{"id":"pli-tv-bi-vb-pc74","title":"Giving ordination while under twelve years’ seniority","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Brahmāli · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"pli-tv-bi-vb-pc74","title":"Giving ordination while under twelve years’ seniority","units":[{"id":"pli-tv-bi-vb-pc74:0","sourceIds":["pli-tv-bi-vb-pc74:0.1","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc74:0.2","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc74:0.3","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc74:0.4","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc74:0.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Theravāda Vinaya\nBhikkhunivibhaṅga\nPācittiyakaṇḍa\nKumāribhūtavagga\n74. Ūnadvādasavassasikkhāpada","en":"Theravāda Collection on Monastic Law\nThe Nuns’ Analysis\nThe chapter on offenses entailing confession\nThe subchapter on unmarried women\nGiving ordination while under twelve years’ seniority"}},{"id":"pli-tv-bi-vb-pc74:1","sourceIds":["pli-tv-bi-vb-pc74:1.0","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc74:1.1","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc74:1.2","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc74:1.3","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc74:1.4","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc74:1.5","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc74:1.6","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc74:1.7","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc74:1.8","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc74:1.9","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc74:1.10","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc74:1.11","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc74:1.12","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc74:1.13"],"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 nuns who had less than twelve years of seniority were giving the full admission.\nThey were ignorant and incompetent, and they did not know what was allowable and what was not.\nAnd their students too were ignorant and incompetent,\nand they too did not know what was allowable and what was not.\nThe nuns of few desires complained and criticized them,\n“How can nuns who have less than twelve years of seniority give the full admission?” …\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 …” …\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 ūnadvādasavassā vuṭṭhāpenti.\nTā bālā honti abyattā na jānanti kappiyaṁ vā akappiyaṁ vā.\nSaddhivihāriniyopi bālā honti abyattā;\nna jānanti kappiyaṁ vā akappiyaṁ vā.\nYā tā bhikkhuniyo appicchā …pe… tā ujjhāyanti khiyyanti vipācenti—\n“kathañhi nāma bhikkhuniyo ūnadvādasavassā vuṭṭhāpessantī”ti …pe…\n“saccaṁ kira, bhikkhave, bhikkhuniyo ūnadvādasavassā vuṭṭhāpentī”ti?\n“Saccaṁ, bhagavā”ti.\nVigarahi buddho bhagavā …pe…\nkathañhi nāma, bhikkhave, bhikkhuniyo ūnadvādasavassā vuṭṭhāpessanti.\nNetaṁ, bhikkhave, appasannānaṁ vā pasādāya …pe…\nevañca pana, bhikkhave, bhikkhuniyo imaṁ sikkhāpadaṁ uddisantu—"}},{"id":"pli-tv-bi-vb-pc74:1.14","sourceIds":["pli-tv-bi-vb-pc74:1.14.0","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc74:1.14.1"],"kind":"text","text":{"en":"Final ruling\n‘If a nun who has less than twelve years of seniority gives the full admission, she commits an offense entailing confession.’”","pi":"“Yā pana bhikkhunī ūnadvādasavassā vuṭṭhāpeyya, pācittiyan”ti."}},{"id":"pli-tv-bi-vb-pc74:2.1","sourceIds":["pli-tv-bi-vb-pc74:2.1.0","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc74:2.1.1","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc74:2.1.2","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc74:2.1.3","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc74:2.1.4","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc74:2.1.5","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc74:2.1.6","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc74:2.1.7","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc74:2.1.8","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc74:2.1.9","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc74:2.1.10","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc74:2.1.11","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc74:2.1.12","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc74:2.1.13"],"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.\nWho has less than twelve years of seniority:\nwho has not reached twelve years of seniority.\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.\nŪnadvādasavassā nāma\nappattadvādasavassā.\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-pc74:2.2","sourceIds":["pli-tv-bi-vb-pc74:2.2.0","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc74:2.2.1","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc74:2.2.2","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc74:2.2.3","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc74:2.2.4","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc74:2.2.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"en":"Non-offenses\nThere is no offense:\nif one who has twelve years of seniority gives the full admission;\nif she is insane;\nif she is the first offender.\nThe fourth training rule is finished.","pi":"Anāpatti—\nparipuṇṇadvādasavassā vuṭṭhāpeti,\nummattikāya,\nādikammikāyāti.\nCatutthasikkhāpadaṁ niṭṭhitaṁ."}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/pli-tv-bi-vb-pc74/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."}