{"id":"pli-tv-bi-vb-pc2","title":"Removing pubic hair","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Brahmāli · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"pli-tv-bi-vb-pc2","title":"Removing pubic hair","units":[{"id":"pli-tv-bi-vb-pc2:0","sourceIds":["pli-tv-bi-vb-pc2:0.1","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc2:0.2","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc2:0.3","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc2:0.4","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc2:0.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Theravāda Vinaya\nBhikkhunivibhaṅga\nPācittiyakaṇḍa\nLasuṇavagga\n2. Sambādhalomasikkhāpada","en":"Theravāda Collection on Monastic Law\nThe Nuns’ Analysis\nThe chapter on offenses entailing confession\nThe subchapter on garlic\nRemoving pubic hair"}},{"id":"pli-tv-bi-vb-pc2:1","sourceIds":["pli-tv-bi-vb-pc2:1.0","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc2:1.1","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc2:1.2","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc2:1.3","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc2:1.4","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc2:1.5","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc2:1.6","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc2:1.7","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc2:1.8","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc2:1.9","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc2:1.10","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc2:1.11","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc2:1.12","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc2:1.13"],"kind":"text","text":{"en":"Origin story\nAt one time the Buddha was staying at Sāvatthī in the Jeta Grove, Anāthapiṇḍika’s Monastery.\nAt that time the nuns from the group of six removed the hair from their private parts. They then bathed naked at a ford in the river Aciravatī together with sex workers.\nThe sex workers complained and criticized them,\n“How can the nuns remove the hair from their private parts? They’re just like householders who indulge in worldly pleasures!”\nThe nuns heard the complaints of those sex workers,\nand the nuns of few desires complained and criticized them,\n“How can the nuns from the group of six remove the hair from their private parts?” …\n“Is it true, monks, that those nuns do that?”\n“It’s true, sir.”\nThe Buddha rebuked them,\n“How can the nuns from the group of six do that?\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 chabbaggiyā bhikkhuniyo sambādhe lomaṁ saṁharāpetvā aciravatiyā nadiyā vesiyāhi saddhiṁ naggā ekatitthe nahāyanti.\nVesiyā ujjhāyanti khiyyanti vipācenti—\n“kathañhi nāma bhikkhuniyo sambādhe lomaṁ saṁharāpessanti, seyyathāpi gihiniyo kāmabhoginiyo”ti.\nAssosuṁ kho bhikkhuniyo tāsaṁ vesiyānaṁ ujjhāyantīnaṁ khiyyantīnaṁ vipācentīnaṁ.\nYā tā bhikkhuniyo appicchā …pe… tā ujjhāyanti khiyyanti vipācenti—\n“kathañhi nāma chabbaggiyā bhikkhuniyo sambādhe lomaṁ saṁharāpessantī”ti …pe…\n“saccaṁ kira, bhikkhave, chabbaggiyā bhikkhuniyo sambādhe lomaṁ saṁharāpentī”ti?\n“Saccaṁ, bhagavā”ti.\nVigarahi buddho bhagavā …pe…\nkathañhi nāma, bhikkhave, chabbaggiyā bhikkhuniyo sambādhe lomaṁ saṁharāpessanti.\nNetaṁ, bhikkhave, appasannānaṁ vā pasādāya …pe…\nevañca pana, bhikkhave, bhikkhuniyo imaṁ sikkhāpadaṁ uddisantu—"}},{"id":"pli-tv-bi-vb-pc2:1.14","sourceIds":["pli-tv-bi-vb-pc2:1.14.0","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc2:1.14.1"],"kind":"text","text":{"en":"Final ruling\n‘If a nun removes hair from her private parts, she commits an offense entailing confession.’”","pi":"“Yā pana bhikkhunī sambādhe lomaṁ saṁharāpeyya, pācittiyan”ti."}},{"id":"pli-tv-bi-vb-pc2:2","sourceIds":["pli-tv-bi-vb-pc2:2.0","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc2:2.1","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc2:2.2","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc2:2.3","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc2:2.4","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc2:2.5","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc2:2.6","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc2:2.7","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc2:2.8","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc2:2.9"],"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.\nThe private parts:\nboth armpits and the groin.\nRemoves:\nif she removes one hair, she commits an offense entailing confession.\nEven if she removes many hairs, she commits one offense entailing confession.","pi":"Yā panāti\nyā yādisā …pe…\nbhikkhunīti\n…pe… ayaṁ imasmiṁ atthe adhippetā bhikkhunīti.\nSambādho nāma\nubho upakacchakā, muttakaraṇaṁ.\nSaṁharāpeyyāti\nekampi lomaṁ saṁharāpeti, āpatti pācittiyassa.\nBahukepi lome saṁharāpeti, āpatti pācittiyassa."}},{"id":"pli-tv-bi-vb-pc2:2.10","sourceIds":["pli-tv-bi-vb-pc2:2.10.0","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc2:2.10.1"],"kind":"text","text":{"en":"Non-offenses\nThere is no offense:","pi":"Anāpatti—"}},{"id":"pli-tv-bi-vb-pc2:2-from-pli-tv-bi-vb-pc2-2.11","sourceIds":["pli-tv-bi-vb-pc2:2.11","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc2:2.12","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc2:2.13","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc2:2.14"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"ābādhapaccayā,\nummattikāya,\nādikammikāyāti.\nDutiyasikkhāpadaṁ niṭṭhitaṁ.","en":"if she does it because she is sick;\nif she is insane;\nif she is the first offender.\nThe second training rule is finished."}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/pli-tv-bi-vb-pc2/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."}