Theravāda Collection on Monastic Law Theravāda Vinaya
The Great Analysis Mahāvibhaṅga
The chapter on offenses entailing acknowledgment Pāṭidesanīyakaṇḍa

The second training rule on acknowledgment 2. Dutiyapāṭidesanīyasikkhāpada

Origin story

At one time the Buddha was staying at Rājagaha in the Bamboo Grove, the squirrel sanctuary. Tena samayena buddho bhagavā rājagahe viharati veḷuvane kalandakanivāpe. At that time, when families invited monks to meals, Tena kho pana samayena bhikkhū kulesu nimantitā bhuñjanti. the nuns from the group of six were directing people toward the monks from the group of six, saying, Chabbaggiyā bhikkhuniyo chabbaggiyānaṁ bhikkhūnaṁ vosāsantiyo ṭhitā honti—“Give curry here; give rice there.” “idha sūpaṁ detha, idha odanaṁ dethā”ti. The monks from the group of six ate as much as they wanted, Chabbaggiyā bhikkhū yāvadatthaṁ bhuñjanti. but not so the other monks. Aññe bhikkhū na cittarūpaṁ bhuñjanti.

The monks of few desires complained and criticized them, Ye te bhikkhū appicchā …pe… te ujjhāyanti khiyyanti vipācenti—“How could the monks from the group of six not restrain the nuns from giving directions?” … “kathañhi nāma chabbaggiyā bhikkhū bhikkhuniyo vosāsantiyo na nivāressantī”ti …pe… “Is it true, monks, that you didn’t do this?” “saccaṁ kira tumhe, bhikkhave, bhikkhuniyo vosāsantiyo na nivārethā”ti?

“It’s true, sir.” “Saccaṁ, bhagavā”ti.

The Buddha rebuked them … Vigarahi buddho bhagavā …pe… “Foolish men, how could you not do this? kathañhi nāma tumhe, moghapurisā, bhikkhuniyo vosāsantiyo na nivāressatha. This will affect people’s confidence …” … Netaṁ, moghapurisā, appasannānaṁ vā pasādāya …pe… “And, monks, this training rule should be recited like this: evañca pana, bhikkhave, imaṁ sikkhāpadaṁ uddiseyyātha—

Final ruling

‘When monks eat by invitation to families, if a nun is there giving directions, saying, “Give bean curry here; give rice there,” then those monks should stop her: “Stop, Sister, while the monks are eating.” If not even a single monk addresses that nun in this way to stop her, they must acknowledge it: “Bhikkhū paneva kulesu nimantitā bhuñjanti, tatra ce sā bhikkhunī vosāsamānarūpā ṭhitā hoti—‘idha sūpaṁ detha, idha odanaṁ dethā’ti, tehi bhikkhūhi sā bhikkhunī apasādetabbā— ‘apasakka tāva, bhagini, yāva bhikkhū bhuñjantī’ti. Ekassa cepi bhikkhuno na paṭibhāseyya taṁ bhikkhuniṁ apasādetuṁ— ‘apasakka tāva, bhagini, yāva bhikkhū bhuñjantī’ti paṭidesetabbaṁ tehi bhikkhūhi—“We have done a blameworthy and unsuitable thing which is to be acknowledged. We acknowledge it.”’” ‘gārayhaṁ, āvuso, dhammaṁ āpajjimhā asappāyaṁ pāṭidesanīyaṁ, taṁ paṭidesemā’”ti.

Definitions

When monks eat by invitation to families: Bhikkhū paneva kulesu nimantitā bhuñjantīti: a family: there are four kinds of families: the aristocratic family, the brahmin family, the merchant family, the worker family. kulaṁ nāma cattāri kulāni— khattiyakulaṁ, brāhmaṇakulaṁ, vessakulaṁ, suddakulaṁ.
Eat by invitation: Nimantitā bhuñjantīti: eat any of the five cooked foods by invitation. pañcannaṁ bhojanānaṁ aññatarena bhojanena nimantitā bhuñjanti.
A nun: Bhikkhunī nāma: she has been given the full ordination by both Sanghas. ubhatosaṅghe upasampannā.
Giving directions: Vosāsantī nāma: saying, “Give bean curry here; give rice there,” according to friendship, according to companionship, according to who one is devoted to, according to being a co-student, according to being a co-pupil—this is called “giving directions”. yathāmittatā yathāsandiṭṭhatā yathāsambhattatā yathāsamānupajjhāyakatā yathāsamānācariyakatā— “idha sūpaṁ detha, idha odanaṁ dethā”ti. Esā vosāsantī nāma.
Those monks: Tehi bhikkhūhīti: the monks who are eating. bhuñjamānehi bhikkhūhi.
Her: Sā bhikkhunīti: the nun who is giving directions. yā sā vosāsantī bhikkhunī.
Those monks should stop her: ‘Stop, Sister, while the monks are eating’: Tehi bhikkhūhi sā bhikkhunī apasādetabbā— “apasakka tāva, bhagini, yāva bhikkhū bhuñjantī”ti.: if she is not stopped by even one monk, and a monk then receives food with the intention of eating it, he commits an offense of wrong conduct. Ekassa cepi bhikkhuno anapasādito— “khādissāmi bhuñjissāmī”ti paṭiggaṇhāti, āpatti dukkaṭassa. For every mouthful swallowed, he commits an offense entailing acknowledgment. Ajjhohāre ajjhohāre āpatti pāṭidesanīyassa.

