{"id":"pli-tv-bi-vb-pj6","title":"The training rule on concealing an expulsion offense","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Brahmāli · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"pli-tv-bi-vb-pj6","title":"The training rule on concealing an expulsion offense","units":[{"id":"pli-tv-bi-vb-pj6:0","sourceIds":["pli-tv-bi-vb-pj6:0.1","pli-tv-bi-vb-pj6:0.2","pli-tv-bi-vb-pj6:0.3","pli-tv-bi-vb-pj6:0.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Theravāda Vinaya\nBhikkhunivibhaṅga\nPārājikakaṇḍa\n6. Vajjappaṭicchādikāsikkhāpada","en":"Theravāda Collection on Monastic Law\nThe Nuns’ Analysis\nThe chapter on offenses entailing expulsion\nThe training rule on concealing an expulsion offense"}},{"id":"pli-tv-bi-vb-pj6:1","sourceIds":["pli-tv-bi-vb-pj6:1.0","pli-tv-bi-vb-pj6:1.1","pli-tv-bi-vb-pj6:1.2","pli-tv-bi-vb-pj6:1.3","pli-tv-bi-vb-pj6:1.4","pli-tv-bi-vb-pj6:1.5","pli-tv-bi-vb-pj6:1.6","pli-tv-bi-vb-pj6:1.7","pli-tv-bi-vb-pj6:1.8","pli-tv-bi-vb-pj6:1.9","pli-tv-bi-vb-pj6:1.10","pli-tv-bi-vb-pj6:1.11","pli-tv-bi-vb-pj6:1.12","pli-tv-bi-vb-pj6:1.13","pli-tv-bi-vb-pj6:1.14","pli-tv-bi-vb-pj6:1.15","pli-tv-bi-vb-pj6:1.16","pli-tv-bi-vb-pj6:1.17","pli-tv-bi-vb-pj6:1.18","pli-tv-bi-vb-pj6:1.19","pli-tv-bi-vb-pj6:1.20","pli-tv-bi-vb-pj6:1.21","pli-tv-bi-vb-pj6:1.22"],"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 nun Sundarīnandā was pregnant by Migāra’s grandson Sāḷha.\nWhen the fetus got large, she concealed her condition.\nAnd when the fetus was fully grown, she disrobed and gave birth.\nThe nuns said to the nun Thullanandā,\n“Venerable, Sundarīnandā gave birth shortly after disrobing.”\n“Could it be that she was pregnant while she was still a nun?”\n“Yes, venerables.”\n“But, venerable, when you knew that a nun had committed an offense entailing expulsion, why didn’t you either confront her yourself or tell the community?”\n“Her disrepute is my disrepute, her infamy is my infamy, her notoriety is my notoriety, her loss is my loss.\nWhy would I tell others of my own disrepute, infamy, notoriety, and loss?”\nThe nuns of few desires complained and criticized her,\n“How could Venerable Thullanandā, knowing that a nun had committed an offense entailing expulsion, neither confront her herself nor tell the community?”\nThen those nuns told the monks what had happened,\nand the monks in turn told the Buddha.\nSoon afterwards the Buddha had the Sangha gathered and questioned the monks:\n“Is it true, monks, that the nun Thullanandā acted like this?”\n“It’s true, sir.”\nThe Buddha rebuked her …\n“How could the nun Thullanandā, knowing that a nun had committed an offense entailing expulsion, neither confront her herself nor tell the community?\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 sundarīnandā bhikkhunī sāḷhena migāranattunā gabbhinī hoti.\nYāva gabbho taruṇo ahosi tāva chādesi.\nParipakke gabbhe vibbhamitvā vijāyi.\nBhikkhuniyo thullanandaṁ bhikkhuniṁ etadavocuṁ—\n“sundarīnandā kho, ayye, aciravibbhantā vijātā.\nKacci no sā bhikkhunīyeva samānā gabbhinī”ti?\n“Evaṁ, ayye”ti.\n“Kissa pana tvaṁ, ayye, jānaṁ pārājikaṁ dhammaṁ ajjhāpannaṁ bhikkhuniṁ nevattanā paṭicodesi na gaṇassa ārocesī”ti?\n“Yo etissā avaṇṇo mayheso avaṇṇo, yā etissā akitti mayhesā akitti, yo etissā ayaso mayheso ayaso, yo etissā alābho mayheso alābho.\nKyāhaṁ, ayye, attano avaṇṇaṁ attano akittiṁ attano ayasaṁ attano alābhaṁ paresaṁ ārocessāmī”ti?\nYā tā bhikkhuniyo appicchā …pe… tā ujjhāyanti khiyyanti vipācenti—\n“kathañhi nāma ayyā thullanandā jānaṁ pārājikaṁ dhammaṁ ajjhāpannaṁ bhikkhuniṁ nevattanā paṭicodessati na gaṇassa ārocessatī”ti.