{"id":"pli-tv-bi-vb-pc51","title":"Entering a monks’ monastery","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Brahmāli · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"pli-tv-bi-vb-pc51","title":"Entering a monks’ monastery","units":[{"id":"pli-tv-bi-vb-pc51:0","sourceIds":["pli-tv-bi-vb-pc51:0.1","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc51:0.2","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc51:0.3","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc51:0.4","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc51:0.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Theravāda Vinaya\nBhikkhunivibhaṅga\nPācittiyakaṇḍa\nĀrāmavagga\n51. Ārāmapavisanasikkhāpada","en":"Theravāda Collection on Monastic Law\nThe Nuns’ Analysis\nThe chapter on offenses entailing confession\nThe subchapter on monasteries\nEntering a monks’ monastery"}},{"id":"pli-tv-bi-vb-pc51:1.0","sourceIds":["pli-tv-bi-vb-pc51:1.0.1","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc51:1.0.2"],"kind":"text","text":{"en":"Origin story\nFirst substory"}},{"id":"pli-tv-bi-vb-pc51:1","sourceIds":["pli-tv-bi-vb-pc51:1.1","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc51:1.2","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc51:1.3","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc51:1.4","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc51:1.5","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc51:1.6","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc51:1.7","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc51:1.8","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc51:1.9","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc51:1.10","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc51:1.11"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tena samayena buddho bhagavā sāvatthiyaṁ viharati jetavane anāthapiṇḍikassa ārāme.\nTena kho pana samayena sambahulā bhikkhū gāmakāvāse ekacīvarā cīvarakammaṁ karonti.\nBhikkhuniyo anāpucchā ārāmaṁ pavisitvā yena te bhikkhū tenupasaṅkamiṁsu.\nBhikkhū ujjhāyanti khiyyanti vipācenti—\n“kathañhi nāma bhikkhuniyo anāpucchā ārāmaṁ pavisissantī”ti …pe…\n“saccaṁ kira, bhikkhave, bhikkhuniyo anāpucchā ārāmaṁ pavisantī”ti?\n“Saccaṁ, bhagavā”ti.\nVigarahi buddho bhagavā …pe…\nkathañhi nāma, bhikkhave, bhikkhuniyo anāpucchā ārāmaṁ pavisissanti.\nNetaṁ, bhikkhave, appasannānaṁ vā pasādāya …pe…\nevañca pana, bhikkhave, bhikkhuniyo imaṁ sikkhāpadaṁ uddisantu—","en":"At one time when the Buddha was staying at Sāvatthī in Anāthapiṇḍika’s Monastery,\na number of monks dressed only in sarongs were making robes in a certain village monastery.\nNuns entered that monastery without asking permission and approached those monks.\nThe monks complained and criticized them,\n“How can nuns enter a monastery without asking permission?” …\n“Is it true, monks, that nuns did that?”\n“It’s true, sir.”\nThe Buddha rebuked them …\n“How can nuns do that?\nThis will affect people’s confidence …” …\n“And, monks, the nuns should recite this training rule like this:"}},{"id":"pli-tv-bi-vb-pc51:1.12","sourceIds":["pli-tv-bi-vb-pc51:1.12.0","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc51:1.12.1"],"kind":"text","text":{"en":"First preliminary ruling\n‘If a nun enters a monastery without asking permission, she commits an offense entailing confession.’”","pi":"“Yā pana bhikkhunī anāpucchā ārāmaṁ paviseyya, pācittiyan”ti."}},{"id":"pli-tv-bi-vb-pc51:1-from-pli-tv-bi-vb-pc51-1.13","sourceIds":["pli-tv-bi-vb-pc51:1.13"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Evañcidaṁ bhagavatā bhikkhunīnaṁ sikkhāpadaṁ paññattaṁ hoti.","en":"In this way the Buddha laid down this training rule for the nuns."}},{"id":"pli-tv-bi-vb-pc51:2","sourceIds":["pli-tv-bi-vb-pc51:2.0","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc51:2.1","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc51:2.2","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc51:2.3","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc51:2.4","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc51:2.5","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc51:2.6","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc51:2.7","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc51:2.8","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc51:2.9","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc51:2.10","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc51:2.11"],"kind":"text","text":{"en":"Second substory\nSoon afterwards those monks left that monastery.\nBut even though the nuns had heard that the monks had left, they did not go there.\nSoon the monks returned.