Permutations

If she is fully ordained, and he perceives her as such, and he does not restrain her from giving directions, he commits an offense entailing acknowledgment. Upasampannāya upasampannasaññī vosāsantiyā na nivāreti, āpatti pāṭidesanīyassa. If she is fully ordained, but he is unsure of it, and he does not restrain her from giving directions, he commits an offense entailing acknowledgment. Upasampannāya vematiko vosāsantiyā na nivāreti, āpatti pāṭidesanīyassa. If she is fully ordained, but he does not perceive her as such, and he does not restrain her from giving directions, he commits an offense entailing acknowledgment. Upasampannāya anupasampannasaññī vosāsantiyā na nivāreti, āpatti pāṭidesanīyassa.

If he does not restrain a nun who is fully ordained only on one side from giving directions, he commits an offense of wrong conduct. Ekatoupasampannāya vosāsantiyā na nivāreti, āpatti dukkaṭassa. If the person is not fully ordained, but he perceives them as such, he commits an offense of wrong conduct. Anupasampannāya upasampannasaññī, āpatti dukkaṭassa. If the person is not fully ordained, but he is unsure of it, he commits an offense of wrong conduct. Anupasampannāya vematiko, āpatti dukkaṭassa. If the person is not fully ordained, and he does not perceive them as such, there is no offense. Anupasampannāya anupasampannasaññī, anāpatti.

Non-offenses

There is no offense: Anāpatti—if a nun does not give it herself, but gets someone else to give her own food; attano bhattaṁ dāpeti na deti, if a nun does not get someone else to give it, but she gives someone else’s food herself; aññesaṁ bhattaṁ deti na dāpeti, if a nun gets someone else to give what has not yet been given; yaṁ na dinnaṁ taṁ dāpeti, if a nun gets someone else to give to someone who has not yet received anything; yattha na dinnaṁ tattha dāpeti, if a nun gets someone else to give equally to all; sabbesaṁ samakaṁ dāpeti, if a trainee nun is giving directions; sikkhamānā vosāsati, if a novice nun is giving directions; sāmaṇerī vosāsati, if it is anything apart from the five kinds of cooked food; pañca bhojanāni ṭhapetvā sabbattha, anāpatti, if he is insane; ummattakassa, if he is the first offender. ādikammikassāti.

The second training rule on acknowledgment is finished. Dutiyapāṭidesanīyasikkhāpadaṁ niṭṭhitaṁ.

English Translation

Pāli Text

Theravāda Collection on Monastic Law
The Great Analysis
The chapter on offenses entailing acknowledgment

The second training rule on acknowledgment

Origin story

At one time the Buddha was staying at Rājagaha in the Bamboo Grove, the squirrel sanctuary. At that time, when families invited monks to meals, the nuns from the group of six were directing people toward the monks from the group of six, saying, “Give curry here; give rice there.” The monks from the group of six ate as much as they wanted, but not so the other monks.

The monks of few desires complained and criticized them, “How could the monks from the group of six not restrain the nuns from giving directions?” … “Is it true, monks, that you didn’t do this?”

“It’s true, sir.”

The Buddha rebuked them … “Foolish men, how could you not do this? This will affect people’s confidence …” … “And, monks, this training rule should be recited like this:

Final ruling

Definitions

When monks eat by invitation to families:: a family: there are four kinds of families: the aristocratic family, the brahmin family, the merchant family, the worker family.
Eat by invitation:: eat any of the five cooked foods by invitation.
A nun:: she has been given the full ordination by both Sanghas.
Giving directions:: saying, “Give bean curry here; give rice there,” according to friendship, according to companionship, according to who one is devoted to, according to being a co-student, according to being a co-pupil—this is called “giving directions”.
Those monks:: the monks who are eating.
Her:: the nun who is giving directions.
Those monks should stop her: ‘Stop, Sister, while the monks are eating’:: if she is not stopped by even one monk, and a monk then receives food with the intention of eating it, he commits an offense of wrong conduct. For every mouthful swallowed, he commits an offense entailing acknowledgment.