\nAtha kho tā bhikkhuniyo bhikkhūnaṁ etamatthaṁ ārocesuṁ.\nBhikkhū bhagavato etamatthaṁ ārocesuṁ.\nAtha kho bhagavā etasmiṁ nidāne etasmiṁ pakaraṇe bhikkhusaṅghaṁ sannipātāpetvā bhikkhū paṭipucchi—\n“saccaṁ kira, bhikkhave, thullanandā bhikkhunī jānaṁ pārājikaṁ dhammaṁ ajjhāpannaṁ bhikkhuniṁ nevattanā paṭicodeti na gaṇassa ārocetī”ti?\n“Saccaṁ, bhagavā”ti.\nVigarahi buddho bhagavā …pe…\nkathañhi nāma, bhikkhave, thullanandā bhikkhunī jānaṁ pārājikaṁ dhammaṁ ajjhāpannaṁ bhikkhuniṁ nevattanā paṭicodessati na gaṇassa ārocessati.\nNetaṁ, bhikkhave, appasannānaṁ vā pasādāya …pe…\nevañca pana, bhikkhave, bhikkhuniyo imaṁ sikkhāpadaṁ uddisantu—"}},{"id":"pli-tv-bi-vb-pj6:1.23","sourceIds":["pli-tv-bi-vb-pj6:1.23.0","pli-tv-bi-vb-pj6:1.23.1"],"kind":"text","text":{"en":"Final ruling\n‘If a nun knows that a nun has committed an offense entailing expulsion, but she neither confronts her herself nor tells the community, and afterward—whether that nun remains or has died or has been expelled or has converted—she says, “Venerables, although I previously knew that this nun was like this, I thought, ‘I will neither confront her myself nor tell the community,’” she too is expelled and excluded from the community. The training rule on those who conceal offenses.’”","pi":"“Yā pana bhikkhunī jānaṁ pārājikaṁ dhammaṁ ajjhāpannaṁ bhikkhuniṁ nevattanā paṭicodeyya na gaṇassa āroceyya, yadā ca sā ṭhitā vā assa cutā vā nāsitā vā avassaṭā vā, sā pacchā evaṁ vadeyya—‘pubbevāhaṁ, ayye, aññāsiṁ etaṁ bhikkhuniṁ evarūpā ca evarūpā ca sā bhaginīti, no ca kho attanā paṭicodessaṁ na gaṇassa ārocessan’ti, ayampi pārājikā hoti asaṁvāsā vajjappaṭicchādikā”ti."}},{"id":"pli-tv-bi-vb-pj6:2.1","sourceIds":["pli-tv-bi-vb-pj6:2.1.0","pli-tv-bi-vb-pj6:2.1.1","pli-tv-bi-vb-pj6:2.1.2","pli-tv-bi-vb-pj6:2.1.3","pli-tv-bi-vb-pj6:2.1.4","pli-tv-bi-vb-pj6:2.1.5","pli-tv-bi-vb-pj6:2.1.6","pli-tv-bi-vb-pj6:2.1.7","pli-tv-bi-vb-pj6:2.1.8","pli-tv-bi-vb-pj6:2.1.9","pli-tv-bi-vb-pj6:2.1.10","pli-tv-bi-vb-pj6:2.1.11","pli-tv-bi-vb-pj6:2.1.12","pli-tv-bi-vb-pj6:2.1.13","pli-tv-bi-vb-pj6:2.1.14","pli-tv-bi-vb-pj6:2.1.15","pli-tv-bi-vb-pj6:2.1.16","pli-tv-bi-vb-pj6:2.1.17","pli-tv-bi-vb-pj6:2.1.18","pli-tv-bi-vb-pj6:2.1.19","pli-tv-bi-vb-pj6:2.1.20","pli-tv-bi-vb-pj6:2.1.21","pli-tv-bi-vb-pj6:2.1.22","pli-tv-bi-vb-pj6:2.1.23","pli-tv-bi-vb-pj6:2.1.24","pli-tv-bi-vb-pj6:2.1.25","pli-tv-bi-vb-pj6:2.1.26","pli-tv-bi-vb-pj6:2.1.27","pli-tv-bi-vb-pj6:2.1.28","pli-tv-bi-vb-pj6:2.1.29","pli-tv-bi-vb-pj6:2.1.30"],"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.\nKnows:\nshe knows by herself or others have told her or she has told her.\nHas committed an offense entailing expulsion:\nshe has committed any one of the eight offenses entailing expulsion.\nShe neither confronts her herself:\nshe does not herself accuse her.\nNor tells the community:\nshe does not tell other nuns.\nWhether that nun remains or has died:\nRemains: what is meant is that she remains as a nun.\nHas died: what is meant is that she has passed away.\nHas been expelled:\nshe has either disrobed herself or been expelled by others.\nHas converted:\nwhat is meant is that she has joined another religious community.\nAfterward she says, “Venerables, although I previously knew that this nun was like this, I thought, ‘I will neither confront her myself’”:\n“I won’t accuse her myself.”\n“Nor tell the community”:\n“Nor tell other nuns.”\nShe too:\nthis is said with reference to the preceding offenses entailing expulsion.