- Theravāda VinayaTheravāda Collection on Monastic Law
- BhikkhunivibhaṅgaThe Nuns’ Analysis
- PācittiyakaṇḍaThe chapter on offenses entailing confession
- TuvaṭṭavaggaThe subchapter on lying down
39. AntovassasikkhāpadaWandering during the rainy season
Tena samayena buddho bhagavā rājagahe viharati veḷuvane kalandakanivāpe.At one time when the Buddha was staying at Rājagaha in the Bamboo Grove, the squirrel sanctuary,
Tena kho pana samayena bhikkhuniyo antovassaṁ cārikaṁ caranti.the nuns went wandering during the rainy season.
Manussā ujjhāyanti khiyyanti vipācenti—
khiyyanti → khīyanti (sya-all) | ujjhāyanti khiyyanti → (pts)People complained and criticized them,
“kathañhi nāma bhikkhuniyo antovassaṁ cārikaṁ carissanti haritāni tiṇāni ca sammaddantā, ekindriyaṁ jīvaṁ viheṭhentā, bahū khuddake pāṇe saṅghātaṁ āpādentā”ti.
ca → (bj, sya-all, pts) | saṅghātaṁ → saṅghāṭaṁ (sya-all) | antovassaṁ cārikaṁ → (pts) | tiṇāni → haritāni tiṇānica (bj: machasaṁ, sīmu2) | sammaddantā → ca maddantā AB. I have written sammaddantā; see Mahāvagga, III.1.2. (pts note)“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.”
Assosuṁ kho bhikkhuniyo tesaṁ manussānaṁ ujjhāyantānaṁ khiyyantānaṁ vipācentānaṁ.
khiyyantānaṁ → khīyantānaṁ (bj, sya-all) | ujjhāyantānaṁ khiyyantānaṁ → (pts)The nuns heard the complaints of those people,
Yā tā bhikkhuniyo appicchā …pe… tā ujjhāyanti khiyyanti vipācenti—
khiyyanti → khīyanti (bj, sya-all)and the nuns of few desires complained and criticized them,
“kathañhi nāma bhikkhuniyo antovassaṁ cārikaṁ carissantī”ti …pe…
antovassaṁ cārikaṁ → (pts)“How can nuns go wandering during the rainy season?” …
“saccaṁ kira, bhikkhave, bhikkhuniyo antovassaṁ cārikaṁ carantī”ti?
antovassaṁ cārikaṁ → (pts)“Is it true, monks, that nuns do this?”
“Saccaṁ, bhagavā”ti.“It’s true, sir.”
Vigarahi buddho bhagavā …pe…The Buddha rebuked them …
kathañhi nāma, bhikkhave, bhikkhuniyo antovassaṁ cārikaṁ carissanti.
antovassaṁ cārikaṁ → (pts)“How can nuns do this?
Netaṁ, bhikkhave, appasannānaṁ vā pasādāya …pe…This will affect people’s confidence …” …
evañca pana, bhikkhave, bhikkhuniyo imaṁ sikkhāpadaṁ uddisantu—“And, monks, the nuns should recite this training rule like this:
“Yā pana bhikkhunī antovassaṁ cārikaṁ careyya, pācittiyan”ti.‘If a nun goes wandering during the rainy season, she commits an offense entailing confession.’”
- Yā panātiA:
- yā yādisā …pe…whoever …
- bhikkhunītiNun:
- …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.
- AntovassantiDuring the rainy season:
- purimaṁ vā temāsaṁ pacchimaṁ vā temāsaṁ avasitvā.not having stayed put for the first three or the last three months of the rainy season.
- Cārikaṁ careyyātiGoes wandering:
- kukkuṭasampāte gāme gāmantare gāmantare āpatti pācittiyassa.
gāmantare gāmantare āpatti pācittiyassa → xxxvii (pts)when the inhabited areas are a chicken’s flight apart, then for every next inhabited area she commits an offense entailing confession. Agāmake araññe addhayojane addhayojane āpatti pācittiyassa.
addhayojane addhayojane → aḍḍhayojane aḍḍhayojane (sya-all) | addhayojane addhayojane āpatti → (pts)When it is an uninhabited area, a wilderness, then for every six kilometers she commits an offense entailing confession.
Anāpatti—There is no offense: sattāhakaraṇīyena gacchati,if she goes on seven-day business; kenaci ubbāḷhā gacchati,if she goes because something is disturbing her; āpadāsu,if there is an emergency; ummattikāya,if she is insane; ādikammikāyāti.if she is the first offender.
Navamasikkhāpadaṁ niṭṭhitaṁ.The ninth training rule is finished.