{"id":"pli-tv-bi-vb-ss2","title":"Ordaining a criminal","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Brahmāli · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"pli-tv-bi-vb-ss2","title":"Ordaining a criminal","units":[{"id":"pli-tv-bi-vb-ss2:0","sourceIds":["pli-tv-bi-vb-ss2:0.1","pli-tv-bi-vb-ss2:0.2","pli-tv-bi-vb-ss2:0.3","pli-tv-bi-vb-ss2:0.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Theravāda Vinaya\nBhikkhunivibhaṅga\nSaṅghādisesakaṇḍa\n2. Corīvuṭṭhāpikāsikkhāpada","en":"Theravāda Collection on Monastic Law\nThe Nuns’ Analysis\nThe chapter on offenses entailing suspension\nOrdaining a criminal"}},{"id":"pli-tv-bi-vb-ss2:1","sourceIds":["pli-tv-bi-vb-ss2:1.0","pli-tv-bi-vb-ss2:1.1","pli-tv-bi-vb-ss2:1.2","pli-tv-bi-vb-ss2:1.3","pli-tv-bi-vb-ss2:1.4","pli-tv-bi-vb-ss2:1.5","pli-tv-bi-vb-ss2:1.6","pli-tv-bi-vb-ss2:1.7","pli-tv-bi-vb-ss2:1.8","pli-tv-bi-vb-ss2:1.9","pli-tv-bi-vb-ss2:1.10","pli-tv-bi-vb-ss2:1.11","pli-tv-bi-vb-ss2:1.12","pli-tv-bi-vb-ss2:1.13","pli-tv-bi-vb-ss2:1.14","pli-tv-bi-vb-ss2:1.15","pli-tv-bi-vb-ss2:1.16","pli-tv-bi-vb-ss2:1.17","pli-tv-bi-vb-ss2:1.18","pli-tv-bi-vb-ss2:1.19","pli-tv-bi-vb-ss2:1.20","pli-tv-bi-vb-ss2:1.21","pli-tv-bi-vb-ss2:1.22","pli-tv-bi-vb-ss2:1.23","pli-tv-bi-vb-ss2:1.24","pli-tv-bi-vb-ss2:1.25","pli-tv-bi-vb-ss2:1.26","pli-tv-bi-vb-ss2:1.27","pli-tv-bi-vb-ss2:1.28","pli-tv-bi-vb-ss2:1.29","pli-tv-bi-vb-ss2:1.30","pli-tv-bi-vb-ss2:1.31","pli-tv-bi-vb-ss2:1.32","pli-tv-bi-vb-ss2:1.33","pli-tv-bi-vb-ss2:1.34","pli-tv-bi-vb-ss2:1.35","pli-tv-bi-vb-ss2:1.36","pli-tv-bi-vb-ss2:1.37","pli-tv-bi-vb-ss2:1.38","pli-tv-bi-vb-ss2:1.39"],"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 in Vesālī the wife of a certain Licchavī man was unfaithful.\nHe said to her,\n“Please stop. If you don’t, I’ll punish you.”\nBut she did not listen.\nJust then in Vesālī the Licchavī clan had gathered on some business.\nThat Licchavī man said to them,\n“Sirs, please give me permission in regard to one of my wives.”\n“What is it with her?”\n“She’s unfaithful. I wish to kill her.”\n“You may go ahead.”\nWhen his wife heard\nthat her husband wanted to kill her,\nshe took their most valuable possessions and went to Sāvatthī. There she went to the monastics of other religions and asked for the going forth,\nbut they refused.\nShe then went to the Buddhist nuns and again asked for the going forth,\nbut they too refused.\nShe then went to the nun Thullanandā, showed her the goods, and once again asked for the going forth.\nThullanandā took the goods and gave her the going forth.\nThat Licchavī man then went to Sāvatthī in search of his wife. When he saw that she had been given the going forth as a nun, he went to King Pasenadi of Kosala\nand said,\n“Sir, my wife took my most valuable possessions and came to Sāvatthī.\nPlease permit me to deal with her.”\n“Well then, find her and then inform me.”\n“I’ve seen her. She’s gone forth as a nun.”\n“If she’s gone forth as a nun, there’s nothing that can be done.\nThe Teaching of the Buddha is well-proclaimed. Let her practice the spiritual life for the full ending of suffering.”