{"id":"pli-tv-bi-vb-ss1","title":"Venerables, these seventeen rules on suspension come up for recitation.","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Brahmāli · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"pli-tv-bi-vb-ss1","title":"Venerables, these seventeen rules on suspension come up for recitation.","units":[{"id":"pli-tv-bi-vb-ss1:0","sourceIds":["pli-tv-bi-vb-ss1:0.1","pli-tv-bi-vb-ss1:0.2","pli-tv-bi-vb-ss1:0.3","pli-tv-bi-vb-ss1:0.4","pli-tv-bi-vb-ss1:0.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Theravāda Vinaya\nBhikkhunivibhaṅga\nSaṅghādisesakaṇḍa\n1. Ussayavādikāsikkhāpada\nIme kho panāyyāyo sattarasa saṅghādisesā dhammā uddesaṁ āgacchanti.","en":"Theravāda Collection on Monastic Law\nThe Nuns’ Analysis\nThe chapter on offenses entailing suspension\nThe training rule on taking legal action\nVenerables, these seventeen rules on suspension come up for recitation."}},{"id":"pli-tv-bi-vb-ss1:1","sourceIds":["pli-tv-bi-vb-ss1:1.0","pli-tv-bi-vb-ss1:1.1","pli-tv-bi-vb-ss1:1.2","pli-tv-bi-vb-ss1:1.3","pli-tv-bi-vb-ss1:1.4","pli-tv-bi-vb-ss1:1.5","pli-tv-bi-vb-ss1:1.6","pli-tv-bi-vb-ss1:1.7","pli-tv-bi-vb-ss1:1.8","pli-tv-bi-vb-ss1:1.9","pli-tv-bi-vb-ss1:1.10","pli-tv-bi-vb-ss1:1.11","pli-tv-bi-vb-ss1:1.12","pli-tv-bi-vb-ss1:1.13","pli-tv-bi-vb-ss1:1.14","pli-tv-bi-vb-ss1:1.15","pli-tv-bi-vb-ss1:1.16","pli-tv-bi-vb-ss1:1.17","pli-tv-bi-vb-ss1:1.18","pli-tv-bi-vb-ss1:1.19","pli-tv-bi-vb-ss1:1.20","pli-tv-bi-vb-ss1:1.21","pli-tv-bi-vb-ss1:1.22","pli-tv-bi-vb-ss1:1.23","pli-tv-bi-vb-ss1:1.24","pli-tv-bi-vb-ss1:1.25","pli-tv-bi-vb-ss1:1.26","pli-tv-bi-vb-ss1:1.27","pli-tv-bi-vb-ss1:1.28","pli-tv-bi-vb-ss1:1.29","pli-tv-bi-vb-ss1:1.30","pli-tv-bi-vb-ss1:1.31","pli-tv-bi-vb-ss1:1.32","pli-tv-bi-vb-ss1:1.33","pli-tv-bi-vb-ss1:1.34","pli-tv-bi-vb-ss1:1.35","pli-tv-bi-vb-ss1:1.36","pli-tv-bi-vb-ss1:1.37","pli-tv-bi-vb-ss1:1.38","pli-tv-bi-vb-ss1:1.39","pli-tv-bi-vb-ss1:1.40","pli-tv-bi-vb-ss1:1.41","pli-tv-bi-vb-ss1:1.42","pli-tv-bi-vb-ss1:1.43","pli-tv-bi-vb-ss1:1.44","pli-tv-bi-vb-ss1:1.45","pli-tv-bi-vb-ss1:1.46","pli-tv-bi-vb-ss1:1.47","pli-tv-bi-vb-ss1:1.48","pli-tv-bi-vb-ss1:1.49","pli-tv-bi-vb-ss1:1.50","pli-tv-bi-vb-ss1:1.51","pli-tv-bi-vb-ss1:1.52","pli-tv-bi-vb-ss1:1.53","pli-tv-bi-vb-ss1:1.54","pli-tv-bi-vb-ss1:1.55"],"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 a lay follower who had given a storehouse to the Sangha of nuns had died.\nHe had two sons,\none with and one without faith and confidence,\nand they divided their father’s property between them.\nThen the one without faith said to the other,\n“The storehouse is ours; let’s allocate it to one of us.”\nBut the one with faith responded,\n“No,\nour father gave it to the Sangha of nuns.”\nA second time they both said the same thing,\nand a third time the one without faith repeated his proposal.\nThe one with faith then thought,\n“If I get it, I too would give it to the Sangha of nuns,”\nand he said,\n“Alright, let’s allocate it.”