{"id":"pli-tv-bi-vb-pc72","title":"Ordaining an untrained unmarried woman","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Brahmāli · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"pli-tv-bi-vb-pc72","title":"Ordaining an untrained unmarried woman","units":[{"id":"pli-tv-bi-vb-pc72:0","sourceIds":["pli-tv-bi-vb-pc72:0.1","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc72:0.2","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc72:0.3","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc72:0.4","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc72:0.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Theravāda Vinaya\nBhikkhunivibhaṅga\nPācittiyakaṇḍa\nKumāribhūtavagga\n72. Dutiyakumāribhūtasikkhāpada","en":"Theravāda Collection on Monastic Law\nThe Nuns’ Analysis\nThe chapter on offenses entailing confession\nThe subchapter on unmarried women\nOrdaining an untrained unmarried woman"}},{"id":"pli-tv-bi-vb-pc72:1","sourceIds":["pli-tv-bi-vb-pc72:1.0","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc72:1.1","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc72:1.2","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc72:1.3","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc72:1.4","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc72:1.5","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc72:1.6","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc72:1.7","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc72:1.8","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc72:1.9","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc72:1.10","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc72:1.11","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc72:1.12","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc72:1.13","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc72:1.14","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc72:1.15","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc72:1.16","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc72:1.17","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc72:1.18","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc72:1.19","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc72:1.20","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc72:1.21","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc72:1.22","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc72:1.23","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc72:1.24","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc72:1.25","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc72:1.26","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc72:1.27","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc72:1.28","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc72:1.29","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc72:1.30","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc72:1.31","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc72:1.32","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc72:1.33","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc72:1.34","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc72:1.35","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc72:1.36"],"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 were giving the full admission to unmarried women who were more than twenty years old, but who had not trained for two years in the six rules.\nThey were ignorant and incompetent,\nand they did not know what was allowable and what was not.\nThe nuns of few desires complained and criticized them,\n“How can nuns give the full admission to unmarried women who are more than twenty years old, but who haven’t trained for two years in the six rules?” …\n“Is it true, monks, that nuns do this?”\n“It’s true, sir.”\nThe Buddha rebuked them …\n“How can nuns do this?\nThis will affect people’s confidence …”\nAfter rebuking them …\nhe gave a teaching and addressed the monks:\n“Monks, approval is required for an unmarried woman who is eighteen years old to train for two years in the six rules.\nAnd the approval is to be given like this.\nAfter approaching the Sangha of nuns, that unmarried woman who is eighteen years old should arrange her upper robe over one shoulder and pay respect at the feet of the nuns. She should then squat on her heels, raise her joined palms, and say:\n‘Venerables, I, so-and-so, an unmarried woman who is eighteen years old, am training under venerable so-and-so. I ask the Sangha for approval to train for two years in the six rules.’\nAnd she should ask a second\nand a third time.