{"id":"pli-tv-bi-vb-pc95","title":"Asking a question without permission","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Brahmāli · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"pli-tv-bi-vb-pc95","title":"Asking a question without permission","units":[{"id":"pli-tv-bi-vb-pc95:0","sourceIds":["pli-tv-bi-vb-pc95:0.1","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc95:0.2","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc95:0.3","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc95:0.4","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc95:0.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Theravāda Vinaya\nBhikkhunivibhaṅga\nPācittiyakaṇḍa\nChattupāhanavagga\n95. Pañhāpucchanasikkhāpada","en":"Theravāda Collection on Monastic Law\nThe Nuns’ Analysis\nThe chapter on offenses entailing confession\nThe subchapter on sunshades and sandals\nAsking a question without permission"}},{"id":"pli-tv-bi-vb-pc95:1","sourceIds":["pli-tv-bi-vb-pc95:1.0","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc95:1.1","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc95:1.2","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc95:1.3","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc95:1.4","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc95:1.5","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc95:1.6","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc95:1.7","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc95:1.8","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc95:1.9","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc95:1.10"],"kind":"text","text":{"en":"Origin story\nAt one time when the Buddha was staying at Sāvatthī in Anāthapiṇḍika’s Monastery,\nthe nuns asked questions of a monk who had not given them permission.\nThe monks complained and criticized them,\n“How can nuns ask questions of a monk who hasn’t given them permission?” …\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 anokāsakataṁ bhikkhuṁ pañhaṁ pucchanti.\nBhikkhū ujjhāyanti khiyyanti vipācenti—\n“kathañhi nāma bhikkhuniyo anokāsakataṁ bhikkhuṁ pañhaṁ pucchissantī”ti …pe…\n“saccaṁ kira, bhikkhave, bhikkhuniyo anokāsakataṁ bhikkhuṁ pañhaṁ pucchantī”ti?\n“Saccaṁ, bhagavā”ti.\nVigarahi buddho bhagavā …pe…\nkathañhi nāma, bhikkhave, bhikkhuniyo anokāsakataṁ bhikkhuṁ pañhaṁ pucchissanti.\nNetaṁ, bhikkhave, appasannānaṁ vā pasādāya …pe…\nevañca pana, bhikkhave, bhikkhuniyo imaṁ sikkhāpadaṁ uddisantu—"}},{"id":"pli-tv-bi-vb-pc95:1.11","sourceIds":["pli-tv-bi-vb-pc95:1.11.0","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc95:1.11.1"],"kind":"text","text":{"en":"Final ruling\n‘If a nun asks a question of a monk who has not given her permission, she commits an offense entailing confession.’”","pi":"“Yā pana bhikkhunī anokāsakataṁ bhikkhuṁ pañhaṁ puccheyya, pācittiyan”ti."}},{"id":"pli-tv-bi-vb-pc95:2.1","sourceIds":["pli-tv-bi-vb-pc95:2.1.0","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc95:2.1.1","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc95:2.1.2","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc95:2.1.3","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc95:2.1.4","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc95:2.1.5","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc95:2.1.6","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc95:2.1.7","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc95:2.1.8","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc95:2.1.9","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc95:2.1.10","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc95:2.1.11","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc95:2.1.12"],"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 not given her permission:\nwithout asking permission.\nA monk:\none who is fully ordained.\nAsks a question:\nif she gets permission to ask about the discourses, but she asks about the Monastic Law or philosophy, she commits an offense entailing confession.\nIf she gets permission to ask about the Monastic Law, but she asks about the discourses or philosophy, she commits an offense entailing confession.\nIf she gets permission to ask about philosophy, but she asks about the discourses or the Monastic Law, she commits an offense entailing confession.","pi":"Yā panāti\nyā yādisā …pe…\nbhikkhunīti\n…pe… ayaṁ imasmiṁ atthe adhippetā bhikkhunīti.\nAnokāsakatanti\nanāpucchā.\nBhikkhunti\nupasampannaṁ.\nPañhaṁ puccheyyāti\nsuttante okāsaṁ kārāpetvā vinayaṁ vā abhidhammaṁ vā pucchati, āpatti pācittiyassa.\nVinaye okāsaṁ kārāpetvā suttantaṁ vā abhidhammaṁ vā pucchati, āpatti pācittiyassa.\nAbhidhamme okāsaṁ kārāpetvā suttantaṁ vā vinayaṁ vā pucchati, āpatti pācittiyassa."}},{"id":"pli-tv-bi-vb-pc95:2.2","sourceIds":["pli-tv-bi-vb-pc95:2.2.0","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc95:2.2.1","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc95:2.2.2","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc95:2.2.3","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc95:2.2.4","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc95:2.2.5","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc95:2.2.6"],"kind":"text","text":{"en":"Permutations\nIf she has not asked permission, and she does not perceive that she has, and she asks a question, she commits an offense entailing confession.\nIf she has not asked permission, but she is unsure of it, and she asks a question, she commits an offense entailing confession.\nIf she has not asked permission, but she perceives that she has, and she asks a question, she commits an offense entailing confession.\nIf she has asked permission, but she does not perceive that she has, she commits an offense of wrong conduct.\nIf she has asked permission, but she is unsure of it, she commits an offense of wrong conduct.\nIf she has asked permission, and she perceives that she has, there is no offense.","pi":"Anāpucchite anāpucchitasaññā pañhaṁ pucchati, āpatti pācittiyassa.\nAnāpucchite vematikā pañhaṁ pucchati, āpatti pācittiyassa.\nAnāpucchite āpucchitasaññā pañhaṁ pucchati, āpatti pācittiyassa.\nĀpucchite anāpucchitasaññā, āpatti dukkaṭassa.\nĀpucchite vematikā, āpatti dukkaṭassa.\nĀpucchite āpucchitasaññā, anāpatti."}},{"id":"pli-tv-bi-vb-pc95:2.3","sourceIds":["pli-tv-bi-vb-pc95:2.3.0","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc95:2.3.1","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc95:2.3.2","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc95:2.3.3","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc95:2.3.4","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc95:2.3.5","pli-tv-bi-vb-pc95:2.3.6"],"kind":"text","text":{"en":"Non-offenses\nThere is no offense:\nif she asks after getting permission;\nif she gets permission, but not in regard to a specific subject, and she then asks about any subject;\nif she is insane;\nif she is the first offender.\nThe twelfth training rule is finished.","pi":"Anāpatti—\nokāsaṁ kārāpetvā pucchati,\nanodissa okāsaṁ kārāpetvā yattha katthaci pucchati,\nummattikāya,\nādikammikāyāti.\nDvādasamasikkhāpadaṁ niṭṭhitaṁ."}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/pli-tv-bi-vb-pc95/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."}