{"id":"pli-tv-bi-vb-ss4","title":"Readmitting an ejected nun","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Brahmāli · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"pli-tv-bi-vb-ss4","title":"Readmitting an ejected nun","units":[{"id":"pli-tv-bi-vb-ss4:0","sourceIds":["pli-tv-bi-vb-ss4:0.1","pli-tv-bi-vb-ss4:0.2","pli-tv-bi-vb-ss4:0.3","pli-tv-bi-vb-ss4:0.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Theravāda Vinaya\nBhikkhunivibhaṅga\nSaṅghādisesakaṇḍa\n4. Ukkhittakaosāraṇasikkhāpada","en":"Theravāda Collection on Monastic Law\nThe Nuns’ Analysis\nThe chapter on offenses entailing suspension\nReadmitting an ejected nun"}},{"id":"pli-tv-bi-vb-ss4:1","sourceIds":["pli-tv-bi-vb-ss4:1.0","pli-tv-bi-vb-ss4:1.1","pli-tv-bi-vb-ss4:1.2","pli-tv-bi-vb-ss4:1.3","pli-tv-bi-vb-ss4:1.4","pli-tv-bi-vb-ss4:1.5","pli-tv-bi-vb-ss4:1.6","pli-tv-bi-vb-ss4:1.7","pli-tv-bi-vb-ss4:1.8","pli-tv-bi-vb-ss4:1.9","pli-tv-bi-vb-ss4:1.10","pli-tv-bi-vb-ss4:1.11","pli-tv-bi-vb-ss4:1.12","pli-tv-bi-vb-ss4:1.13","pli-tv-bi-vb-ss4:1.14","pli-tv-bi-vb-ss4:1.15","pli-tv-bi-vb-ss4:1.16","pli-tv-bi-vb-ss4:1.17","pli-tv-bi-vb-ss4:1.18","pli-tv-bi-vb-ss4:1.19","pli-tv-bi-vb-ss4:1.20","pli-tv-bi-vb-ss4:1.21","pli-tv-bi-vb-ss4:1.22","pli-tv-bi-vb-ss4:1.23","pli-tv-bi-vb-ss4:1.24","pli-tv-bi-vb-ss4:1.25","pli-tv-bi-vb-ss4:1.26"],"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 Caṇḍakāḷī was quarrelsome and argumentative, and she created legal issues in the Sangha.\nBut when a legal procedure was being done against her, the nun Thullanandā objected.\nSoon afterwards Thullanandā went to a village on some business.\nThe Sangha of nuns\ntook the opportunity to eject Caṇḍakāḷī for not recognizing an offense.\nWhen Thullanandā had finished her business in that village, she returned to Sāvatthī.\nOn her return, Caṇḍakāḷī neither prepared a seat for her, nor set out a foot stool, a foot scraper, or water for washing the feet; and she did not go out to meet her to receive her bowl and robe, nor ask whether she wanted water to drink.\nThullanandā asked her\nwhy she was acting like this.\nShe replied, “That’s how it is, venerable, when you don’t have a protector.”\n“But how is it, venerable, that you don’t have a protector?”\n“When the nuns knew\nthat no one would speak up for me because I am not esteemed by them and I didn’t have a protector, they ejected me for not recognizing an offense.”\n“They are incompetent fools. They don’t know about legal procedures or their flaws, nor what makes them fail or succeed.\nBut we know all these things.\nWe can get legal procedures done that haven’t been done, and we can get procedures that have been done overturned.” And she quickly gathered a sangha of nuns and readmitted the nun Caṇḍakāḷī.