\nThen that Licchavī man complained and criticized the nuns,\n“How could the nuns give the going forth to a criminal?”\nThe nuns heard the complaints of that Licchavī man,\nand the nuns of few desires complained and criticized her,\n“How could Venerable Thullanandā give the going forth to a criminal?”\nThe nuns told the monks. …\n“Is it true, monks, that the nun Thullanandā did this?”\n“It’s true, sir.”\nThe Buddha rebuked her …\n“How could the nun Thullanandā give the going forth to a criminal?\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 vesāliyaṁ aññatarassa licchavissa pajāpati aticārinī hoti.\nAtha kho so licchavi taṁ itthiṁ etadavoca—\n“sādhu viramāhi, anatthaṁ kho te karissāmī”ti.\nEvampi vuccamānā nādiyi.\nTena kho pana samayena vesāliyaṁ licchavigaṇo sannipatito hoti kenacideva karaṇīyena.\nAtha kho so licchavi te licchavayo etadavoca—\n“ekaṁ me, ayyo, itthiṁ anujānāthā”ti.\n“Kā nāma sā”ti?\n“Mayhaṁ pajāpati aticarati, taṁ ghātessāmī”ti.\n“Jānāhī”ti.\nAssosi kho sā itthī—\n“sāmiko kira maṁ ghātetukāmo”ti.\nVarabhaṇḍaṁ ādāya sāvatthiṁ gantvā titthiye upasaṅkamitvā pabbajjaṁ yāci.\nTitthiyā na icchiṁsu pabbājetuṁ.\nBhikkhuniyo upasaṅkamitvā pabbajjaṁ yāci.\nBhikkhuniyopi na icchiṁsu pabbājetuṁ.\nThullanandaṁ bhikkhuniṁ upasaṅkamitvā bhaṇḍakaṁ dassetvā pabbajjaṁ yāci.\nThullanandā bhikkhunī bhaṇḍakaṁ gahetvā pabbājesi.\nAtha kho so licchavi taṁ itthiṁ gavesanto sāvatthiṁ gantvā bhikkhunīsu pabbajitaṁ disvāna yena rājā pasenadi kosalo tenupasaṅkami;\nupasaṅkamitvā rājānaṁ pasenadiṁ kosalaṁ etadavoca—\n“pajāpati me, deva, varabhaṇḍaṁ ādāya sāvatthiṁ anuppattā.\nTaṁ devo anujānātū”ti.\n“Tena hi, bhaṇe, vicinitvā ācikkhā”ti.\n“Diṭṭhā, deva, bhikkhunīsu pabbajitā”ti.\n“Sace, bhaṇe, bhikkhunīsu pabbajitā, na sā labbhā kiñci kātuṁ.\nSvākkhāto bhagavatā dhammo, caratu brahmacariyaṁ sammā dukkhassa antakiriyāyā”ti.\nAtha kho so licchavi ujjhāyati khiyyati vipāceti—\n“kathañhi nāma bhikkhuniyo coriṁ pabbājessantī”ti.\nAssosuṁ kho bhikkhuniyo tassa licchavissa ujjhāyantassa khiyyantassa vipācentassa.\nYā tā bhikkhuniyo appicchā …pe… tā ujjhāyanti khiyyanti vipācenti—\n“kathañhi nāma ayyā thullanandā coriṁ pabbājessatī”ti.\nAtha kho tā bhikkhuniyo bhikkhūnaṁ etamatthaṁ ārocesuṁ …pe…\n“saccaṁ kira, bhikkhave, thullanandā bhikkhunī coriṁ pabbājetī”ti?\n“Saccaṁ, bhagavā”ti.\nVigarahi buddho bhagavā …pe…\nkathañhi nāma, bhikkhave, thullanandā bhikkhunī coriṁ pabbājessati.\nNetaṁ, bhikkhave, appasannānaṁ vā pasādāya …pe…\nevañca pana, bhikkhave, bhikkhuniyo imaṁ sikkhāpadaṁ uddisantu—"}},{"id":"pli-tv-bi-vb-ss2:1.40","sourceIds":["pli-tv-bi-vb-ss2:1.40.0","pli-tv-bi-vb-ss2:1.40.1"],"kind":"text","text":{"en":"Final ruling\n‘If a nun, without getting permission from the king or the Sangha or a community or an association or a society, knowingly gives the full admission to a female criminal who is known as sentenced to death, then, except when it is allowable, that nun too has committed an immediate offense entailing sending away and suspension.’”","pi":"“Yā pana bhikkhunī jānaṁ coriṁ vajjhaṁ viditaṁ anapaloketvā rājānaṁ vā saṅghaṁ vā gaṇaṁ vā pūgaṁ vā seṇiṁ vā aññatra kappā vuṭṭhāpeyya, ayampi bhikkhunī paṭhamāpattikaṁ dhammaṁ āpannā nissāraṇīyaṁ saṅghādisesan”ti."