{"id":"pli-tv-bi-vb-pc61","title":"Ordaining a pregnant woman","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Brahmāli · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"pli-tv-bi-vb-pc61","title":"Ordaining a pregnant woman","units":[{"id":"pli-tv-bi-vb-pc61:0","sourceIds":["pli-tv-bi-vb-pc61:0.1","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc61:0.2","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc61:0.3","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc61:0.4","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc61:0.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Theravāda Vinaya\nBhikkhunivibhaṅga\nPācittiyakaṇḍa\nGabbhinivagga\n61. Gabbhinisikkhāpada","en":"Theravāda Collection on Monastic Law\nThe Nuns’ Analysis\nThe chapter on offenses entailing confession\nThe subchapter on pregnant women\nOrdaining a pregnant woman"}},{"id":"pli-tv-bi-vb-pc61:1","sourceIds":["pli-tv-bi-vb-pc61:1.0","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc61:1.1","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc61:1.2","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc61:1.3","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc61:1.4","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc61:1.5","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc61:1.6","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc61:1.7","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc61:1.8","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc61:1.9","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc61:1.10","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc61:1.11","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc61:1.12","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc61:1.13","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc61:1.14","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc61:1.15","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc61:1.16"],"kind":"text","text":{"en":"Origin story\nAt one time when the Buddha was staying at Sāvatthī in Anāthapiṇḍika’s Monastery,\nthe nuns gave the full admission to a pregnant woman.\nWhen she walked for alms,\npeople said,\n“Give almsfood to the venerable. She’s carrying a heavy burden.”\nPeople complained and criticized them,\n“How could the nuns give the full admission to a pregnant woman?”\nThe nuns heard the complaints of those people\nand the nuns of few desires complained and criticized them,\n“How could nuns do this?” …\n“Is it true, monks, that nuns did this?”\n“It’s true, sir.”\nThe Buddha rebuked them …\n“How could nuns 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 gabbhiniṁ vuṭṭhāpenti.\nSā piṇḍāya carati.\nManussā evamāhaṁsu—\n“dethāyyāya bhikkhaṁ, garubhārā ayyā”ti.\nManussā ujjhāyanti khiyyanti vipācenti—\n“kathañhi nāma bhikkhuniyo gabbhiniṁ vuṭṭhāpessantī”ti.\nAssosuṁ kho bhikkhuniyo tesaṁ manussānaṁ ujjhāyantānaṁ khiyyantānaṁ vipācentānaṁ.\nYā tā bhikkhuniyo appicchā …pe… tā ujjhāyanti khiyyanti vipācenti—\n“kathañhi nāma bhikkhuniyo gabbhiniṁ vuṭṭhāpessantī”ti …pe…\n“saccaṁ kira, bhikkhave, bhikkhuniyo gabbhiniṁ vuṭṭhāpentī”ti?\n“Saccaṁ, bhagavā”ti.\nVigarahi buddho bhagavā …pe…\nkathañhi nāma, bhikkhave, bhikkhuniyo gabbhiniṁ vuṭṭhāpessanti.\nNetaṁ, bhikkhave, appasannānaṁ vā pasādāya …pe…\nevañca pana, bhikkhave, bhikkhuniyo imaṁ sikkhāpadaṁ uddisantu—"}},{"id":"pli-tv-bi-vb-pc61:1.17","sourceIds":["pli-tv-bi-vb-pc61:1.17.0","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc61:1.17.1"],"kind":"text","text":{"en":"Final ruling\n‘If a nun gives the full admission to a pregnant woman, she commits an offense entailing confession.’”","pi":"“Yā pana bhikkhunī gabbhiniṁ vuṭṭhāpeyya, pācittiyan”ti."