\nThe nuns of few desires complained and criticized her,\n“How could Venerable Thullanandā readmit a nun who had been ejected by a unanimous Sangha in accordance with the Teaching, the Monastic Law, and the Teacher’s instruction, without first getting permission from the Sangha that did the legal procedure and without the consent of the community?” …\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 readmit a nun who had been ejected by a unanimous Sangha in accordance with the Teaching, the Monastic Law, and the Teacher’s instruction, without first getting permission from the Sangha that did the legal procedure and without the consent of 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 caṇḍakāḷī bhikkhunī bhaṇḍanakārikā hoti kalahakārikā vivādakārikā bhassakārikā saṅghe adhikaraṇakārikā.\nThullanandā bhikkhunī tassā kamme karīyamāne paṭikkosati.\nTena kho pana samayena thullanandā bhikkhunī gāmakaṁ agamāsi kenacideva karaṇīyena.\nAtha kho bhikkhunisaṅgho—\n“thullanandā bhikkhunī pakkantā”ti, caṇḍakāḷiṁ bhikkhuniṁ āpattiyā adassane ukkhipi.\nThullanandā bhikkhunī gāmake taṁ karaṇīyaṁ tīretvā punadeva sāvatthiṁ paccāgacchi.\nCaṇḍakāḷī bhikkhunī thullanandāya bhikkhuniyā āgacchantiyā neva āsanaṁ paññapesi na pādodakaṁ pādapīṭhaṁ pādakaṭhalikaṁ upanikkhipi na paccuggantvā pattacīvaraṁ paṭiggahesi na pānīyena āpucchi.\nThullanandā bhikkhunī caṇḍakāḷiṁ bhikkhuniṁ etadavoca—\n“kissa tvaṁ, ayye, mayi āgacchantiyā neva āsanaṁ paññapesi na pādodakaṁ pādapīṭhaṁ pādakaṭhalikaṁ upanikkhipi na paccuggantvā pattacīvaraṁ paṭiggahesi na pānīyena āpucchī”ti?\n“Evañhetaṁ, ayye, hoti yathā taṁ anāthāyā”ti.\n“Kissa pana tvaṁ, ayye, anāthā”ti?\n“Imā maṁ, ayye, bhikkhuniyo—\n‘ayaṁ anāthā appaññātā, natthi imissā kāci paṭivattā’ti, āpattiyā adassane ukkhipiṁsū”ti.\nThullanandā bhikkhunī—\n“bālā etā abyattā etā, neva jānanti kammaṁ vā kammadosaṁ vā kammavipattiṁ vā kammasampattiṁ vā.\nMayaṁ kho jānāma kammampi kammadosampi kammavipattimpi kammasampattimpi.\nMayaṁ kho akataṁ vā kammaṁ kāreyyāma kataṁ vā kammaṁ kopeyyāmā”ti, lahuṁ lahuṁ bhikkhunisaṅghaṁ sannipātetvā caṇḍakāḷiṁ bhikkhuniṁ osāresi.\nYā tā bhikkhuniyo appicchā …pe… tā ujjhāyanti khiyyanti vipācenti—\n“kathañhi nāma ayyā thullanandā samaggena saṅghena ukkhittaṁ bhikkhuniṁ dhammena vinayena satthusāsanena anapaloketvā kārakasaṅghaṁ anaññāya gaṇassa chandaṁ osāressatī”ti …pe…\n“saccaṁ kira, bhikkhave, thullanandā bhikkhunī samaggena saṅghena ukkhittaṁ bhikkhuniṁ dhammena vinayena satthusāsanena anapaloketvā kārakasaṅghaṁ anaññāya gaṇassa chandaṁ osāretī”ti?\n“Saccaṁ, bhagavā”ti.\nVigarahi buddho bhagavā …pe…\nkathañhi nāma, bhikkhave, thullanandā bhikkhunī samaggena saṅghena ukkhittaṁ bhikkhuniṁ dhammena vinayena satthusāsanena anapaloketvā kārakasaṅghaṁ anaññāya gaṇassa chandaṁ osāressati.