\nIs expelled:\njust as a fallen, withered leaf is incapable of becoming green again, so too is a nun who knows that a nun has committed an offense entailing expulsion, but who thinks, “I will neither confront her myself nor tell the community,” by the mere fact of abandoning her duty, not a monastic, not a daughter of the Sakyan. Therefore it is said “she is expelled.”\nExcluded from the community:\nCommunity: joint legal procedures, a joint recitation, the same training—this is called “community”.\nShe does not take part in this—therefore it is called “excluded from the community”.","pi":"Yā panāti\nyā yādisā …pe…\nbhikkhunīti\n…pe… ayaṁ imasmiṁ atthe adhippetā bhikkhunīti.\nJānāti nāma\nsāmaṁ vā jānāti, aññe vā tassā ārocenti, sā vā āroceti.\nPārājikaṁ dhammaṁ ajjhāpannanti\naṭṭhannaṁ pārājikānaṁ aññataraṁ pārājikaṁ ajjhāpannaṁ.\nNevattanā paṭicodeyyāti\nna sayaṁ codeyya.\nNa gaṇassa āroceyyāti\nna aññāsaṁ bhikkhunīnaṁ āroceyya.\nYadā ca sā ṭhitā vā assa cutā vāti\nṭhitā nāma saliṅge ṭhitā vuccati.\nCutā nāma kālaṅkatā vuccati.\nNāsitā nāma\nsayaṁ vā vibbhantā hoti aññehi vā nāsitā.\nAvassaṭā nāma\ntitthāyatanaṁ saṅkantā vuccati.\nSā pacchā evaṁ vadeyya— “pubbevāhaṁ, ayye, aññāsiṁ etaṁ bhikkhuniṁ evarūpā ca evarūpā ca sā bhaginī”ti. No ca kho attanā paṭicodessanti\nsayaṁ vā na codessaṁ.\nNa gaṇassa ārocessanti\nna aññāsaṁ bhikkhunīnaṁ ārocessaṁ.\nAyampīti\npurimāyo upādāya vuccati.\nPārājikā hotīti\nseyyathāpi nāma paṇḍupalāso bandhanā pamutto abhabbo haritatthāya, evameva bhikkhunī jānaṁ pārājikaṁ dhammaṁ ajjhāpannaṁ bhikkhuniṁ nevattanā paṭicodessāmi na gaṇassa ārocessāmīti dhuraṁ nikkhittamatte assamaṇī hoti asakyadhītā. Tena vuccati pārājikā hotīti.\nAsaṁvāsāti\nsaṁvāso nāma ekakammaṁ ekuddeso samasikkhatā. Eso saṁvāso nāma.\nSo tāya saddhiṁ natthi. Tena vuccati asaṁvāsāti."}},{"id":"pli-tv-bi-vb-pj6:2.2","sourceIds":["pli-tv-bi-vb-pj6:2.2.0","pli-tv-bi-vb-pj6:2.2.1","pli-tv-bi-vb-pj6:2.2.2","pli-tv-bi-vb-pj6:2.2.3","pli-tv-bi-vb-pj6:2.2.4","pli-tv-bi-vb-pj6:2.2.5","pli-tv-bi-vb-pj6:2.2.6","pli-tv-bi-vb-pj6:2.2.7","pli-tv-bi-vb-pj6:2.2.8","pli-tv-bi-vb-pj6:2.2.9","pli-tv-bi-vb-pj6:2.2.10","pli-tv-bi-vb-pj6:2.2.11","pli-tv-bi-vb-pj6:2.2.12"],"kind":"text","text":{"en":"Non-offenses\nThere is no offense:\nif she does not tell because she thinks there will be quarrels or disputes in the Sangha;\nif she does not tell because she thinks there will be a schism or fracture in the Sangha;\nif she does not tell because she thinks the person she is telling about is cruel and harsh and that she might become a threat to life or the monastic life;\nif she does not tell because she does not see any suitable nuns;\nif she does not tell, but not because she wants to conceal;\nif she does not tell because she thinks the other person will be known through her own actions;\nif she is insane;\nif she is deranged;\nif she is overwhelmed by pain;\nif she is the first offender.\nThe sixth offense entailing expulsion is finished.","pi":"Anāpatti—\n“saṅghassa bhaṇḍanaṁ vā kalaho vā viggaho vā vivādo vā bhavissatī”ti nāroceti,\n“saṅghabhedo vā saṅgharāji vā bhavissatī”ti nāroceti,\n“ayaṁ kakkhaḷā pharusā jīvitantarāyaṁ vā brahmacariyantarāyaṁ vā karissatī”ti nāroceti,\naññā patirūpā bhikkhuniyo apassantī nāroceti,\nnacchādetukāmā nāroceti,\npaññāyissati sakena kammenāti nāroceti,\nummattikāya\n…pe…\nādikammikāyāti.\nDutiyapārājikaṁ samattaṁ."}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/pli-tv-bi-vb-pj6/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."}