Theravāda Collection on Monastic Law Theravāda Vinaya
The Great Analysis Mahāvibhaṅga
The chapter on offenses entailing confession Pācittiyakaṇḍa
The subchapter on containing living beings Sappāṇakavagga

67. The training rule on arrangements 67. Saṁvidhānasikkhāpada

Origin story

At one time when the Buddha was staying at Sāvatthī in Anāthapiṇḍika’s Monastery, Tena samayena buddho bhagavā sāvatthiyaṁ viharati jetavane anāthapiṇḍikassa ārāme. a monk who was traveling through the Kosalan country on his way to Sāvatthī walked through the gateway of a certain village. Tena kho pana samayena aññataro bhikkhu kosalesu janapade sāvatthiṁ gacchanto aññatarena gāmadvārena atikkamati. A woman who had had an argument with her husband walked through the same gateway. When she saw that monk, she asked him, Aññatarā itthī sāmikena saha bhaṇḍitvā gāmato nikkhamitvā taṁ bhikkhuṁ passitvā etadavoca—“Venerable, where are you going?” “kahaṁ, bhante, ayyo gamissatī”ti?

“I’m going to Sāvatthī.” “Sāvatthiṁ kho ahaṁ, bhagini, gamissāmī”ti.

“May I go with you?” “Ahaṁ ayyena saddhiṁ gamissāmī”ti.

“Sure.” “Eyyāsi, bhaginī”ti.

Soon afterwards that woman’s husband also left that village. He asked around, Atha kho tassā itthiyā sāmiko gāmato nikkhamitvā manusse pucchi—“Have you seen such-and-such a woman?” “apāyyo, evarūpiṁ itthiṁ passeyyāthā”ti?

“She’s walking along with a monastic.” “Esāyyo, pabbajitena saha gacchatī”ti.

He then followed after them, caught that monk, and gave him a beating. Atha kho so puriso anubandhitvā taṁ bhikkhuṁ gahetvā ākoṭetvā muñci. The monk sat down fuming at the foot of a tree. Atha kho so bhikkhu aññatarasmiṁ rukkhamūle padhūpento nisīdi. And the woman said to her husband, Atha kho sā itthī taṁ purisaṁ etadavoca—“This monk didn’t make me go; “nāyyo, so bhikkhu maṁ nippātesi; I was the one who went with him. api ca ahameva tena bhikkhunā saddhiṁ gacchāmi; He’s innocent. akārako so bhikkhu; Go and ask his forgiveness.” gaccha, naṁ khamāpehī”ti. And he did so. Atha kho so puriso taṁ bhikkhuṁ khamāpesi.

That monk then went to Sāvatthī where he told the monks what had happened. Atha kho so bhikkhu sāvatthiṁ gantvā bhikkhūnaṁ etamatthaṁ ārocesi. The monks of few desires complained and criticized him, Ye te bhikkhū appicchā …pe… te ujjhāyanti khiyyanti vipācenti—“How could a monk travel by arrangement with a woman?” … “kathañhi nāma bhikkhu mātugāmena saddhiṁ saṁvidhāya ekaddhānamaggaṁ paṭipajjissatī”ti …pe… “Is it true, monk, that you did this?” “saccaṁ kira tvaṁ, bhikkhu, mātugāmena saddhiṁ saṁvidhāya ekaddhānamaggaṁ paṭipajjasī”ti?

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

The Buddha rebuked him … Vigarahi buddho bhagavā …pe… “Foolish man, how could do this? kathañhi nāma tvaṁ, moghapurisa, mātugāmena saddhiṁ saṁvidhāya ekaddhānamaggaṁ paṭipajjissasi. This will affect people’s confidence …” … Netaṁ, moghapurisa, appasannānaṁ vā pasādāya …pe… “And, monks, this training rule should be recited like this: evañca pana, bhikkhave, imaṁ sikkhāpadaṁ, uddiseyyātha—

Final ruling

‘If a monk travels by arrangement with a woman, even just to the next inhabited area, he commits an offense entailing confession.’” “Yo pana bhikkhu mātugāmena saddhiṁ saṁvidhāya ekaddhānamaggaṁ paṭipajjeyya, antamaso gāmantarampi, pācittiyan”ti.

