{"id":"pli-tv-bi-vb-pc50","title":"Teaching worldly subjects","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Brahmāli · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"pli-tv-bi-vb-pc50","title":"Teaching worldly subjects","units":[{"id":"pli-tv-bi-vb-pc50:0","sourceIds":["pli-tv-bi-vb-pc50:0.1","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc50:0.2","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc50:0.3","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc50:0.4","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc50:0.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Theravāda Vinaya\nBhikkhunivibhaṅga\nPācittiyakaṇḍa\nCittāgāravagga\n50. Tiracchānavijjāvācanasikkhāpada","en":"Theravāda Collection on Monastic Law\nThe Nuns’ Analysis\nThe chapter on offenses entailing confession\nThe subchapter on galleries\nTeaching worldly subjects"}},{"id":"pli-tv-bi-vb-pc50:1","sourceIds":["pli-tv-bi-vb-pc50:1.0","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc50:1.1","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc50:1.2","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc50:1.3","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc50:1.4","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc50:1.5","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc50:1.6","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc50:1.7","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc50:1.8","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc50:1.9","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc50:1.10","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc50:1.11","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc50:1.12","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc50:1.13"],"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 teaching worldly subjects.\nPeople complained and criticized them,\n“How can the nuns teach 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 vācenti.\nManussā ujjhāyanti khiyyanti vipācenti—\n“kathañhi nāma bhikkhuniyo tiracchānavijjaṁ vācessanti, 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 vācessantī”ti …pe…\n“saccaṁ kira, bhikkhave, chabbaggiyā bhikkhuniyo tiracchānavijjaṁ vācentī”ti?\n“Saccaṁ, bhagavā”ti.\nVigarahi buddho bhagavā …pe…\nkathañhi nāma, bhikkhave, chabbaggiyā bhikkhuniyo tiracchānavijjaṁ vācessanti.\nNetaṁ, bhikkhave, appasannānaṁ vā pasādāya …pe…\nevañca pana, bhikkhave, bhikkhuniyo imaṁ sikkhāpadaṁ uddisantu—"}},{"id":"pli-tv-bi-vb-pc50:1.14","sourceIds":["pli-tv-bi-vb-pc50:1.14.0","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc50:1.14.1"],"kind":"text","text":{"en":"Final ruling\n‘If a nun teaches worldly subjects, she commits an offense entailing confession.’”","pi":"“Yā pana bhikkhunī tiracchānavijjaṁ vāceyya, pācittiyan”ti."}},{"id":"pli-tv-bi-vb-pc50:2","sourceIds":["pli-tv-bi-vb-pc50:2.0","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc50:2.1","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc50:2.2","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc50:2.3","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc50:2.4","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc50:2.5","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc50:2.6","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc50:2.7","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc50:2.8","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc50:2.9"],"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.\nWorldly subjects:\nwhatever is external to the Buddha’s Teaching, not connected with the goal.\nTeaches:\nif she teaches by the line, then for every line she commits an offense entailing confession.\nIf she teaches 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.\nVāceyyāti\npadena vāceti, pade pade āpatti pācittiyassa.\nAkkharāya vāceti, akkharakkharāya āpatti pācittiyassa."}},{"id":"pli-tv-bi-vb-pc50:2.10","sourceIds":["pli-tv-bi-vb-pc50:2.10.0","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc50:2.10.1"],"kind":"text","text":{"en":"Non-offenses\nThere is no offense:","pi":"Anāpatti—"}},{"id":"pli-tv-bi-vb-pc50:2-from-pli-tv-bi-vb-pc50-2.11","sourceIds":["pli-tv-bi-vb-pc50:2.11","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc50:2.12","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc50:2.13","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc50:2.14","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc50:2.15","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc50:2.16","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc50:2.17"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"lekhaṁ vāceti,\ndhāraṇaṁ vāceti,\nguttatthāya parittaṁ vāceti,\nummattikāya,\nādikammikāyāti.\nDasamasikkhāpadaṁ niṭṭhitaṁ.\nCittāgāravaggo pañcamo.","en":"if she teaches writing;\nif she teaches protective verses;\nif she teaches verses for the purpose of protection;\nif she is insane;\nif she is the first offender.\nThe tenth training rule is finished.\nThe fifth subchapter on galleries is finished."}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/pli-tv-bi-vb-pc50/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."}