\nWhen the nuns heard that this was the case, they asked permission and then entered that monastery.\nThey approached the monks and bowed down to them.\nThe monks then said to them, “Sisters, why didn’t you sweep the monastery, or put out water for drinking or water for washing?”\n“The Buddha has laid down a training rule that we may not enter a monastery without asking permission.\nThat’s why we didn’t do it.”\nThey told the Buddha. Soon afterwards the Buddha had the Sangha gathered and addressed the monks:\n“Monks, when a monk is available, a nun should enter a monastery only after asking permission.\nAnd so, monks, the nuns should recite this training rule like this:","pi":"Tena kho pana samayena te bhikkhū tamhā āvāsā pakkamiṁsu.\nBhikkhuniyo—“ayyā pakkantā”ti ārāmaṁ nāgamaṁsu.\nAtha kho te bhikkhū punadeva taṁ āvāsaṁ paccāgacchiṁsu.\nBhikkhuniyo—“ayyā āgatā”ti āpucchā ārāmaṁ pavisitvā yena te bhikkhū tenupasaṅkamiṁsu;\nupasaṅkamitvā te bhikkhū abhivādetvā ekamantaṁ aṭṭhaṁsu.\nEkamantaṁ ṭhitā kho tā bhikkhuniyo te bhikkhū etadavocuṁ—“kissa tumhe, bhaginiyo, ārāmaṁ neva sammajjittha na pānīyaṁ paribhojanīyaṁ upaṭṭhāpitthā”ti?\n“Bhagavatā, ayyā, sikkhāpadaṁ paññattaṁ—‘na anāpucchā ārāmo pavisitabbo’ti.\nTena mayaṁ na āgamimhā”ti.\nBhagavato etamatthaṁ ārocesuṁ …pe…\nanujānāmi, bhikkhave, santaṁ bhikkhuṁ āpucchā ārāmaṁ pavisituṁ.\nEvañca pana, bhikkhave, bhikkhuniyo imaṁ sikkhāpadaṁ uddisantu—"}},{"id":"pli-tv-bi-vb-pc51:2.12","sourceIds":["pli-tv-bi-vb-pc51:2.12.0","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc51:2.12.1"],"kind":"text","text":{"en":"Second preliminary ruling\n‘If a nun, when a monk is available, enters a monastery without asking permission, she commits an offense entailing confession.’”","pi":"“Yā pana bhikkhunī santaṁ bhikkhuṁ anāpucchā ārāmaṁ paviseyya, pācittiyan”ti."}},{"id":"pli-tv-bi-vb-pc51:2-from-pli-tv-bi-vb-pc51-2.13","sourceIds":["pli-tv-bi-vb-pc51:2.13"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Evañcidaṁ bhagavatā bhikkhunīnaṁ sikkhāpadaṁ paññattaṁ hoti.","en":"In this way the Buddha laid down this training rule for the nuns."}},{"id":"pli-tv-bi-vb-pc51:3","sourceIds":["pli-tv-bi-vb-pc51:3.0","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc51:3.1","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc51:3.2","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc51:3.3","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc51:3.4","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc51:3.5","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc51:3.6","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc51:3.7","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc51:3.8"],"kind":"text","text":{"en":"Third substory\nAfter leaving that monastery once more, the monks returned yet again.\nThinking that the monks were still away, the nuns entered the monastery without asking permission.\nThe nuns became anxious, thinking,\n“We have entered a monastery without asking permission, even though a monk was available. And the Buddha has laid down a training rule against this.\nCould it be that we have committed an offense entailing confession?”\nThey told the Buddha.\nSoon afterwards he gave a teaching and addressed the monks:\n“And so, monks, the nuns should recite this training rule like this:","pi":"Tena kho pana samayena te bhikkhū tamhā āvāsā pakkamitvā punadeva taṁ āvāsaṁ paccāgacchiṁsu.\nBhikkhuniyo—“ayyā pakkantā”ti anāpucchā ārāmaṁ pavisiṁsu.\nTāsaṁ kukkuccaṁ ahosi—“bhagavatā sikkhāpadaṁ paññattaṁ—‘na santaṁ bhikkhuṁ anāpucchā ārāmo pavisitabbo’ti.\nMayañcamhā santaṁ bhikkhuṁ anāpucchā ārāmaṁ pavisimhā.\nKacci nu kho mayaṁ pācittiyaṁ āpattiṁ āpannā”ti …pe…\nbhagavato etamatthaṁ ārocesuṁ.\nAtha kho bhagavā etasmiṁ nidāne etasmiṁ pakaraṇe dhammiṁ kathaṁ katvā bhikkhū āmantesi …pe…\nevañca pana, bhikkhave, bhikkhuniyo imaṁ sikkhāpadaṁ uddisantu—"}},{"id":"pli-tv-bi-vb-pc51:3.9","sourceIds":["pli-tv-bi-vb-pc51:3.9.0","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc51:3.9.1"],"kind":"text","text":{"en":"Final ruling\n‘If a nun, knowing that there are monks in a monastery, enters it without asking permission, she commits an offense entailing confession.’”","pi":"“Yā pana bhikkhunī jānaṁ sabhikkhukaṁ ārāmaṁ anāpucchā paviseyya, pācittiyan”ti."}},{"id":"pli-tv-bi-vb-pc51:4.1","sourceIds":["pli-tv-bi-vb-pc51:4.1.0","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc51:4.1.1","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc51:4.1.2","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc51:4.1.3","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc51:4.1.4","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc51:4.1.5","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc51:4.1.6","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc51:4.1.7","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc51:4.1.8","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc51:4.1.9","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc51:4.1.10","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc51:4.1.11"],"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.