Definitions

A: Yo panāti: whoever … yo yādiso …pe…
Monk: 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. …pe… ayaṁ imasmiṁ atthe adhippeto bhikkhūti.
A woman: Mātugāmo nāma: a female human being, not a female spirit, not a female ghost, not a female animal. She understands and is capable of discerning bad speech and good speech, what is indecent and what is decent. manussitthī, na yakkhī na petī na tiracchānagatā viññū paṭibalā subhāsitadubbhāsitaṁ duṭṭhullāduṭṭhullaṁ ājānituṁ.
With: Saddhinti: together. ekato.
By arrangement: Saṁvidhāyāti—: 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. “gacchāma bhagini, gacchāmāyya, gacchāmāyya, gacchāma bhagini, ajja vā hiyyo vā pare vā gacchāmā”ti saṁvidahati, āpatti dukkaṭassa.
Even just to the next inhabited area: Antamaso gāmantarampīti: when the inhabited areas are a chicken’s flight apart, then for every next inhabited area he commits an offense entailing confession. kukkuṭasampāte gāme gāmantare gāmantare āpatti pācittiyassa. When it is an uninhabited area, a wilderness, then for every six kilometers he commits an offense entailing confession. Agāmake araññe addhayojane addhayojane āpatti pācittiyassa.

Permutations

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. Mātugāme mātugāmasaññī 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. Mātugāme vematiko 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. Mātugāme amātugāmasaññī saṁvidhāya ekaddhānamaggaṁ paṭipajjati, antamaso gāmantarampi, āpatti pācittiyassa.

If the monk makes an arrangement, but the woman does not express her agreement, he commits an offense of wrong conduct. Bhikkhu saṁvidahati mātugāmo na saṁvidahati, āpatti dukkaṭassa. If he travels by arrangement with a female spirit, with a female ghost, with a <i lang='pi' translate='no'>paṇḍaka</i>, with a female animal in the form of a woman, even just to the next inhabited area, he commits an offense of wrong conduct. Yakkhiyā vā petiyā paṇḍakena vā tiracchānagatamanussaviggahitthiyā vā saddhiṁ saṁvidhāya ekaddhānamaggaṁ paṭipajjati, antamaso gāmantarampi, āpatti dukkaṭassa.

If it is not a woman, but he perceives them as such, he commits an offense of wrong conduct. Amātugāme mātugāmasaññī, āpatti dukkaṭassa. If it is not a woman, but he is unsure of it, he commits an offense of wrong conduct. Amātugāme vematiko, āpatti dukkaṭassa. If it is not a woman, and he does not perceive them as such, there is no offense. Amātugāme amātugāmasaññī, anāpatti.

Non-offenses

There is no offense: Anāpatti—if he goes, but not by arrangement; asaṁvidahitvā gacchati, if the woman has made an arrangement, but he has not expressed his agreement; mātugāmo saṁvidahati bhikkhu na saṁvidahati, if he goes, but not according to the arrangement; visaṅketena gacchati, if there is an emergency; āpadāsu, if he is insane; ummattakassa, if he is the first offender. ādikammikassāti.

The training rule on arrangements, the seventh, is finished. Saṁvidhānasikkhāpadaṁ niṭṭhitaṁ sattamaṁ.

English Translation

Pāli Text

Theravāda Collection on Monastic Law
The Great Analysis
The chapter on offenses entailing confession
The subchapter on containing living beings

67. The training rule on arrangements

Origin story

At one time when the Buddha was staying at Sāvatthī in Anāthapiṇḍika’s Monastery, a monk who was traveling through the Kosalan country on his way to Sāvatthī walked through the gateway of a certain village. A woman who had had an argument with her husband walked through the same gateway. When she saw that monk, she asked him, “Venerable, where are you going?”

“I’m going to Sāvatthī.”

“May I go with you?”

“Sure.”

Soon afterwards that woman’s husband also left that village. He asked around, “Have you seen such-and-such a woman?”

“She’s walking along with a monastic.”

He then followed after them, caught that monk, and gave him a beating. The monk sat down fuming at the foot of a tree. And the woman said to her husband, “This monk didn’t make me go; I was the one who went with him. He’s innocent. Go and ask his forgiveness.” And he did so.

That monk then went to Sāvatthī where he told the monks what had happened. The monks of few desires complained and criticized him, “How could a monk travel by arrangement with a woman?” … “Is it true, monk, that you did this?”

“It’s true, sir.”

The Buddha rebuked him … “Foolish man, how could do this? This will affect people’s confidence …” … “And, monks, this training rule should be recited like this:

Final ruling

‘If a monk travels by arrangement with a woman, even just to the next inhabited area, he commits an offense entailing confession.’”