}},{"id":"pli-tv-bi-vb-pc61:2.1","sourceIds":["pli-tv-bi-vb-pc61:2.1.0","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc61:2.1.1","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc61:2.1.2","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc61:2.1.3","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc61:2.1.4","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc61:2.1.5","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc61:2.1.6","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc61:2.1.7","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc61:2.1.8","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc61:2.1.9","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc61:2.1.10","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc61:2.1.11","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc61:2.1.12","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc61:2.1.13"],"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.\nA pregnant woman:\na woman with child is what is meant.\nGives the full admission:\ngives the full ordination.\nIf, intending to give the full admission, she searches for a group, a teacher, a bowl, or a robe, or she establishes a monastery zone, she commits an offense of wrong conduct.\nAfter the motion, she commits an offense of wrong conduct.\nAfter each of the first two announcements, she commits an offense of wrong conduct.\nWhen the last announcement is finished, the preceptor commits an offense entailing confession,\nand the group and the teacher commit an offense of wrong conduct.","pi":"Yā panāti\nyā yādisā …pe…\nbhikkhunīti\n…pe… ayaṁ imasmiṁ atthe adhippetā bhikkhunīti.\nGabbhinī nāma\nāpannasattā vuccati.\nVuṭṭhāpeyyāti\nupasampādeyya.\n“Vuṭṭhāpessāmī”ti gaṇaṁ vā ācariniṁ vā pattaṁ vā cīvaraṁ vā pariyesati, sīmaṁ vā sammannati, āpatti dukkaṭassa.\nÑattiyā dukkaṭaṁ.\nDvīhi kammavācāhi dukkaṭā.\nKammavācāpariyosāne upajjhāyāya āpatti pācittiyassa.\nGaṇassa ca ācariniyā ca āpatti dukkaṭassa."}},{"id":"pli-tv-bi-vb-pc61:2.2","sourceIds":["pli-tv-bi-vb-pc61:2.2.0","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc61:2.2.1","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc61:2.2.2","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc61:2.2.3","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc61:2.2.4","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc61:2.2.5","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc61:2.2.6"],"kind":"text","text":{"en":"Permutations\nIf the woman is pregnant, and the nun perceives her as such, yet she gives her the full admission, she commits an offense entailing confession.\nIf the woman is pregnant, but the nun is unsure of it, yet she gives her the full admission, she commits an offense of wrong conduct.\nIf the woman is pregnant, but the nun does not perceive her as such, and she gives her the full admission, there is no offense.\nIf the woman is not pregnant, but the nun perceives her as such, she commits an offense of wrong conduct.\nIf the woman is not pregnant, but the nun is unsure of it, she commits an offense of wrong conduct.\nIf the woman is not pregnant, and the nun does not perceive her as such, there is no offense.","pi":"Gabbhiniyā gabbhinisaññā vuṭṭhāpeti, āpatti pācittiyassa.\nGabbhiniyā vematikā vuṭṭhāpeti, āpatti dukkaṭassa.\nGabbhiniyā agabbhinisaññā vuṭṭhāpeti, anāpatti.\nAgabbhiniyā gabbhinisaññā, āpatti dukkaṭassa.\nAgabbhiniyā vematikā, āpatti dukkaṭassa.\nAgabbhiniyā agabbhinisaññā, anāpatti."}},{"id":"pli-tv-bi-vb-pc61:2.3","sourceIds":["pli-tv-bi-vb-pc61:2.3.0","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc61:2.3.1","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc61:2.3.2","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc61:2.3.3","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc61:2.3.4","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc61:2.3.5","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc61:2.3.6"],"kind":"text","text":{"en":"Non-offenses\nThere is no offense:\nif she gives the full admission to a woman who is pregnant, but she  does not perceive her as such;\nif she gives the full admission to a woman who is not pregnant, and she does not perceive her as such;\nif she is insane;\nif she is the first offender.\nThe first training rule is finished.","pi":"Anāpatti—\ngabbhiniṁ agabbhinisaññā vuṭṭhāpeti,\nagabbhiniṁ agabbhinisaññā vuṭṭhāpeti,\nummattikāya,\nādikammikāyāti.\nPaṭhamasikkhāpadaṁ niṭṭhitaṁ."}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/pli-tv-bi-vb-pc61/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."}