\nBut when they allocated it, it fell to the one without faith.\nHe then went to the nuns and said,\n“Please leave, venerables, this storehouse is mine.”\nThe nun Thullanandā said to him,\n“No, your father gave it to the Sangha of nuns.”\nBecause they were unable to agree, they asked judges to decide on the matter.\nThey said,\n“Venerable, who knows that it was given to the Sangha of nuns?”\nThullanandā replied,\n“But sirs, didn’t you appoint a witness who saw or heard the giving of the gift?”\nSaying,\n“It’s true what the venerable says,” the judges made the storehouse the property of the Sangha of nuns.\nThe defeated man complained and criticized the nuns,\n“They’re not monastics, these shaven-headed sluts.\nHow could they take my storehouse?”\nThullanandā told the judges of this\nand they punished him.\nThat man then made a dwelling place for Ājīvaka ascetics near the nunnery,\ninciting them to drown out the nuns.\nOnce again Thullanandā told the judges\nand the judges jailed him.\nPeople then complained and criticized those nuns,\n“First the nuns take his storehouse, then they have him punished, and then they have him jailed.\nNext they’ll have him executed!”\nNuns heard the complaints of those people,\nand the nuns of few desires complained and criticized her,\n“How could Venerable Thullanandā take legal action?”\nThen those nuns told the monks …\n“Is it true, monks, that the nun Thullanandā is taking legal action?”\n“It’s true, sir.”\nThe Buddha rebuked her …\n“How could the nun Thullanandā take legal action?\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 aññataro upāsako bhikkhunisaṅghassa udositaṁ datvā kālaṅkato hoti.\nTassa dve puttā honti—\neko assaddho appasanno, eko saddho pasanno.\nTe pettikaṁ sāpateyyaṁ vibhajiṁsu.\nAtha kho so assaddho appasanno taṁ saddhaṁ pasannaṁ etadavoca—\n“amhākaṁ udosito, taṁ bhājemā”ti.\nEvaṁ vutte, so saddho pasanno taṁ assaddhaṁ appasannaṁ etadavoca—\n“māyyo, evaṁ avaca.\nAmhākaṁ pitunā bhikkhunisaṅghassa dinno”ti.\nDutiyampi kho so assaddho appasanno taṁ saddhaṁ pasannaṁ etadavoca—\n“amhākaṁ udosito, taṁ bhājemā”ti.\nAtha kho so saddho pasanno taṁ assaddhaṁ appasannaṁ etadavoca—\n“māyyo, evaṁ avaca.\nAmhākaṁ pitunā bhikkhunisaṅghassa dinno”ti.\nTatiyampi kho so assaddho appasanno taṁ saddhaṁ pasannaṁ etadavoca—\n“amhākaṁ udosito, taṁ bhājemā”ti.\nAtha kho so saddho pasanno—\n“sace mayhaṁ bhavissati, ahampi bhikkhunisaṅghassa dassāmī”ti—\ntaṁ assaddhaṁ appasannaṁ etadavoca—\n“bhājemā”ti.\nAtha kho so udosito tehi bhājīyamāno tassa assaddhassa appasannassa pāpuṇāti.\nAtha kho so assaddho appasanno bhikkhuniyo upasaṅkamitvā etadavoca—\n“nikkhamathāyye, amhākaṁ udosito”ti.\nEvaṁ vutte thullanandā bhikkhunī taṁ purisaṁ etadavoca—\n“māyyo, evaṁ avaca, tumhākaṁ pitunā bhikkhunisaṅghassa dinno”ti.\n“Dinno na dinno”ti vohārike mahāmatte pucchiṁsu.\nMahāmattā evamāhaṁsu—\n“ko, ayye, jānāti bhikkhunisaṅghassa dinno”ti?\nEvaṁ vutte, thullanandā bhikkhunī te mahāmatte etadavoca—\n“api nāyyā tumhehi diṭṭhaṁ vā sutaṁ vā sakkhiṁ ṭhapayitvā dānaṁ diyyamānan”ti?