Definitions

A:: whoever …
Monk:: … 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.
A woman:: a female human being, not a female spirit, not a female ghost, not a female animal. She understands and is capable of discerning bad speech and good speech, what is indecent and what is decent.
With:: together.
By arrangement:: 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.
Even just to the next inhabited area:: when the inhabited areas are a chicken’s flight apart, then for every next inhabited area he commits an offense entailing confession. When it is an uninhabited area, a wilderness, then for every six kilometers he commits an offense entailing confession.

Permutations

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. 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. 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.

If the monk makes an arrangement, but the woman does not express her agreement, he commits an offense of wrong conduct. If he travels by arrangement with a female spirit, with a female ghost, with a <i lang='pi' translate='no'>paṇḍaka</i>, with a female animal in the form of a woman, even just to the next inhabited area, he commits an offense of wrong conduct.

If it is not a woman, but he perceives them as such, he commits an offense of wrong conduct. If it is not a woman, but he is unsure of it, he commits an offense of wrong conduct. If it is not a woman, and he does not perceive them as such, there is no offense.

Non-offenses

There is no offense: if he goes, but not by arrangement; if the woman has made an arrangement, but he has not expressed his agreement; if he goes, but not according to the arrangement; if there is an emergency; if he is insane; if he is the first offender.

The training rule on arrangements, the seventh, is finished.

Theravāda Vinaya
Mahāvibhaṅga
Pācittiyakaṇḍa
Sappāṇakavagga

67. Saṁvidhānasikkhāpada

Tena samayena buddho bhagavā sāvatthiyaṁ viharati jetavane anāthapiṇḍikassa ārāme. Tena kho pana samayena aññataro bhikkhu kosalesu janapade sāvatthiṁ gacchanto aññatarena gāmadvārena atikkamati. Aññatarā itthī sāmikena saha bhaṇḍitvā gāmato nikkhamitvā taṁ bhikkhuṁ passitvā etadavoca—“kahaṁ, bhante, ayyo gamissatī”ti?

“Sāvatthiṁ kho ahaṁ, bhagini, gamissāmī”ti.

“Ahaṁ ayyena saddhiṁ gamissāmī”ti.

“Eyyāsi, bhaginī”ti.

Atha kho tassā itthiyā sāmiko gāmato nikkhamitvā manusse pucchi—“apāyyo, evarūpiṁ itthiṁ passeyyāthā”ti?

“Esāyyo, pabbajitena saha gacchatī”ti.

Atha kho so puriso anubandhitvā taṁ bhikkhuṁ gahetvā ākoṭetvā muñci. Atha kho so bhikkhu aññatarasmiṁ rukkhamūle padhūpento nisīdi. Atha kho sā itthī taṁ purisaṁ etadavoca—“nāyyo, so bhikkhu maṁ nippātesi; api ca ahameva tena bhikkhunā saddhiṁ gacchāmi; akārako so bhikkhu; gaccha, naṁ khamāpehī”ti. Atha kho so puriso taṁ bhikkhuṁ khamāpesi.

Atha kho so bhikkhu sāvatthiṁ gantvā bhikkhūnaṁ etamatthaṁ ārocesi. Ye te bhikkhū appicchā …pe… te ujjhāyanti khiyyanti vipācenti—“kathañhi nāma bhikkhu mātugāmena saddhiṁ saṁvidhāya ekaddhānamaggaṁ paṭipajjissatī”ti …pe… “saccaṁ kira tvaṁ, bhikkhu, mātugāmena saddhiṁ saṁvidhāya ekaddhānamaggaṁ paṭipajjasī”ti?

“Saccaṁ, bhagavā”ti.

Vigarahi buddho bhagavā …pe… kathañhi nāma tvaṁ, moghapurisa, mātugāmena saddhiṁ saṁvidhāya ekaddhānamaggaṁ paṭipajjissasi. Netaṁ, moghapurisa, appasannānaṁ vā pasādāya …pe… evañca pana, bhikkhave, imaṁ sikkhāpadaṁ, uddiseyyātha—

“Yo pana bhikkhu mātugāmena saddhiṁ saṁvidhāya ekaddhānamaggaṁ paṭipajjeyya, antamaso gāmantarampi, pācittiyan”ti.

