{"id":"pli-tv-bi-vb-pc49","title":"Studying worldly subjects","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Brahmāli · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"pli-tv-bi-vb-pc49","title":"Studying worldly subjects","units":[{"id":"pli-tv-bi-vb-pc49:0","sourceIds":["pli-tv-bi-vb-pc49:0.1","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc49:0.2","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc49:0.3","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc49:0.4","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc49:0.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Theravāda Vinaya\nBhikkhunivibhaṅga\nPācittiyakaṇḍa\nCittāgāravagga\n49. Tiracchānavijjāpariyāpuṇanasikkhāpada","en":"Theravāda Collection on Monastic Law\nThe Nuns’ Analysis\nThe chapter on offenses entailing confession\nThe subchapter on galleries\nStudying worldly subjects"}},{"id":"pli-tv-bi-vb-pc49:1","sourceIds":["pli-tv-bi-vb-pc49:1.0","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc49:1.1","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc49:1.2","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc49:1.3","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc49:1.4","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc49:1.5","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc49:1.6","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc49:1.7","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc49:1.8","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc49:1.9","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc49:1.10","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc49:1.11","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc49:1.12","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc49:1.13"],"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 were studying worldly subjects.\nPeople complained and criticized them,\n“How can the nuns study worldly subjects? They’re just like householders who indulge in worldly pleasures!”\nThe nuns heard the complaints of those people,\nand the nuns of few desires complained and criticized them,\n“How can the nuns from the group of six do this?” …\n“Is it true, monks, that those nuns do this?”\n“It’s true, sir.”\nThe Buddha rebuked them …\n“How can the nuns from the group of six do this?\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 tiracchānavijjaṁ pariyāpuṇanti.\nManussā ujjhāyanti khiyyanti vipācenti—\n“kathañhi nāma bhikkhuniyo tiracchānavijjaṁ pariyāpuṇissanti, seyyathāpi gihiniyo kāmabhoginiyo”ti.\nAssosuṁ kho bhikkhuniyo tesaṁ manussānaṁ ujjhāyantānaṁ khiyyantānaṁ vipācentānaṁ.\nYā tā bhikkhuniyo appicchā …pe… tā ujjhāyanti khiyyanti vipācenti—\n“kathañhi nāma chabbaggiyā bhikkhuniyo tiracchānavijjaṁ pariyāpuṇissantī”ti …pe…\n“saccaṁ kira, bhikkhave, chabbaggiyā bhikkhuniyo tiracchānavijjaṁ pariyāpuṇantī”ti?\n“Saccaṁ, bhagavā”ti.\nVigarahi buddho bhagavā …pe…\nkathañhi nāma, bhikkhave, chabbaggiyā bhikkhuniyo tiracchānavijjaṁ pariyāpuṇissanti.\nNetaṁ, bhikkhave, appasannānaṁ vā pasādāya …pe…\nevañca pana, bhikkhave, bhikkhuniyo imaṁ sikkhāpadaṁ uddisantu—"}},{"id":"pli-tv-bi-vb-pc49:1.14","sourceIds":["pli-tv-bi-vb-pc49:1.14.0","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc49:1.14.1"],"kind":"text","text":{"en":"Final ruling\n‘If a nun studies worldly subjects, she commits an offense entailing confession.’”","pi":"“Yā pana bhikkhunī tiracchānavijjaṁ pariyāpuṇeyya, pācittiyan”ti."}},{"id":"pli-tv-bi-vb-pc49:2.1","sourceIds":["pli-tv-bi-vb-pc49:2.1.0","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc49:2.1.1","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc49:2.1.2","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc49:2.1.3","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc49:2.1.4","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc49:2.1.5","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc49:2.1.6","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc49:2.1.7","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc49:2.1.8","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc49:2.1.9"],"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.\nWorldly subjects:\nwhatever is external to the Buddha’s Teaching, not connected with the goal.\nLearns:\nif she learns by the line, then for every line she commits an offense entailing confession.\nIf she learns by the syllable, then for every syllable she commits an offense entailing confession.","pi":"Yā panāti\nyā yādisā …pe…\nbhikkhunīti\n…pe… ayaṁ imasmiṁ atthe adhippetā bhikkhunīti.\nTiracchānavijjā nāma\nyaṁ kiñci bāhirakaṁ anatthasaṁhitaṁ.\nPariyāpuṇeyyāti\npadena pariyāpuṇāti, pade pade āpatti pācittiyassa.\nAkkharāya pariyāpuṇāti, akkharakkharāya āpatti pācittiyassa."}},{"id":"pli-tv-bi-vb-pc49:2.2","sourceIds":["pli-tv-bi-vb-pc49:2.2.0","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc49:2.2.1","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc49:2.2.2","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc49:2.2.3","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc49:2.2.4","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc49:2.2.5","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc49:2.2.6","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc49:2.2.7"],"kind":"text","text":{"en":"Non-offenses\nThere is no offense:\nif she learns writing;\nif she learns protective verses;\nif she learns verses for the purpose of protection;\nif she is insane;\nif she is the first offender.\nThe ninth training rule is finished.","pi":"Anāpatti—\nlekhaṁ pariyāpuṇāti,\ndhāraṇaṁ pariyāpuṇāti,\nguttatthāya parittaṁ pariyāpuṇāti,\nummattikāya,\nādikammikāyāti.\nNavamasikkhāpadaṁ niṭṭhitaṁ."}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/pli-tv-bi-vb-pc49/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."}