}},{"id":"pli-tv-bi-vb-ss2:2.1","sourceIds":["pli-tv-bi-vb-ss2:2.1.0","pli-tv-bi-vb-ss2:2.1.1","pli-tv-bi-vb-ss2:2.1.2","pli-tv-bi-vb-ss2:2.1.3","pli-tv-bi-vb-ss2:2.1.4","pli-tv-bi-vb-ss2:2.1.5","pli-tv-bi-vb-ss2:2.1.6","pli-tv-bi-vb-ss2:2.1.7","pli-tv-bi-vb-ss2:2.1.8","pli-tv-bi-vb-ss2:2.1.9","pli-tv-bi-vb-ss2:2.1.10","pli-tv-bi-vb-ss2:2.1.11","pli-tv-bi-vb-ss2:2.1.12","pli-tv-bi-vb-ss2:2.1.13","pli-tv-bi-vb-ss2:2.1.14","pli-tv-bi-vb-ss2:2.1.15","pli-tv-bi-vb-ss2:2.1.16","pli-tv-bi-vb-ss2:2.1.17","pli-tv-bi-vb-ss2:2.1.18","pli-tv-bi-vb-ss2:2.1.19","pli-tv-bi-vb-ss2:2.1.20","pli-tv-bi-vb-ss2:2.1.21","pli-tv-bi-vb-ss2:2.1.22","pli-tv-bi-vb-ss2:2.1.23","pli-tv-bi-vb-ss2:2.1.24","pli-tv-bi-vb-ss2:2.1.25","pli-tv-bi-vb-ss2:2.1.26","pli-tv-bi-vb-ss2:2.1.27","pli-tv-bi-vb-ss2:2.1.28","pli-tv-bi-vb-ss2:2.1.29","pli-tv-bi-vb-ss2:2.1.30","pli-tv-bi-vb-ss2:2.1.31","pli-tv-bi-vb-ss2:2.1.32","pli-tv-bi-vb-ss2:2.1.33","pli-tv-bi-vb-ss2:2.1.34","pli-tv-bi-vb-ss2:2.1.35","pli-tv-bi-vb-ss2:2.1.36","pli-tv-bi-vb-ss2:2.1.37","pli-tv-bi-vb-ss2:2.1.38","pli-tv-bi-vb-ss2:2.1.39","pli-tv-bi-vb-ss2:2.1.40","pli-tv-bi-vb-ss2:2.1.41"],"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.\nShe knows:\nshe knows by herself or others have told her or she has told her.\nA female criminal:\nany female who has stolen anything worth five māsaka coins or more is called “a female criminal”.\nSentenced to death:\nshe has been sentenced to death because of her action.\nIs known:\nit is known to other people that she has been sentenced to death.\nWithout getting permission from:\nwithout having asked permission.\nThe king:\nwhere a king reigns, permission should be obtained from the king.\nThe Sangha:\nwhat is meant is the Sangha of nuns, and permission should be obtained from that Sangha.\nA community:\nwhere a community governs, permission should be obtained from that community.\nAn association:\nwhere an association governs, permission should be obtained from that association.\nA society:\nwhere a society governs, permission should be obtained from that society.\nExcept when it is allowable:\nunless it is allowable.\nAllowable:\nthere are two allowable situations: she has gone forth with monastics of another religion or she has gone forth with other Buddhist nuns.\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, then, except when it is allowable, 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 a serious offense.\nWhen the last announcement is finished, the preceptor commits an offense entailing suspension,\nand the group and the teacher commit an offense of wrong conduct.\nThat too:\nthis is said with reference to the preceding offense.\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:\n… Therefore, too, it is called an offense entailing suspension.","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.\nCorī nāma\nyā pañcamāsakaṁ vā atirekapañcamāsakaṁ vā agghanakaṁ adinnaṁ theyyasaṅkhātaṁ ādiyati, esā corī nāma.\nVajjhā nāma\nyaṁ katvā vajjhappattā hoti.\nViditā nāma\naññehi manussehi ñātā hoti “vajjhā esā”ti.\nAnapaloketvāti\nanāpucchā.