Yo panāti: yo yādiso …pe…
bhikkhūti: …pe… ayaṁ imasmiṁ atthe adhippeto bhikkhūti.
Mātugāmo nāma: manussitthī, na yakkhī na petī na tiracchānagatā viññū paṭibalā subhāsitadubbhāsitaṁ duṭṭhullāduṭṭhullaṁ ājānituṁ.
Saddhinti: ekato.
Saṁvidhāyāti—: “gacchāma bhagini, gacchāmāyya, gacchāmāyya, gacchāma bhagini, ajja vā hiyyo vā pare vā gacchāmā”ti saṁvidahati, āpatti dukkaṭassa.
Antamaso gāmantarampīti: kukkuṭasampāte gāme gāmantare gāmantare āpatti pācittiyassa. Agāmake araññe addhayojane addhayojane āpatti pācittiyassa.

Mātugāme mātugāmasaññī saṁvidhāya ekaddhānamaggaṁ paṭipajjati, antamaso gāmantarampi, āpatti pācittiyassa. Mātugāme vematiko saṁvidhāya ekaddhānamaggaṁ paṭipajjati, antamaso gāmantarampi, āpatti pācittiyassa. Mātugāme amātugāmasaññī saṁvidhāya ekaddhānamaggaṁ paṭipajjati, antamaso gāmantarampi, āpatti pācittiyassa.

Bhikkhu saṁvidahati mātugāmo na saṁvidahati, āpatti dukkaṭassa. Yakkhiyā vā petiyā paṇḍakena vā tiracchānagatamanussaviggahitthiyā vā saddhiṁ saṁvidhāya ekaddhānamaggaṁ paṭipajjati, antamaso gāmantarampi, āpatti dukkaṭassa.

Amātugāme mātugāmasaññī, āpatti dukkaṭassa. Amātugāme vematiko, āpatti dukkaṭassa. Amātugāme amātugāmasaññī, anāpatti.

Anāpatti—asaṁvidahitvā gacchati, mātugāmo saṁvidahati bhikkhu na saṁvidahati, visaṅketena gacchati, āpadāsu, ummattakassa, ādikammikassāti.

Saṁvidhānasikkhāpadaṁ niṭṭhitaṁ sattamaṁ.

Theravāda Collection on Monastic Law Theravāda Vinaya
The Great Analysis Mahāvibhaṅga
The chapter on offenses entailing confession Pācittiyakaṇḍa
The subchapter on containing living beings Sappāṇakavagga

67. The training rule on arrangements 67. Saṁvidhānasikkhāpada

Origin story

“I’m going to Sāvatthī.” “Sāvatthiṁ kho ahaṁ, bhagini, gamissāmī”ti.

“May I go with you?” “Ahaṁ ayyena saddhiṁ gamissāmī”ti.

“Sure.” “Eyyāsi, bhaginī”ti.

“She’s walking along with a monastic.” “Esāyyo, pabbajitena saha gacchatī”ti.

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

Final ruling

Definitions

A: Yo panāti: whoever … yo yādiso …pe…
Monk: 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. …pe… ayaṁ imasmiṁ atthe adhippeto bhikkhūti.
A woman: Mātugāmo nāma: a female human being, not a female spirit, not a female ghost, not a female animal. She understands and is capable of discerning bad speech and good speech, what is indecent and what is decent. manussitthī, na yakkhī na petī na tiracchānagatā viññū paṭibalā subhāsitadubbhāsitaṁ duṭṭhullāduṭṭhullaṁ ājānituṁ.
With: Saddhinti: together. ekato.
By arrangement: Saṁvidhāyāti—: 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. “gacchāma bhagini, gacchāmāyya, gacchāmāyya, gacchāma bhagini, ajja vā hiyyo vā pare vā gacchāmā”ti saṁvidahati, āpatti dukkaṭassa.
Even just to the next inhabited area: Antamaso gāmantarampīti: when the inhabited areas are a chicken’s flight apart, then for every next inhabited area he commits an offense entailing confession. kukkuṭasampāte gāme gāmantare gāmantare āpatti pācittiyassa. When it is an uninhabited area, a wilderness, then for every six kilometers he commits an offense entailing confession. Agāmake araññe addhayojane addhayojane āpatti pācittiyassa.

Permutations

Non-offenses

The training rule on arrangements, the seventh, is finished. Saṁvidhānasikkhāpadaṁ niṭṭhitaṁ sattamaṁ.