya, antamaso gāmantarampi, pācittiyan”ti.
‘If a monk travels by arrangement with a woman, even just to the next inhabited area, he commits an offense entailing confession.’”
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Yo panāti
A:
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yo yādiso …pe…
whoever …
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bhikkhūti
Monk:
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…pe… ayaṁ imasmiṁ atthe adhippeto bhikkhūti.
… The monk who has been given the full ordination by a unanimous Sangha through a legal procedure consisting of one motion and three announcements that is irreversible and fit to stand—this sort of monk is meant in this case.
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Mātugāmo nāma
A woman:
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manussitthī, na yakkhī na petī na tiracchānagatā viññū paṭibalā subhāsitadubbhāsitaṁ duṭṭhullāduṭṭhullaṁ ājānituṁ.
a human female, not a female spirit, not a female ghost, not a female animal. She understands and is capable of discerning good and bad speech, what is decent and what is indecent.
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Saddhinti
With:
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ekato.
together.
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Saṁvidhāyāti—
By arrangement:
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“gacchāma bhagini, gacchāmāyya, gacchāmāyya, gacchāma bhagini, ajja vā hiyyo vā pare vā gacchāmā”ti saṁvidahati, āpatti dukkaṭassa.
if he makes an arrangement like this: he says, “Let’s go,” and she replies, “Yes, let’s go, venerable;” or she says, “Let’s go, venerable,” and he replies, “Yes, let’s go;” or he says, “Let’s go today,” “Let’s go tomorrow,” or “Let’s go the day after tomorrow,” then he commits an offense of wrong conduct.
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Antamaso gāmantarampīti
Even just to the next inhabited area:
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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 he 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 he commits an offense entailing confession.
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Mātugāme mātugāmasaññī saṁvidhāya ekaddhānamaggaṁ paṭipajjati, antamaso gāmantarampi, āpatti pācittiyassa.
If it is a woman, and he perceives her as such, and he travels by arrangement with her, even just to the next inhabited area, he commits an offense entailing confession.
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Mātugāme vematiko saṁvidhāya ekaddhānamaggaṁ paṭipajjati, antamaso gāmantarampi, āpatti pācittiyassa.
If it is a woman, but he is unsure of it, and he travels by arrangement with her, even just to the next inhabited area, he commits an offense entailing confession.
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Mātugāme amātugāmasaññī saṁvidhāya ekaddhānamaggaṁ paṭipajjati, antamaso gāmantarampi, āpatti pācittiyassa.
If it is a woman, but he does not perceive her as such, and he travels by arrangement with her, even just to the next inhabited area, he commits an offense entailing confession.
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Bhikkhu saṁvidahati mātugāmo na saṁvidahati, āpatti dukkaṭassa.
If the monk makes an arrangement, but the woman does not express her agreement, he commits an offense of wrong conduct.
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Yakkhiyā vā petiyā paṇḍakena vā tiracchānagatamanussaviggahitthiyā vā saddhiṁ saṁvidhāya ekaddhānamaggaṁ paṭipajjati, antamaso gāmantarampi, āpatti dukkaṭassa.
If he travels by arrangement with a female spirit, with a female ghost, with a paṇḍaka, with a female animal in the form of a woman, even just to the next inhabited area, he commits an offense of wrong conduct.
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Amātugāme mātugāmasaññī, āpatti dukkaṭassa.
If it is not a woman, but he perceives them as such, he commits an offense of wrong conduct.
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Amātugāme vematiko, āpatti dukkaṭassa.
If it is not a woman, but he is unsure of it, he commits an offense of wrong conduct.
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Amātugāme amātugāmasaññī, anāpatti.
If it is not a woman, and he does not perceive them as such, there is no offense.
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Anāpatti—
There is no offense:
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asaṁvidahitvā gacchati,
if he goes, but not by arrangement;
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mātugāmo saṁvidahati bhikkhu na saṁvidahati,
if the woman has made an arrangement, but he has not expressed his agreement;
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visaṅketena gacchati,
if he goes, but not according to the arrangement;
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āpadāsu,
if there is an emergency;
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ummattakassa,
if he is insane;
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ādikammikassāti.
if he is the first offender.
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Saṁvidhānasikkhāpadaṁ niṭṭhitaṁ sattamaṁ.
The training rule on traveling with a woman, the seventh, is finished.
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