\nA competent and capable nun should then inform the Sangha:\n‘Please, venerables, I ask the Sangha to listen.\nThe unmarried woman so-and-so, who is eighteen years old, is asking the Sangha for approval to train for two years in the six rules under venerable so-and-so.\nIf the Sangha is ready, it should give approval to the unmarried woman so-and-so, who is eighteen years old, to train for two years in the six rules.\nThis is the motion.\nPlease, venerables, I ask the Sangha to listen.\nThe unmarried woman so-and-so, who is eighteen years old, is asking the Sangha for approval to train for two years in the six rules under venerable so-and-so.\nThe Sangha gives approval to the unmarried woman so-and-so, who is eighteen years old, to train for two years in the six rules.\nAny nun who approves of giving approval to the unmarried woman so-and-so, who is eighteen years old, to train for two years in the six rules should remain silent.\nAny nun who doesn’t approve should speak up.\nThe Sangha has given approval to the unmarried woman so-and-so, who is eighteen years old, to train for two years in the six rules.\nThe Sangha approves and is therefore silent. I will remember it thus.’\nThat unmarried woman who is eighteen years old should be told to say this:\n‘I undertake to abstain from killing living beings for two years without transgression. …\nI undertake to abstain from eating at the wrong time for two years without transgression.’”\nThen, after rebuking those nuns in many ways, the Buddha spoke in dispraise of being difficult to support …\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 paripuṇṇavīsativassaṁ kumāribhūtaṁ dve vassāni chasu dhammesu asikkhitasikkhaṁ vuṭṭhāpenti.\nTā bālā honti abyattā;\nna jānanti kappiyaṁ vā akappiyaṁ vā.\nYā tā bhikkhuniyo appicchā …pe… tā ujjhāyanti khiyyanti vipācenti—\n“kathañhi nāma bhikkhuniyo paripuṇṇavīsativassaṁ kumāribhūtaṁ dve vassāni chasu dhammesu asikkhitasikkhaṁ vuṭṭhāpessantī”ti …pe…\n“saccaṁ kira, bhikkhave, bhikkhuniyo paripuṇṇavīsativassaṁ kumāribhūtaṁ dve vassāni chasu dhammesu asikkhitasikkhaṁ vuṭṭhāpentī”ti?\n“Saccaṁ, bhagavā”ti.\nVigarahi buddho bhagavā …pe…\nkathañhi nāma, bhikkhave, bhikkhuniyo paripuṇṇavīsativassaṁ kumāribhūtaṁ dve vassāni chasu dhammesu asikkhitasikkhaṁ vuṭṭhāpessanti.\nNetaṁ, bhikkhave, appasannānaṁ vā pasādāya …pe…\nvigarahitvā …pe…\ndhammiṁ kathaṁ katvā bhikkhū āmantesi—\n“anujānāmi, bhikkhave, aṭṭhārasavassāya kumāribhūtāya dve vassāni chasu dhammesu sikkhāsammutiṁ dātuṁ.\nEvañca pana, bhikkhave, dātabbā.\nTāya aṭṭhārasavassāya kumāribhūtāya saṅghaṁ upasaṅkamitvā ekaṁsaṁ uttarāsaṅgaṁ karitvā bhikkhunīnaṁ pāde vanditvā ukkuṭikaṁ nisīditvā añjaliṁ paggahetvā evamassa vacanīyo—\n‘ahaṁ, ayye, itthannāmā itthannāmāya ayyāya aṭṭhārasavassā kumāribhūtā saṅghaṁ dve vassāni chasu dhammesu sikkhāsammutiṁ yācāmī’ti.\nDutiyampi yācitabbā.\nTatiyampi yācitabbā.\nByattāya bhikkhuniyā paṭibalāya saṅgho ñāpetabbo—\n‘Suṇātu me, ayye, saṅgho.\nAyaṁ itthannāmā itthannāmāya ayyāya aṭṭhārasavassā kumāribhūtā saṅghaṁ dve vassāni chasu dhammesu sikkhāsammutiṁ yācati.\nYadi saṅghassa pattakallaṁ, saṅgho itthannāmāya aṭṭhārasavassāya kumāribhūtāya dve vassāni chasu dhammesu sikkhāsammutiṁ dadeyya.\nEsā ñatti.\nSuṇātu me, ayye, saṅgho.\nAyaṁ itthannāmā itthannāmāya ayyāya aṭṭhārasavassā kumāribhūtā saṅghaṁ dve vassāni chasu dhammesu sikkhāsammutiṁ yācati.\nSaṅgho itthannāmāya aṭṭhārasavassāya kumāribhūtāya dve vassāni chasu dhammesu sikkhāsammutiṁ deti.\nYassā ayyāya khamati itthannāmāya aṭṭhārasavassāya kumāribhūtāya dve vassāni chasu dhammesu sikkhāsammutiyā dānaṁ, sā tuṇhassa;\nyassā nakkhamati, sā bhāseyya.\nDinnā saṅghena itthannāmāya aṭṭhārasavassāya kumāribhūtāya dve vassāni chasu dhammesu sikkhāsammuti.\nKhamati saṅghassa, tasmā tuṇhī, evametaṁ dhārayāmī’”ti.\nSā aṭṭhārasavassā kumāribhūtā evaṁ vadehīti vattabbā—\n“pāṇātipātā veramaṇiṁ dve vassāni avītikkamma samādānaṁ samādiyāmi …pe…\nvikālabhojanā veramaṇiṁ dve vassāni avītikkamma samādānaṁ samādiyāmī”ti.\nAtha kho bhagavā tā bhikkhuniyo anekapariyāyena vigarahitvā dubbharatāya …pe…\nevañca pana, bhikkhave, bhikkhuniyo imaṁ sikkhāpadaṁ uddisantu—"}},{"id":"pli-tv-bi-vb-pc72:1.37","sourceIds":["pli-tv-bi-vb-pc72:1.37.0","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc72:1.37.1"],"kind":"text","text":{"en":"Final ruling\n‘If a nun gives the full admission to an unmarried woman who is more than twenty years old, but who has not trained for two years in the six rules, she commits an offense entailing confession.’”","pi":"“Yā pana bhikkhunī paripuṇṇavīsativassaṁ kumāribhūtaṁ dve vassāni chasu dhammesu asikkhitasikkhaṁ vuṭṭhāpeyya, pācittiyan”ti."