{"id":"pli-tv-bi-vb-pc11","title":"Meeting a man in the dark","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Brahmāli · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"pli-tv-bi-vb-pc11","title":"Meeting a man in the dark","units":[{"id":"pli-tv-bi-vb-pc11:0","sourceIds":["pli-tv-bi-vb-pc11:0.1","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc11:0.2","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc11:0.3","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc11:0.4","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc11:0.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Theravāda Vinaya\nBhikkhunivibhaṅga\nPācittiyakaṇḍa\nRattandhakāravagga\n11. Rattandhakārasikkhāpada","en":"Theravāda Collection on Monastic Law\nThe Nuns’ Analysis\nThe chapter on offenses entailing confession\nThe subchapter on the dark of the night\nMeeting a man in the dark"}},{"id":"pli-tv-bi-vb-pc11:1","sourceIds":["pli-tv-bi-vb-pc11:1.0","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc11:1.1","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc11:1.2","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc11:1.3","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc11:1.4","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc11:1.5","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc11:1.6","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc11:1.7","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc11:1.8","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc11:1.9","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc11:1.10","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc11:1.11"],"kind":"text","text":{"en":"Origin story\nAt one time when the Buddha was staying at Sāvatthī in Anāthapiṇḍika’s Monastery,\na male relative of a nun who was a pupil of Bhaddā Kāpilānī went from his own village to Sāvatthī on some business.\nThen, in the dark of the night and without a lamp, that nun stood and talked alone with that man.\nThe nuns of few desires complained and criticized her,\n“How could a nun do such a thing?” …\n“Is it true, monks, that a nun did this?”\n“It’s true, sir.”\nThe Buddha rebuked her …\n“How could a nun do such a thing?\nThis will affect people’s confidence …” …\n“And, monks, the nuns should recite this training rule like this:","pi":"Tena samayena buddho bhagavā sāvatthiyaṁ viharati jetavane anāthapiṇḍikassa ārāme.\nTena kho pana samayena bhaddāya kāpilāniyā antevāsiniyā bhikkhuniyā ñātako puriso gāmakā sāvatthiṁ agamāsi kenacideva karaṇīyena.\nAtha kho sā bhikkhunī tena purisena saddhiṁ rattandhakāre appadīpe ekenekā santiṭṭhatipi sallapatipi.\nYā tā bhikkhuniyo appicchā …pe… tā ujjhāyanti khiyyanti vipācenti—\n“kathañhi nāma bhikkhunī rattandhakāre appadīpe purisena saddhiṁ ekenekā santiṭṭhissatipi sallapissatipī”ti …pe…\n“saccaṁ kira, bhikkhave, bhikkhunī rattandhakāre appadīpe purisena saddhiṁ ekenekā santiṭṭhatipi sallapatipī”ti?\n“Saccaṁ, bhagavā”ti.\nVigarahi buddho bhagavā …pe…\nkathañhi nāma, bhikkhave, bhikkhunī rattandhakāre appadīpe purisena saddhiṁ ekenekā santiṭṭhissatipi sallapissatipi.\nNetaṁ, bhikkhave, appasannānaṁ vā pasādāya …pe…\nevañca pana, bhikkhave, bhikkhuniyo imaṁ sikkhāpadaṁ uddisantu—"}},{"id":"pli-tv-bi-vb-pc11:1.12","sourceIds":["pli-tv-bi-vb-pc11:1.12.0","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc11:1.12.1"],"kind":"text","text":{"en":"Final ruling\n‘If, in the dark of the night without a lamp, a nun stands or talks alone with a man, she commits an offense entailing confession.’”","pi":"“Yā pana bhikkhunī rattandhakāre appadīpe purisena saddhiṁ ekenekā santiṭṭheyya vā sallapeyya vā, pācittiyan”ti."}},{"id":"pli-tv-bi-vb-pc11:2.1","sourceIds":["pli-tv-bi-vb-pc11:2.1.0","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc11:2.1.1","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc11:2.1.2","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc11:2.1.3","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc11:2.1.4","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc11:2.1.5","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc11:2.1.6","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc11:2.1.7","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc11:2.1.8","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc11:2.1.9","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc11:2.1.10","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc11:2.1.11","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc11:2.1.12","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc11:2.1.13","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc11:2.1.14","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc11:2.1.15","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc11:2.1.16","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc11:2.1.17","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc11:2.1.18","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc11:2.1.19","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc11:2.1.20"],"kind":"text","text":{"en":"Definitions\nA:\nwhoever …\nNun:\n… 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.\nIn the dark of the night:\nwhen the sun has set.\nWithout a lamp:\nwithout light.\nA man:\na human male, not a male spirit, not a male ghost, not a male animal. He understands and is capable of standing together and talking.\nWith:\ntogether.\nAlone:\njust the man and the nun.\nStands with:\nif she stands within arm’s reach of the man, she commits an offense entailing confession.\nTalks with:\nif she stands talking within arm’s reach of the man, she commits an offense entailing confession.\nIf she stands or talks outside of arm’s reach, she commits an offense of wrong conduct.\nIf she stands or talks with a male spirit, a male ghost, a paṇḍaka, or a male animal in human form, she commits an offense of wrong conduct.","pi":"Yā panāti\nyā yādisā …pe…\nbhikkhunīti\n…pe… ayaṁ imasmiṁ atthe adhippetā bhikkhunīti.\nRattandhakāreti\noggate sūriye.\nAppadīpeti\nanāloke.\nPuriso nāma\nmanussapuriso na yakkho na peto na tiracchānagato viññū paṭibalo santiṭṭhituṁ sallapituṁ.\nSaddhinti\nekato.\nEkenekāti\npuriso ceva hoti bhikkhunī ca.\nSantiṭṭheyya vāti\npurisassa hatthapāse tiṭṭhati, āpatti pācittiyassa.\nSallapeyya vāti\npurisassa hatthapāse ṭhitā sallapati, āpatti pācittiyassa.\nHatthapāsaṁ vijahitvā santiṭṭhati vā sallapati vā, āpatti dukkaṭassa.\nYakkhena vā petena vā paṇḍakena vā tiracchānagatamanussaviggahena vā saddhiṁ santiṭṭhati vā sallapati vā, āpatti dukkaṭassa."}},{"id":"pli-tv-bi-vb-pc11:2.2","sourceIds":["pli-tv-bi-vb-pc11:2.2.0","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc11:2.2.1","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc11:2.2.2","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc11:2.2.3","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc11:2.2.4","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc11:2.2.5","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc11:2.2.6","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc11:2.2.7"],"kind":"text","text":{"en":"Non-offenses\nThere is no offense:\nif she has a companion who understands;\nif she is not seeking privacy;\nif she stands or talks thinking of something else;\nif she is insane;\nif she is the first offender.\nThe first training rule is finished.","pi":"Anāpatti—\nyo koci viññū dutiyo hoti,\narahopekkhā,\naññavihitā santiṭṭhati vā sallapati vā,\nummattikāya,\nādikammikāyāti.\nPaṭhamasikkhāpadaṁ niṭṭhitaṁ."}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/pli-tv-bi-vb-pc11/en/brahmali","licence":"CC0 1.0","licenceUrl":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/","editionNote":"Full supplied source file; inherited abbreviations are preserved. Not a reconstructed expansion of every repetition. No Malay or Mandarin translation is implied."}