- Theravāda Collection on Monastic Law Theravāda Vinaya
- The Nuns’ Analysis Bhikkhunivibhaṅga
- The chapter on offenses entailing confession Pācittiyakaṇḍa
- The subchapter on lying down Tuvaṭṭavagga
The training rule on during the rainy season 39. Antovassasikkhāpada
Origin story
At one time when the Buddha was staying at Rājagaha in the Bamboo Grove, the squirrel sanctuary, Tena samayena buddho bhagavā rājagahe viharati veḷuvane kalandakanivāpe. the nuns went wandering during the rainy season. Tena kho pana samayena bhikkhuniyo antovassaṁ cārikaṁ caranti. People complained and criticized them, Manussā ujjhāyanti khiyyanti vipācenti—“How can the nuns go wandering during the rainy season? They are trampling down the green grass, harming one-sensed life, and destroying many small beings.” “kathañhi nāma bhikkhuniyo antovassaṁ cārikaṁ carissanti haritāni tiṇāni ca sammaddantā, ekindriyaṁ jīvaṁ viheṭhentā, bahū khuddake pāṇe saṅghātaṁ āpādentā”ti.
The nuns heard the complaints of those people, Assosuṁ kho bhikkhuniyo tesaṁ manussānaṁ ujjhāyantānaṁ khiyyantānaṁ vipācentānaṁ. and the nuns of few desires complained and criticized them, Yā tā bhikkhuniyo appicchā …pe… tā ujjhāyanti khiyyanti vipācenti—“How can nuns go wandering during the rainy season?” … “kathañhi nāma bhikkhuniyo antovassaṁ cārikaṁ carissantī”ti …pe… “Is it true, monks, that nuns do this?” “saccaṁ kira, bhikkhave, bhikkhuniyo antovassaṁ cārikaṁ carantī”ti?
“It’s true, Sir.” “Saccaṁ, bhagavā”ti.
The Buddha rebuked them … Vigarahi buddho bhagavā …pe… “How can nuns do this? kathañhi nāma, bhikkhave, bhikkhuniyo antovassaṁ cārikaṁ carissanti. This will affect people’s confidence …” … Netaṁ, bhikkhave, appasannānaṁ vā pasādāya …pe… “And, monks, the nuns should recite this training rule like this: evañca pana, bhikkhave, bhikkhuniyo imaṁ sikkhāpadaṁ uddisantu—
Final ruling
‘If a nun goes wandering during the rainy season, she commits an offense entailing confession.’” “Yā pana bhikkhunī antovassaṁ cārikaṁ careyya, pācittiyan”ti.
Definitions
- A: Yā panāti
- whoever … yā yādisā …pe…
- Nun: 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. …pe… ayaṁ imasmiṁ atthe adhippetā bhikkhunīti.
- During the rainy season: Antovassanti
- not having stayed put for the first three or the last three months of the rainy season. purimaṁ vā temāsaṁ pacchimaṁ vā temāsaṁ avasitvā.
- Goes wandering: Cārikaṁ careyyāti
- when the villages are a chicken’s flight apart, then for every next village she commits an offense entailing confession. kukkuṭasampāte gāme gāmantare gāmantare āpatti pācittiyassa. When it is an uninhabited area, a wilderness, then for every six kilometers she commits an offense entailing confession. Agāmake araññe addhayojane addhayojane āpatti pācittiyassa.
Non-offenses
There is no offense: Anāpatti—if she goes on seven-day business; sattāhakaraṇīyena gacchati, if she goes because something is disturbing her; kenaci ubbāḷhā gacchati, if there is an emergency; āpadāsu, if she is insane; ummattikāya, if she is the first offender. ādikammikāyāti.
The ninth training rule is finished. Navamasikkhāpadaṁ niṭṭhitaṁ.