{"id":"pli-tv-bi-vb-pc59","title":"Not seeking the instruction","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Brahmāli · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"pli-tv-bi-vb-pc59","title":"Not seeking the instruction","units":[{"id":"pli-tv-bi-vb-pc59:0","sourceIds":["pli-tv-bi-vb-pc59:0.1","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc59:0.2","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc59:0.3","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc59:0.4","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc59:0.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Theravāda Vinaya\nBhikkhunivibhaṅga\nPācittiyakaṇḍa\nĀrāmavagga\n59. Ovādūpasaṅkamanasikkhāpada","en":"Theravāda Collection on Monastic Law\nThe Nuns’ Analysis\nThe chapter on offenses entailing confession\nThe subchapter on monasteries\nNot seeking the instruction"}},{"id":"pli-tv-bi-vb-pc59:1","sourceIds":["pli-tv-bi-vb-pc59:1.0","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc59:1.1","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc59:1.2","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc59:1.3","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc59:1.4","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc59:1.5","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc59:1.6","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc59:1.7","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc59:1.8","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc59:1.9","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc59:1.10"],"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 did not enquire about the observance day nor ask for the instruction.\nThe monks complained and criticized them,\n“How can the nuns not enquire about the observance day nor ask for the instruction?” …\n“Is it true, monks, that the nuns don’t do this?”\n“It’s true, sir.”\nThe Buddha rebuked them …\n“How can the nuns not 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 bhikkhuniyo uposathampi na pucchanti ovādampi na yācanti.\nBhikkhū ujjhāyanti khiyyanti vipācenti—\n“kathañhi nāma bhikkhuniyo uposathampi na pucchissanti ovādampi na yācissantī”ti …pe…\n“saccaṁ kira, bhikkhave, bhikkhuniyo uposathampi na pucchanti ovādampi na yācantī”ti?\n“Saccaṁ, bhagavā”ti.\nVigarahi buddho bhagavā …pe…\nkathañhi nāma, bhikkhave, bhikkhuniyo uposathampi na pucchissanti ovādampi na yācissanti.\nNetaṁ, bhikkhave, appasannānaṁ vā pasādāya …pe…\nevañca pana, bhikkhave, bhikkhuniyo imaṁ sikkhāpadaṁ uddisantu—"}},{"id":"pli-tv-bi-vb-pc59:1.11","sourceIds":["pli-tv-bi-vb-pc59:1.11.0","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc59:1.11.1"],"kind":"text","text":{"en":"Final ruling\n‘Every half-month a nun should seek two things from the Sangha of monks: asking it about the observance day and going to it for the instruction. If she lets the half-month pass, she commits an offense entailing confession.’”","pi":"“Anvaddhamāsaṁ bhikkhuniyā bhikkhusaṅghato dve dhammā paccāsīsitabbā—uposathapucchakañca ovādūpasaṅkamanañca. Taṁ atikkāmentiyā pācittiyan”ti."}},{"id":"pli-tv-bi-vb-pc59:2","sourceIds":["pli-tv-bi-vb-pc59:2.0","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc59:2.1","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc59:2.2","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc59:2.3","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc59:2.4","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc59:2.5","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc59:2.6","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc59:2.7"],"kind":"text","text":{"en":"Definitions\nEvery half-month:\nevery observance day.\nThe observance day:\nthere are two observance days: the fourteenth and the fifteenth day of the lunar half-month.\nThe instruction:\nthe eight important principles.\nIf she thinks, “I won’t enquire about the observance day, nor ask for the instruction,” then by the mere fact of abandoning her duty, she commits an offense entailing confession.","pi":"Anvaddhamāsanti\nanuposathikaṁ.\nUposatho nāma\ndve uposathā— cātuddasiko ca pannarasiko ca.\nOvādo nāma\naṭṭha garudhammā.\n“Uposathampi na pucchissāmi ovādampi na yācissāmī”ti dhuraṁ nikkhittamatte āpatti pācittiyassa."}},{"id":"pli-tv-bi-vb-pc59:2.8","sourceIds":["pli-tv-bi-vb-pc59:2.8.0","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc59:2.8.1"],"kind":"text","text":{"en":"Non-offenses\nThere is no offense:","pi":"Anāpatti—"}},{"id":"pli-tv-bi-vb-pc59:2-from-pli-tv-bi-vb-pc59-2.9","sourceIds":["pli-tv-bi-vb-pc59:2.9","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc59:2.10","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc59:2.11","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc59:2.12","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc59:2.13","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc59:2.14","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc59:2.15"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"sati antarāye,\npariyesitvā dutiyikaṁ bhikkhuniṁ na labhati,\ngilānāya,\nāpadāsu,\nummattikāya,\nādikammikāyāti.\nNavamasikkhāpadaṁ niṭṭhitaṁ.","en":"if there is an obstacle;\nif she searches for a companion nun, but does not find one;\nif she is sick;\nif there is an emergency;\nif she is insane;\nif she is the first offender.\nThe ninth training rule is finished."}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/pli-tv-bi-vb-pc59/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."}