\nAtha kho te mahāmattā—\n“saccaṁ kho ayyā āhā”ti taṁ udositaṁ bhikkhunisaṅghassa akaṁsu.\nAtha kho so puriso parājito ujjhāyati khiyyati vipāceti—\n“assamaṇiyo imā muṇḍā bandhakiniyo.\nKathañhi nāma amhākaṁ udositaṁ acchindāpessantī”ti.\nThullanandā bhikkhunī mahāmattānaṁ etamatthaṁ ārocesi.\nMahāmattā taṁ purisaṁ daṇḍāpesuṁ.\nAtha kho so puriso daṇḍito bhikkhunupassayassa avidūre ājīvakaseyyaṁ kārāpetvā ājīvake uyyojesi—\n“etā bhikkhuniyo accāvadathā”ti.\nThullanandā bhikkhunī mahāmattānaṁ etamatthaṁ ārocesi.\nMahāmattā taṁ purisaṁ bandhāpesuṁ.\nManussā ujjhāyanti khiyyanti vipācenti—\n“paṭhamaṁ bhikkhuniyo udositaṁ acchindāpesuṁ, dutiyaṁ daṇḍāpesuṁ, tatiyaṁ bandhāpesuṁ.\nIdāni ghātāpessantī”ti.\nAssosuṁ kho bhikkhuniyo tesaṁ manussānaṁ ujjhāyantānaṁ khiyyantānaṁ vipācentānaṁ.\nYā tā bhikkhuniyo appicchā …pe… tā ujjhāyanti khiyyanti vipācenti—\n“kathañhi nāma ayyā thullanandā ussayavādikā viharissatī”ti.\nAtha kho tā bhikkhuniyo bhikkhūnaṁ etamatthaṁ ārocesuṁ …pe…\n“saccaṁ kira, bhikkhave, thullanandā bhikkhunī ussayavādikā viharatī”ti.\n“Saccaṁ, bhagavā”ti.\nVigarahi buddho bhagavā …pe…\nkathañhi nāma, bhikkhave, thullanandā bhikkhunī ussayavādikā viharissati.\nNetaṁ, bhikkhave, appasannānaṁ vā pasādāya …pe…\nevañca pana, bhikkhave, bhikkhuniyo imaṁ sikkhāpadaṁ uddisantu—"}},{"id":"pli-tv-bi-vb-ss1:1.56","sourceIds":["pli-tv-bi-vb-ss1:1.56.0","pli-tv-bi-vb-ss1:1.56.1"],"kind":"text","text":{"en":"Final ruling\n‘If a nun takes legal action against a householder or a householder’s offspring or a slave or a worker or even toward a monastic or a wanderer, then that nun has committed an immediate offense entailing sending away and suspension.’”","pi":"“Yā pana bhikkhunī ussayavādikā vihareyya gahapatinā vā gahapatiputtena vā dāsena vā kammakārena vā antamaso samaṇaparibbājakenāpi, ayaṁ bhikkhunī paṭhamāpattikaṁ dhammaṁ āpannā nissāraṇīyaṁ saṅghādisesan”ti."}},{"id":"pli-tv-bi-vb-ss1:2.1","sourceIds":["pli-tv-bi-vb-ss1:2.1.0","pli-tv-bi-vb-ss1:2.1.1","pli-tv-bi-vb-ss1:2.1.2","pli-tv-bi-vb-ss1:2.1.3","pli-tv-bi-vb-ss1:2.1.4","pli-tv-bi-vb-ss1:2.1.5","pli-tv-bi-vb-ss1:2.1.6","pli-tv-bi-vb-ss1:2.1.7","pli-tv-bi-vb-ss1:2.1.8","pli-tv-bi-vb-ss1:2.1.9","pli-tv-bi-vb-ss1:2.1.10","pli-tv-bi-vb-ss1:2.1.11","pli-tv-bi-vb-ss1:2.1.12","pli-tv-bi-vb-ss1:2.1.13","pli-tv-bi-vb-ss1:2.1.14","pli-tv-bi-vb-ss1:2.1.15","pli-tv-bi-vb-ss1:2.1.16","pli-tv-bi-vb-ss1:2.1.17","pli-tv-bi-vb-ss1:2.1.18","pli-tv-bi-vb-ss1:2.1.19","pli-tv-bi-vb-ss1:2.1.20","pli-tv-bi-vb-ss1:2.1.21","pli-tv-bi-vb-ss1:2.1.22","pli-tv-bi-vb-ss1:2.1.23","pli-tv-bi-vb-ss1:2.1.24","pli-tv-bi-vb-ss1:2.1.25","pli-tv-bi-vb-ss1:2.1.26","pli-tv-bi-vb-ss1:2.1.27"],"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.\nTakes legal action:\nwhat is meant is that she is the initiator of a lawsuit.\nA householder:\nanyone who lives at home.\nA householder’s offspring:\nwhoever is an offspring or a sibling.