\nRājā nāma\nyattha rājā anusāsati, rājā apaloketabbo.\nSaṅgho nāma\nbhikkhunisaṅgho vuccati, bhikkhunisaṅgho apaloketabbo.\nGaṇo nāma\nyattha gaṇo anusāsati, gaṇo apaloketabbo.\nPūgo nāma\nyattha pūgo anusāsati, pūgo apaloketabbo.\nSeṇi nāma\nyattha seṇi anusāsati, seṇi apaloketabbo.\nAññatra kappāti\nṭhapetvā kappaṁ.\nKappaṁ nāma\ndve kappāni— titthiyesu vā pabbajitā hoti aññāsu vā bhikkhunīsu pabbajitā.\nAññatra kappā “vuṭṭhāpessāmī”ti gaṇaṁ vā ācariniṁ vā pattaṁ vā cīvaraṁ vā pariyesati, sīmaṁ vā sammannati, āpatti dukkaṭassa.\nÑattiyā dukkaṭaṁ.\nDvīhi kammavācāhi thullaccayā.\nKammavācāpariyosāne upajjhāyāya āpatti saṅghādisesassa.\nGaṇassa ca ācariniyā ca āpatti dukkaṭassa.\nAyampīti\npurimaṁ upādāya vuccati.\nPaṭhamāpattikanti\nsaha vatthujjhācārā āpajjati asamanubhāsanāya.\nNissāraṇīyanti\nsaṅghamhā nissārīyati.\nSaṅghādisesanti\n…pe… tenapi vuccati saṅghādisesoti."}},{"id":"pli-tv-bi-vb-ss2:2.2","sourceIds":["pli-tv-bi-vb-ss2:2.2.0","pli-tv-bi-vb-ss2:2.2.1","pli-tv-bi-vb-ss2:2.2.2","pli-tv-bi-vb-ss2:2.2.3","pli-tv-bi-vb-ss2:2.2.4","pli-tv-bi-vb-ss2:2.2.5","pli-tv-bi-vb-ss2:2.2.6"],"kind":"text","text":{"en":"Permutations\nIf she is a criminal, and the nun perceives her as such, and she gives her the full admission, except when it is allowable, she commits an offense entailing suspension.\nIf she is a criminal, but the nun is unsure of it, and she gives her the full admission, except when it is allowable, she commits an offense of wrong conduct.\nIf she is a criminal, but the nun does not perceive her as such, and she gives her the full admission, except when it is allowable, there is no offense.\nIf she is not a criminal, but the nun perceives her as such, she commits an offense of wrong conduct.\nIf she is not a criminal, but the nun is unsure of it, she commits an offense of wrong conduct.\nIf she is not a criminal, and the nun does not perceive her as such, there is no offense.","pi":"Coriyā corisaññā aññatra kappā vuṭṭhāpeti, āpatti saṅghādisesassa.\nCoriyā vematikā aññatra kappā vuṭṭhāpeti, āpatti dukkaṭassa.\nCoriyā acorisaññā aññatra kappā vuṭṭhāpeti, anāpatti.\nAcoriyā corisaññā, āpatti dukkaṭassa.\nAcoriyā vematikā, āpatti dukkaṭassa.\nAcoriyā acorisaññā, anāpatti."}},{"id":"pli-tv-bi-vb-ss2:2.3","sourceIds":["pli-tv-bi-vb-ss2:2.3.0","pli-tv-bi-vb-ss2:2.3.1","pli-tv-bi-vb-ss2:2.3.2","pli-tv-bi-vb-ss2:2.3.3","pli-tv-bi-vb-ss2:2.3.4","pli-tv-bi-vb-ss2:2.3.5","pli-tv-bi-vb-ss2:2.3.6","pli-tv-bi-vb-ss2:2.3.7"],"kind":"text","text":{"en":"Non-offenses\nThere is no offense:\nif she gives her the full admission without knowing that she is a criminal;\nif she gives her the full admission after getting permission;\nif she gives her the full admission when it is allowable;\nif she is insane;\nif she is the first offender.\nThe second offense entailing suspension is finished.","pi":"Anāpatti—\najānantī vuṭṭhāpeti,\napaloketvā vuṭṭhāpeti,\nkappakataṁ vuṭṭhāpeti,\nummattikāya,\nādikammikāyāti.\nDutiyasaṅghādisesasikkhāpadaṁ niṭṭhitaṁ."}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/pli-tv-bi-vb-ss2/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."}