- Theravāda VinayaTheravāda Collection on Monastic Law
- BhikkhunivibhaṅgaThe Nuns’ Analysis
- PācittiyakaṇḍaThe chapter on offenses entailing confession
- KumāribhūtavaggaThe subchapter on unmarried women
79. SokāvāsasikkhāpadaOrdaining one who is difficult to live with
Tena samayena buddho bhagavā sāvatthiyaṁ viharati jetavane anāthapiṇḍikassa ārāme.At one time the Buddha was staying at Sāvatthī in the Jeta Grove, Anāthapiṇḍika’s Monastery.
Tena kho pana samayena thullanandā bhikkhunī purisasaṁsaṭṭhaṁ kumārakasaṁsaṭṭhaṁ caṇḍiṁ sokāvāsaṁ caṇḍakāḷiṁ sikkhamānaṁ vuṭṭhāpeti.
sokāvāsaṁ → sokavassaṁ (bj); sokāvassaṁ (sya-all) | sokāvāsaṁ caṇḍakāḷiṁ → sokavassaṁ (bj); sokāvassaṁ caṇḍakāliṁ (sya-all) | caṇḍakāḷiṁ → caṇḍakāliṁ (pts) | sikkhamānaṁ → sokavassaṁ caṇḍakāliṁ sikkhamānaṁ (bj: machasaṁ); sokāvassaṁ (bj: syā) | sokāvāsaṁ → sokavassaṁ (cck: sī.); sokāvassaṁ (cck: syā.) | sokāvāsaṁ → sokāvāsaṁ, sokāvāsā AB; sokāvasaṁ Minayeff. D: sokavassan ti saṁketaṁ katvā agacchamānā purisānaṁ anto sokaṁ pavesetīti sokavassā ...; sokaṁ āvīsati iti yaṁ āvīsati sv assā āvāso hotīti sokāvāsā. (pts note)At that time the nun Thullanandā gave the full admission to the trainee nun Caṇḍakāḷī, who was socializing with men and boys, and who was temperamental and difficult to live with.
Yā tā bhikkhuniyo appicchā …pe… tā ujjhāyanti khiyyanti vipācenti—
khiyyanti → khīyanti (bj, sya-all)The nuns of few desires complained and criticized her,
“kathañhi nāma ayyā thullanandā purisasaṁsaṭṭhaṁ kumārakasaṁsaṭṭhaṁ caṇḍiṁ sokāvāsaṁ caṇḍakāḷiṁ sikkhamānaṁ vuṭṭhāpessatī”ti …pe…
sokāvāsaṁ → sokavassaṁ (bj); sokāvassaṁ (sya-all) | sokāvāsaṁ caṇḍakāḷiṁ → sokāvassaṁ (bj); sokāvassaṁ caṇḍakāliṁ (sya-all) | sokāvāsaṁ → sokavassaṁ (cck: sī.); sokāvassaṁ (cck: syā.) | sokāvassaṁ → sokāvāsaṁ. evaṁ sabbattha ñātabbaṁ (sya-all: yu. ma.)“How could Venerable Thullanandā give the full admission to the trainee nun Caṇḍakāḷī, who is socializing with men and boys, and who is temperamental and difficult to live with?” …
“saccaṁ kira, bhikkhave, thullanandā bhikkhunī purisasaṁsaṭṭhaṁ kumārakasaṁsaṭṭhaṁ caṇḍiṁ sokāvāsaṁ caṇḍakāḷiṁ sikkhamānaṁ vuṭṭhāpetī”ti?
vuṭṭhāpetī”ti → vuṭṭhāpesīti (bj, pts1ed, mr) | sokāvāsaṁ caṇḍakāḷiṁ → sokāvassaṁ (bj); sokāvassaṁ caṇḍakāliṁ (sya-all) | vuṭṭhāpetīti → vuṭṭhāpesīti (bj) | sokāvāsaṁ → sokavassaṁ (cck: sī.); sokāvassaṁ (cck: syā.) | vuṭṭhāpetīti → vuṭṭhāpesīti (cck: ka.) | vuṭṭhāpetīti → vuṭṭhāpesīti (sya-all: yu. ma.)“Is it true, monks, that the nun Thullanandā did this?”
“Saccaṁ, bhagavā”ti.“It’s true, sir.”
Vigarahi buddho bhagavā …pe…The Buddha rebuked her …
kathañhi nāma, bhikkhave, thullanandā bhikkhunī purisasaṁsaṭṭhaṁ kumārakasaṁsaṭṭhaṁ caṇḍiṁ sokāvāsaṁ caṇḍakāḷiṁ sikkhamānaṁ vuṭṭhāpessati.
sokāvāsaṁ caṇḍakāḷiṁ → sokavassaṁ (bj); sokāvassaṁ caṇḍakāliṁ (sya-all)“How could the nun Thullanandā 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 purisasaṁsaṭṭhaṁ kumārakasaṁsaṭṭhaṁ caṇḍiṁ sokāvāsaṁ sikkhamānaṁ vuṭṭhāpeyya, pācittiyan”ti.
sokāvāsaṁ → sokavassaṁ (bj); sokāvassaṁ (sya-all)‘If a nun gives the full admission to a trainee nun who is socializing with men and boys and who is temperamental and difficult to live with, 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.
- Puriso nāmaMen:
- pattavīsativasso.those who have reached twenty years of age.
- Kumārako nāmaBoys:
- appattavīsativasso.those who have not reached twenty years of age.
- Saṁsaṭṭhā nāmaSocializing:
- ananulomikena kāyikavācasikena saṁsaṭṭhā.she socializes with improper bodily and verbal actions.
- Caṇḍī nāmaTemperamental:
- kodhanā vuccati.angry is what is meant.
- Sokāvāsā nāma
sokāvāsā → sokavassā (bj); sokāvassaṁ (sya-all) | sokāvāsā → [see footnote 2. page 333.] (pts note)Difficult to live with: - paresaṁ dukkhaṁ uppādeti, sokaṁ āvisati.she causes suffering to others, and grieves herself.
- Sikkhamānā nāmaA trainee nun:
- dve vassāni chasu dhammesu sikkhitasikkhā.one who has trained for two years in the six rules.
- VuṭṭhāpeyyātiGives the full admission:
- upasampādeyya.gives the full ordination. “Vuṭṭhāpessāmī”ti gaṇaṁ vā ācariniṁ vā pattaṁ vā cīvaraṁ vā pariyesati, sīmaṁ vā sammannati, āpatti dukkaṭassa.If, intending to give the full admission, she searches for a group, a teacher, a bowl, or a robe, or she establishes a monastery zone, she commits an offense of wrong conduct. Ñattiyā dukkaṭaṁ.After the motion, she commits an offense of wrong conduct. Dvīhi kammavācāhi dukkaṭā.After each of the first two announcements, she commits an offense of wrong conduct. Kammavācāpariyosāne upajjhāyāya āpatti pācittiyassa;When the last announcement is finished, the preceptor commits an offense entailing confession, gaṇassa ca ācariniyā ca āpatti dukkaṭassa.and the group and the teacher commit an offense of wrong conduct.
Anāpatti—There is no offense: ajānantī vuṭṭhāpeti,if she gives her the full admission without knowing what she is like; ummattikāya,if she is insane; ādikammikāyāti.if she is the first offender.
Navamasikkhāpadaṁ niṭṭhitaṁ.The ninth training rule is finished.