Permutations

If she is fully ordained, and he perceives her as such, and he does not restrain her from giving directions, he commits an offense entailing acknowledgment. If she is fully ordained, but he is unsure of it, and he does not restrain her from giving directions, he commits an offense entailing acknowledgment. If she is fully ordained, but he does not perceive her as such, and he does not restrain her from giving directions, he commits an offense entailing acknowledgment.

If he does not restrain a nun who is fully ordained only on one side from giving directions, he commits an offense of wrong conduct. If the person is not fully ordained, but he perceives them as such, he commits an offense of wrong conduct. If the person is not fully ordained, but he is unsure of it, he commits an offense of wrong conduct. If the person is not fully ordained, and he does not perceive them as such, there is no offense.

Non-offenses

There is no offense: if a nun does not give it herself, but gets someone else to give her own food; if a nun does not get someone else to give it, but she gives someone else’s food herself; if a nun gets someone else to give what has not yet been given; if a nun gets someone else to give to someone who has not yet received anything; if a nun gets someone else to give equally to all; if a trainee nun is giving directions; if a novice nun is giving directions; if it is anything apart from the five kinds of cooked food; if he is insane; if he is the first offender.

The second training rule on acknowledgment is finished.

Theravāda Vinaya
Mahāvibhaṅga
Pāṭidesanīyakaṇḍa

2. Dutiyapāṭidesanīyasikkhāpada

Tena samayena buddho bhagavā rājagahe viharati veḷuvane kalandakanivāpe. Tena kho pana samayena bhikkhū kulesu nimantitā bhuñjanti. Chabbaggiyā bhikkhuniyo chabbaggiyānaṁ bhikkhūnaṁ vosāsantiyo ṭhitā honti—“idha sūpaṁ detha, idha odanaṁ dethā”ti. Chabbaggiyā bhikkhū yāvadatthaṁ bhuñjanti. Aññe bhikkhū na cittarūpaṁ bhuñjanti.

Ye te bhikkhū appicchā …pe… te ujjhāyanti khiyyanti vipācenti—“kathañhi nāma chabbaggiyā bhikkhū bhikkhuniyo vosāsantiyo na nivāressantī”ti …pe… “saccaṁ kira tumhe, bhikkhave, bhikkhuniyo vosāsantiyo na nivārethā”ti?

“Saccaṁ, bhagavā”ti.

Vigarahi buddho bhagavā …pe… kathañhi nāma tumhe, moghapurisā, bhikkhuniyo vosāsantiyo na nivāressatha. Netaṁ, moghapurisā, appasannānaṁ vā pasādāya …pe… evañca pana, bhikkhave, imaṁ sikkhāpadaṁ uddiseyyātha—

“Bhikkhū paneva kulesu nimantitā bhuñjanti, tatra ce sā bhikkhunī vosāsamānarūpā ṭhitā hoti—‘idha sūpaṁ detha, idha odanaṁ dethā’ti, tehi bhikkhūhi sā bhikkhunī apasādetabbā— ‘apasakka tāva, bhagini, yāva bhikkhū bhuñjantī’ti. Ekassa cepi bhikkhuno na paṭibhāseyya taṁ bhikkhuniṁ apasādetuṁ— ‘apasakka tāva, bhagini, yāva bhikkhū bhuñjantī’ti paṭidesetabbaṁ tehi bhikkhūhi—‘gārayhaṁ, āvuso, dhammaṁ āpajjimhā asappāyaṁ pāṭidesanīyaṁ, taṁ paṭidesemā’”ti.

