- Theravāda VinayaTheravāda Collection on Monastic Law
- MahāvibhaṅgaThe Great Analysis
- SekhiyakaṇḍaThe chapter on training
- ParimaṇḍalavaggaThe subchapter on evenly all around
1. ParimaṇḍalasikkhāpadaNot wearing the sarong evenly all around
Ime kho panāyasmanto sekhiyā dhammā uddesaṁ āgacchanti.Venerables, these rules of training come up for recitation.
Tena samayena buddho bhagavā sāvatthiyaṁ viharati jetavane anāthapiṇḍikassa ārāme.At one time when the Buddha was staying at Sāvatthī in Anāthapiṇḍika’s Monastery,
Tena kho pana samayena chabbaggiyā bhikkhū puratopi pacchatopi olambentā nivāsenti.the monks from the group of six were wearing their sarongs hanging down in front and behind.
Manussā ujjhāyanti khiyyanti vipācenti—
khiyyanti → khīyanti (bj, sya-all) | ujjhāyanti khiyyanti → (pts)People complained and criticized them,
“kathañhi nāma samaṇā sakyaputtiyā puratopi pacchatopi olambentā nivāsessanti, seyyathāpi gihī kāmabhogino”ti.
puratopi pacchatopi olambentā → purato pi (pts) | gihī kāmabhoginoti → gihikāmabhogino ti (pts)“How can the Sakyan monastics wear their sarongs hanging down in front and behind? They’re just like householders who indulge in worldly pleasures!”
Assosuṁ kho bhikkhū tesaṁ manussānaṁ ujjhāyantānaṁ khiyyantānaṁ vipācentānaṁ.
khiyyantānaṁ → khīyantānaṁ (bj, sya-all) | ujjhāyantānaṁ khiyyantānaṁ → (pts)The monks heard the complaints of those people,
Ye te bhikkhū appicchā …pe… te ujjhāyanti khiyyanti vipācenti—
khiyyanti → khīyanti (bj, sya-all)and the monks of few desires complained and criticized those monks,
“kathañhi nāma chabbaggiyā bhikkhū puratopi pacchatopi olambentā nivāsessantī”ti.
puratopi pacchatopi olambentā → purato pi (pts)“How can the monks from the group of six wear their sarongs hanging down in front and behind?”
Atha kho te bhikkhū chabbaggiye bhikkhū anekapariyāyena vigarahitvā bhagavato etamatthaṁ ārocesuṁ.
chabbaggiye bhikkhū anekapariyāyena vigarahitvā → (bj, sya-all) | etamatthaṁ → (pts)After rebuking those monks in many ways, they told the Buddha.
Atha kho bhagavā etasmiṁ nidāne etasmiṁ pakaraṇe bhikkhusaṅghaṁ sannipātāpetvā chabbaggiye bhikkhū paṭipucchi—
pakaraṇe → pakaraṇe dhammiṁ kathaṁ katvā (bj, sya-all, pts) | katvā → dhammiṁ kathaṁ katvā, pāṭhoyaṁ marammachaṭṭhasaṅgītipiṭake na dissate (bj note) | katvā → The words dhammi(ṁ) kathaṁ katvā, which I have included in brackets, ought to be expunged, though they are found in the three MSS. (pts note)Soon afterwards the Buddha had the Sangha gathered and questioned the monks from the group of six:
“saccaṁ kira tumhe, bhikkhave, puratopi pacchatopi olambentā nivāsethā”ti?
puratopi pacchatopi olambentā nivāsethāti → purato pi nivāsethā ti (pts)“Is it true, monks, that you do this?”
“Saccaṁ, bhagavā”ti.“It’s true, sir.”
Vigarahi buddho bhagavā …pe…The Buddha rebuked them …
kathañhi nāma tumhe, moghapurisā, puratopi pacchatopi olambentā nivāsessatha.
puratopi pacchatopi olambentā → (pts)“Foolish men, how can you do this?
Netaṁ, moghapurisā, appasannānaṁ vā pasādāya …pe…
pasādāya → pasādāya pasannānaṁ vā bhiyyobhāvāya (sya-all)This will affect people’s confidence …” …
evañca pana, bhikkhave, imaṁ sikkhāpadaṁ uddiseyyātha—“And, monks, this training rule should be recited like this:
“Parimaṇḍalaṁ nivāsessāmīti sikkhā karaṇīyā”ti.‘“I will wear my sarong evenly all around,” this is how you should train.’”
Parimaṇḍalaṁ nivāsetabbaṁ nābhimaṇḍalaṁ jāṇumaṇḍalaṁ paṭicchādentena.
jāṇumaṇḍalaṁ → jānumaṇḍalaṁ (sya-all, pts)One should wear one’s sarong evenly all around, covering the navel and the knees.
Yo anādariyaṁ paṭicca purato vā pacchato vā olambento nivāseti, āpatti dukkaṭassa.If a monk, out of disrespect, wears his sarong hanging down in front or behind, he commits an offense of wrong conduct.
Anāpatti—There is no offense: asañcicca,if it is unintentional; assatiyā,if he is not mindful; ajānantassa,if he does not know; gilānassa,if he is sick; āpadāsu,if there is an emergency; ummattakassa,if he is insane; ādikammikassāti.if he is the first offender.
Paṭhamasikkhāpadaṁ niṭṭhitaṁ.The first training rule is finished.