\nA slave:\none born in the household, one who has been bought, one who has been brought back as a captive.\nA worker:\na paid worker, a servant.\nA monastic or a wanderer:\nanyone who is a wanderer apart from Buddhist monks, nuns, trainee nuns, novice monks, and novice nuns.\nIf, thinking, “I’ll initiate a lawsuit,” she looks for a companion or just goes there herself, she commits an offense of wrong conduct.\nIf she tells one other person, she commits an offense of wrong conduct.\nIf she tells a second person, she commits a serious offense.\nAt the end of the lawsuit, she commits an offense entailing suspension.\nAn immediate offense:\nthere is an offense as soon as the misconduct is committed, and no pressing is required.\nEntailing sending away:\nshe is sent away from the Sangha.\nSuspension:\nonly the Sangha gives the trial period for that offense, sends back to the beginning, and rehabilitates—not several nuns, not an individual nun. Therefore it is called an offense entailing suspension.\nThis is the name and designation of this class of offense. Therefore, too, it is called an offense entailing suspension.","pi":"Yā panāti\nyā yādisā …pe…\nbhikkhunīti\n…pe… ayaṁ imasmiṁ atthe adhippetā bhikkhunīti.\nUssayavādikā nāma\naḍḍakārikā vuccati.\nGahapati nāma\nyo koci agāraṁ ajjhāvasati.\nGahapatiputto nāma\nye keci puttabhātaro.\nDāso nāma\nantojāto dhanakkīto karamarānīto.\nKammakāro nāma\nbhaṭako āhatako.\nSamaṇaparibbājako nāma\nbhikkhuñca bhikkhuniñca sikkhamānañca sāmaṇerañca sāmaṇeriñca ṭhapetvā yo koci paribbājakasamāpanno.\nAḍḍaṁ karissāmīti dutiyaṁ vā pariyesati gacchati vā, āpatti dukkaṭassa.\nEkassa āroceti, āpatti dukkaṭassa.\nDutiyassa āroceti, āpatti thullaccayassa.\nAḍḍapariyosāne āpatti saṅghādisesassa.\nPaṭhamāpattikanti\nsaha vatthujjhācārā āpajjati asamanubhāsanāya.\nNissāraṇīyanti\nsaṅghamhā nissārīyati.\nSaṅghādisesanti\nsaṅghova tassā āpattiyā mānattaṁ deti mūlāya paṭikassati abbheti, na sambahulā na ekā bhikkhunī. Tena vuccati “saṅghādiseso”ti.\nTasseva āpattinikāyassa nāmakammaṁ adhivacanaṁ. Tenapi vuccati “saṅghādiseso”ti."}},{"id":"pli-tv-bi-vb-ss1:2.2","sourceIds":["pli-tv-bi-vb-ss1:2.2.0","pli-tv-bi-vb-ss1:2.2.1","pli-tv-bi-vb-ss1:2.2.2","pli-tv-bi-vb-ss1:2.2.3","pli-tv-bi-vb-ss1:2.2.4","pli-tv-bi-vb-ss1:2.2.5","pli-tv-bi-vb-ss1:2.2.6","pli-tv-bi-vb-ss1:2.2.7","pli-tv-bi-vb-ss1:2.2.8","pli-tv-bi-vb-ss1:2.2.9"],"kind":"text","text":{"en":"Non-offenses\nThere is no offense:\nif she goes there because people pull her;\nif she is asking for protection;\nif she tells without specifying a person;\nif she is insane;\nif she is deranged;\nif she is overwhelmed by pain;\nif she is the first offender.\nThe first offense entailing suspension is finished.","pi":"Anāpatti—\nmanussehi ākaḍḍhīyamānā gacchati,\nārakkhaṁ yācati,\nanodissa ācikkhati,\nummattikāya …pe…\nādikammikāyāti.\nPaṭhamasaṅghādisesasikkhāpadaṁ niṭṭhitaṁ."}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/pli-tv-bi-vb-ss1/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."}