}},{"id":"pli-tv-bi-vb-pc72:2","sourceIds":["pli-tv-bi-vb-pc72:2.0","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc72:2.1","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc72:2.2","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc72:2.3","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc72:2.4","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc72:2.5","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc72:2.6","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc72:2.7","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc72:2.8","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc72:2.9","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc72:2.10","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc72:2.11","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc72:2.12","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc72:2.13","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc72:2.14","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc72:2.15","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc72:2.16","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc72:2.17","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc72:2.18","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc72:2.19"],"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.\nWho is more than twenty years old:\nwho has reached twenty years of age.\nAn unmarried woman:\na novice nun is what is meant.\nTwo years:\ntwo twelve-month periods.\nWho has not trained:\nthe training has not been given to her, or the training has been given to her, but she has failed in it.\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.\nParipuṇṇavīsativassā nāma\npattavīsativassā.\nKumāribhūtā nāma\nsāmaṇerī vuccati.\nDve vassānīti\ndve saṁvaccharāni.\nAsikkhitasikkhā nāma\nsikkhā vā na dinnā hoti, dinnā vā sikkhā kupitā.\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-pc72:2.20","sourceIds":["pli-tv-bi-vb-pc72:2.20.0","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc72:2.20.1"],"kind":"text","text":{"en":"Permutations\nIf it is a legitimate legal procedure, and she perceives it as such, and she gives the full admission, she commits an offense entailing confession.","pi":"Dhammakamme dhammakammasaññā vuṭṭhāpeti, āpatti pācittiyassa."}},{"id":"pli-tv-bi-vb-pc72:2-from-pli-tv-bi-vb-pc72-2.21","sourceIds":["pli-tv-bi-vb-pc72:2.21","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc72:2.22","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc72:2.23","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc72:2.24","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc72:2.25"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Dhammakamme vematikā vuṭṭhāpeti, āpatti pācittiyassa.\nDhammakamme adhammakammasaññā vuṭṭhāpeti, āpatti pācittiyassa.\nAdhammakamme dhammakammasaññā, āpatti dukkaṭassa.\nAdhammakamme vematikā, āpatti dukkaṭassa.\nAdhammakamme adhammakammasaññā, āpatti dukkaṭassa.","en":"If it is a legitimate legal procedure, but she is unsure of it, and she gives the full admission, she commits an offense entailing confession.\nIf it is a legitimate legal procedure, but she perceives it as illegitimate, and she gives the full admission, she commits an offense entailing confession.\nIf it is an illegitimate legal procedure, but she perceives it as legitimate, she commits an offense of wrong conduct.\nIf it is an illegitimate legal procedure, but she is unsure of it, she commits an offense of wrong conduct.\nIf it is an illegitimate legal procedure, and she perceives it as such, she commits an offense of wrong conduct."}},{"id":"pli-tv-bi-vb-pc72:2.26","sourceIds":["pli-tv-bi-vb-pc72:2.26.0","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc72:2.26.1"],"kind":"text","text":{"en":"Non-offenses\nThere is no offense:","pi":"Anāpatti—"}},{"id":"pli-tv-bi-vb-pc72:2-from-pli-tv-bi-vb-pc72-2.27","sourceIds":["pli-tv-bi-vb-pc72:2.27","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc72:2.28","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc72:2.29","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc72:2.30"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"paripuṇṇavīsativassaṁ kumāribhūtaṁ dve vassāni chasu dhammesu sikkhitasikkhaṁ vuṭṭhāpeti,\nummattikāya,\nādikammikāyāti.\nDutiyasikkhāpadaṁ niṭṭhitaṁ.","en":"if she gives the full admission to an unmarried woman who is more than twenty years old, and who has trained for two years in the six rules;\nif she is insane;\nif she is the first offender.\nThe second training rule is finished."}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/pli-tv-bi-vb-pc72/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."}