\nNetaṁ, bhikkhave, appasannānaṁ vā pasādāya …pe…\nevañca pana, bhikkhave, bhikkhuniyo imaṁ sikkhāpadaṁ uddisantu—"}},{"id":"pli-tv-bi-vb-ss4:1.27","sourceIds":["pli-tv-bi-vb-ss4:1.27.0","pli-tv-bi-vb-ss4:1.27.1"],"kind":"text","text":{"en":"Final ruling\n‘If a nun, without getting permission from the Sangha that did the legal procedure and without the consent of the community, readmits a nun who has been ejected by a unanimous Sangha in accordance with the Teaching and the Monastic Law and the Teacher’s instruction, then that nun too has committed an immediate offense entailing sending away and suspension.’”","pi":"“Yā pana bhikkhunī samaggena saṅghena ukkhittaṁ bhikkhuniṁ dhammena vinayena satthusāsanena anapaloketvā kārakasaṅghaṁ anaññāya gaṇassa chandaṁ osāreyya, ayampi bhikkhunī paṭhamāpattikaṁ dhammaṁ āpannā nissāraṇīyaṁ saṅghādisesan”ti."}},{"id":"pli-tv-bi-vb-ss4:2.1","sourceIds":["pli-tv-bi-vb-ss4:2.1.0","pli-tv-bi-vb-ss4:2.1.1","pli-tv-bi-vb-ss4:2.1.2","pli-tv-bi-vb-ss4:2.1.3","pli-tv-bi-vb-ss4:2.1.4","pli-tv-bi-vb-ss4:2.1.5","pli-tv-bi-vb-ss4:2.1.6","pli-tv-bi-vb-ss4:2.1.7","pli-tv-bi-vb-ss4:2.1.8","pli-tv-bi-vb-ss4:2.1.9","pli-tv-bi-vb-ss4:2.1.10","pli-tv-bi-vb-ss4:2.1.11","pli-tv-bi-vb-ss4:2.1.12","pli-tv-bi-vb-ss4:2.1.13","pli-tv-bi-vb-ss4:2.1.14","pli-tv-bi-vb-ss4:2.1.15","pli-tv-bi-vb-ss4:2.1.16","pli-tv-bi-vb-ss4:2.1.17","pli-tv-bi-vb-ss4:2.1.18","pli-tv-bi-vb-ss4:2.1.19","pli-tv-bi-vb-ss4:2.1.20","pli-tv-bi-vb-ss4:2.1.21","pli-tv-bi-vb-ss4:2.1.22","pli-tv-bi-vb-ss4:2.1.23","pli-tv-bi-vb-ss4:2.1.24","pli-tv-bi-vb-ss4:2.1.25","pli-tv-bi-vb-ss4:2.1.26"],"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.\nA unanimous Sangha:\nthose belonging to the same Buddhist sect and staying within the same monastery zone.\nWho has been ejected:\nwho has been ejected for not recognizing an offense, for not making amends, or for not giving up a bad view.\nIn accordance with the Teaching and the Monastic Law:\nin accordance with that Teaching, in accordance with that Monastic Law.\nIn accordance with the Teacher’s instruction:\nin accordance with the Victor’s instruction, in accordance with the Buddha’s instruction.\nWithout getting permission from the Sangha that did the legal procedure:\nwithout having asked permission of the Sangha that did the legal procedure of ejection.\nWithout the consent of the community:\nwithout being aware of any consent from the community.\nIf, intending to readmit her, she searches for a group or establishes a monastery zone, she commits an offense of wrong conduct.\nAfter the motion, she commits an offense of wrong conduct. After each of the first two announcements, she commits a serious offense. When the last announcement is finished, she commits an offense entailing suspension.\nThat too:\nthis is said with reference to the preceding offenses.\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.\nSamaggo nāma saṅgho\nsamānasaṁvāsako samānasīmāyaṁ ṭhito.\nUkkhittā nāma\nāpattiyā adassane vā appaṭikamme vā appaṭinissagge vā ukkhittā.\nDhammena vinayenāti\nyena dhammena yena vinayena.\nSatthusāsanenāti\njinasāsanena buddhasāsanena.