Bhikkhū paneva kulesu nimantitā bhuñjantīti: kulaṁ nāma cattāri kulāni— khattiyakulaṁ, brāhmaṇakulaṁ, vessakulaṁ, suddakulaṁ.
Nimantitā bhuñjantīti: pañcannaṁ bhojanānaṁ aññatarena bhojanena nimantitā bhuñjanti.
Bhikkhunī nāma: ubhatosaṅghe upasampannā.
Vosāsantī nāma: yathāmittatā yathāsandiṭṭhatā yathāsambhattatā yathāsamānupajjhāyakatā yathāsamānācariyakatā— “idha sūpaṁ detha, idha odanaṁ dethā”ti. Esā vosāsantī nāma.
Tehi bhikkhūhīti: bhuñjamānehi bhikkhūhi.
Sā bhikkhunīti: yā sā vosāsantī bhikkhunī.
Tehi bhikkhūhi sā bhikkhunī apasādetabbā— “apasakka tāva, bhagini, yāva bhikkhū bhuñjantī”ti.: Ekassa cepi bhikkhuno anapasādito— “khādissāmi bhuñjissāmī”ti paṭiggaṇhāti, āpatti dukkaṭassa. Ajjhohāre ajjhohāre āpatti pāṭidesanīyassa.

Upasampannāya upasampannasaññī vosāsantiyā na nivāreti, āpatti pāṭidesanīyassa. Upasampannāya vematiko vosāsantiyā na nivāreti, āpatti pāṭidesanīyassa. Upasampannāya anupasampannasaññī vosāsantiyā na nivāreti, āpatti pāṭidesanīyassa.

Ekatoupasampannāya vosāsantiyā na nivāreti, āpatti dukkaṭassa. Anupasampannāya upasampannasaññī, āpatti dukkaṭassa. Anupasampannāya vematiko, āpatti dukkaṭassa. Anupasampannāya anupasampannasaññī, anāpatti.

Anāpatti—attano bhattaṁ dāpeti na deti, aññesaṁ bhattaṁ deti na dāpeti, yaṁ na dinnaṁ taṁ dāpeti, yattha na dinnaṁ tattha dāpeti, sabbesaṁ samakaṁ dāpeti, sikkhamānā vosāsati, sāmaṇerī vosāsati, pañca bhojanāni ṭhapetvā sabbattha, anāpatti, ummattakassa, ādikammikassāti.

Dutiyapāṭidesanīyasikkhāpadaṁ niṭṭhitaṁ.

Theravāda Collection on Monastic Law Theravāda Vinaya
The Great Analysis Mahāvibhaṅga
The chapter on offenses entailing acknowledgment Pāṭidesanīyakaṇḍa

The second training rule on acknowledgment 2. Dutiyapāṭidesanīyasikkhāpada

Origin story

“It’s true, sir.” “Saccaṁ, bhagavā”ti.

Final ruling

Definitions

When monks eat by invitation to families: Bhikkhū paneva kulesu nimantitā bhuñjantīti: a family: there are four kinds of families: the aristocratic family, the brahmin family, the merchant family, the worker family. kulaṁ nāma cattāri kulāni— khattiyakulaṁ, brāhmaṇakulaṁ, vessakulaṁ, suddakulaṁ.
Eat by invitation: Nimantitā bhuñjantīti: eat any of the five cooked foods by invitation. pañcannaṁ bhojanānaṁ aññatarena bhojanena nimantitā bhuñjanti.
A nun: Bhikkhunī nāma: she has been given the full ordination by both Sanghas. ubhatosaṅghe upasampannā.
Giving directions: Vosāsantī nāma: saying, “Give bean curry here; give rice there,” according to friendship, according to companionship, according to who one is devoted to, according to being a co-student, according to being a co-pupil—this is called “giving directions”. yathāmittatā yathāsandiṭṭhatā yathāsambhattatā yathāsamānupajjhāyakatā yathāsamānācariyakatā— “idha sūpaṁ detha, idha odanaṁ dethā”ti. Esā vosāsantī nāma.
Those monks: Tehi bhikkhūhīti: the monks who are eating. bhuñjamānehi bhikkhūhi.
Her: Sā bhikkhunīti: the nun who is giving directions. yā sā vosāsantī bhikkhunī.
Those monks should stop her: ‘Stop, Sister, while the monks are eating’: Tehi bhikkhūhi sā bhikkhunī apasādetabbā— “apasakka tāva, bhagini, yāva bhikkhū bhuñjantī”ti.: if she is not stopped by even one monk, and a monk then receives food with the intention of eating it, he commits an offense of wrong conduct. Ekassa cepi bhikkhuno anapasādito— “khādissāmi bhuñjissāmī”ti paṭiggaṇhāti, āpatti dukkaṭassa. For every mouthful swallowed, he commits an offense entailing acknowledgment. Ajjhohāre ajjhohāre āpatti pāṭidesanīyassa.

Permutations

Non-offenses

The second training rule on acknowledgment is finished. Dutiyapāṭidesanīyasikkhāpadaṁ niṭṭhitaṁ.