\nKnowing:\nshe knows it by herself or others have told her or they have told her.\nThere are monks in a monastery:\neven where monks stay at the foot of a tree.\nEnters it without asking permission:\nif she crosses the boundary of an enclosed monastery without asking permission of a monk or a novice monk or a monastery worker, she commits an offense entailing confession.\nIf she enters the vicinity of an unenclosed monastery, she commits an offense entailing confession.","pi":"Yā panāti\nyā yādisā …pe…\nbhikkhunīti\n…pe… ayaṁ imasmiṁ atthe adhippetā bhikkhunīti.\nJānāti nāma\nsāmaṁ vā jānāti, aññe vā tassā ārocenti, te vā ārocenti.\nSabhikkhuko nāma ārāmo\nyattha bhikkhū rukkhamūlepi vasanti.\nAnāpucchā ārāmaṁ paviseyyāti\nbhikkhuṁ vā sāmaṇeraṁ vā ārāmikaṁ vā anāpucchā parikkhittassa ārāmassa parikkhepaṁ atikkāmentiyā āpatti pācittiyassa.\nAparikkhittassa ārāmassa upacāraṁ okkamantiyā āpatti pācittiyassa."}},{"id":"pli-tv-bi-vb-pc51:4.2","sourceIds":["pli-tv-bi-vb-pc51:4.2.0","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc51:4.2.1","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc51:4.2.2","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc51:4.2.3","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc51:4.2.4","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc51:4.2.5","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc51:4.2.6"],"kind":"text","text":{"en":"Permutations\nIf there are monks in a monastery, and she perceives that there are, and she enters it without asking permission of an available monk, she commits an offense entailing confession.\nIf there are monks in a monastery, but she is unsure of it, and she enters it without asking permission of an available monk, she commits an offense of wrong conduct.\nIf there are monks in a monastery, but she does not perceive that there are, and she enters it without asking permission of an available monk, there is no offense.\nIf there are no monks in a monastery, but she perceives that there are, she commits an offense of wrong conduct.\nIf there are no monks in a monastery, but she is unsure of it, she commits an offense of wrong conduct.\nIf there are no monks in a monastery, and she does not perceive that there are, there is no offense.","pi":"Sabhikkhuke sabhikkhukasaññā santaṁ bhikkhuṁ anāpucchā ārāmaṁ pavisati, āpatti pācittiyassa.\nSabhikkhuke vematikā santaṁ bhikkhuṁ anāpucchā ārāmaṁ pavisati, āpatti dukkaṭassa.\nSabhikkhuke abhikkhukasaññā santaṁ bhikkhuṁ anāpucchā ārāmaṁ pavisati, anāpatti.\nAbhikkhuke sabhikkhukasaññā, āpatti dukkaṭassa.\nAbhikkhuke vematikā, āpatti dukkaṭassa.\nAbhikkhuke abhikkhukasaññā, anāpatti."}},{"id":"pli-tv-bi-vb-pc51:4.3","sourceIds":["pli-tv-bi-vb-pc51:4.3.0","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc51:4.3.1","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc51:4.3.2","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc51:4.3.3","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc51:4.3.4","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc51:4.3.5","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc51:4.3.6","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc51:4.3.7","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc51:4.3.8","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc51:4.3.9","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc51:4.3.10","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc51:4.3.11"],"kind":"text","text":{"en":"Non-offenses\nThere is no offense:\nif she enters after asking permission of an available monk;\nif, when there is no available monk, she enters without asking permission;\nif she goes while looking at the head of a nun in front of her;\nif she is going to where the nuns have gathered;\nif a path goes through the monastery;\nif she is sick;\nif there is an emergency;\nif she is insane;\nif she is the first offender.\nThe first training rule is finished.","pi":"Anāpatti—\nsantaṁ bhikkhuṁ āpucchā pavisati,\nasantaṁ bhikkhuṁ anāpucchā pavisati,\nsīsānulokikā gacchati,\nyattha bhikkhuniyo sannipatitā honti tattha gacchati,\nārāmena maggo hoti,\ngilānāya,\nāpadāsu,\nummattikāya,\nādikammikāyāti.\nPaṭhamasikkhāpadaṁ niṭṭhitaṁ."}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/pli-tv-bi-vb-pc51/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."}