\nAnapaloketvā kārakasaṅghanti\nkammakārakasaṅghaṁ anāpucchā.\nAnaññāya gaṇassa chandanti\ngaṇassa chandaṁ ajānitvā.\n“Osāressāmī”ti gaṇaṁ vā pariyesati, sīmaṁ vā sammannati, āpatti dukkaṭassa.\nÑattiyā dukkaṭaṁ, dvīhi kammavācāhi thullaccayā, kammavācāpariyosāne āpatti saṅghādisesassa.\nAyampīti\npurimāyo upādāya vuccati.\nPaṭhamāpattikanti\nsaha vatthujjhācārā āpajjati asamanubhāsanāya.\nNissāraṇīyanti\nsaṅghamhā nissārīyati.\nSaṅghādisesoti\n…pe… tenapi vuccati saṅghādisesoti."}},{"id":"pli-tv-bi-vb-ss4:2.2","sourceIds":["pli-tv-bi-vb-ss4:2.2.0","pli-tv-bi-vb-ss4:2.2.1","pli-tv-bi-vb-ss4:2.2.2","pli-tv-bi-vb-ss4:2.2.3","pli-tv-bi-vb-ss4:2.2.4","pli-tv-bi-vb-ss4:2.2.5","pli-tv-bi-vb-ss4:2.2.6"],"kind":"text","text":{"en":"Permutations\nIf it is a legitimate legal procedure, and she perceives it as such, and she readmits her, she commits an offense entailing suspension.\nIf it is a legitimate legal procedure, but she is unsure of it, and she readmits her, she commits an offense entailing suspension.\nIf it is a legitimate legal procedure, but she perceives it as illegitimate, and she readmits her, she commits an offense entailing suspension.\nIf it is an illegitimate legal procedure, but she perceives it as legitimate, she commits an offense of wrong conduct.\nIf it is an illegitimate legal procedure, but she is unsure of it, she commits an offense of wrong conduct.\nIf it is an illegitimate legal procedure, and she perceives it as such, she commits an offense of wrong conduct.","pi":"Dhammakamme dhammakammasaññā osāreti, āpatti saṅghādisesassa.\nDhammakamme vematikā osāreti āpatti saṅghādisesassa.\nDhammakamme adhammakammasaññā osāreti, āpatti saṅghādisesassa.\nAdhammakamme dhammakammasaññā, āpatti dukkaṭassa.\nAdhammakamme vematikā, āpatti dukkaṭassa.\nAdhammakamme adhammakammasaññā, āpatti dukkaṭassa."}},{"id":"pli-tv-bi-vb-ss4:2.3","sourceIds":["pli-tv-bi-vb-ss4:2.3.0","pli-tv-bi-vb-ss4:2.3.1","pli-tv-bi-vb-ss4:2.3.2","pli-tv-bi-vb-ss4:2.3.3","pli-tv-bi-vb-ss4:2.3.4","pli-tv-bi-vb-ss4:2.3.5","pli-tv-bi-vb-ss4:2.3.6","pli-tv-bi-vb-ss4:2.3.7","pli-tv-bi-vb-ss4:2.3.8"],"kind":"text","text":{"en":"Non-offenses\nThere is no offense:\nif she readmits her after getting permission from the Sangha that did the procedure;\nif she readmits her with the consent of the community;\nif she readmits one who is behaving properly;\nif she readmits her when the Sangha that did the procedure is unavailable;\nif she is insane;\nif she is the first offender.\nThe fourth offense entailing suspension is finished.","pi":"Anāpatti—\nkammakārakasaṅghaṁ apaloketvā osāreti,\ngaṇassa chandaṁ jānitvā osāreti,\nvatte vattantiṁ osāreti,\nasante kammakārakasaṅghe osāreti,\nummattikāya,\nādikammikāyāti.\nCatutthasaṅghādisesasikkhāpadaṁ niṭṭhitaṁ."}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/pli-tv-bi-vb-ss4/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."}