{"id":"pli-tv-bu-vb-pc34","title":"Accepting more than three bowlfuls","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Brahmāli · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"pli-tv-bu-vb-pc34","title":"Accepting more than three bowlfuls","units":[{"id":"pli-tv-bu-vb-pc34:0","sourceIds":["pli-tv-bu-vb-pc34:0.1","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc34:0.2","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc34:0.3","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc34:0.4","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc34:0.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Theravāda Vinaya\nMahāvibhaṅga\nPācittiyakaṇḍa\nBhojanavagga\n34. Kāṇamātusikkhāpada","en":"Theravāda Collection on Monastic Law\nThe Great Analysis\nThe chapter on offenses entailing confession\nThe subchapter on eating\nAccepting more than three bowlfuls"}},{"id":"pli-tv-bu-vb-pc34:1.1","sourceIds":["pli-tv-bu-vb-pc34:1.1.0","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc34:1.1.1","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc34:1.1.2","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc34:1.1.3","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc34:1.1.4","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc34:1.1.5","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc34:1.1.6","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc34:1.1.7","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc34:1.1.8","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc34:1.1.9","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc34:1.1.10","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc34:1.1.11","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc34:1.1.12","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc34:1.1.13","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc34:1.1.14","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc34:1.1.15","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc34:1.1.16","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc34:1.1.17","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc34:1.1.18","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc34:1.1.19","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc34:1.1.20","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc34:1.1.21","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc34:1.1.22","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc34:1.1.23","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc34:1.1.24","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc34:1.1.25","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc34:1.1.26","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc34:1.1.27","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc34:1.1.28","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc34:1.1.29","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc34:1.1.30","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc34:1.1.31"],"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 there was a female lay follower Kāṇamātā who had faith and confidence.\nShe had a daughter, Kāṇā, who had been given in marriage to a man in a certain village.\nOn one occasion Kāṇā went to her mother’s house on some business.\nKāṇā’s husband sent her a message: “Please come, Kāṇā, I want you back.”\nKāṇamātā thought, “It’s shameful to go empty-handed,” and she baked some cookies.\nJust when the cookies were finished, an alms-collecting monk entered Kāṇamātā’s house, and she gave him some.\nAfter leaving, he told another monk, and he too was given cookies.\nAnd the same happened a third time.\nAt that, all the cookies were gone.\nA second time Kāṇā’s husband sent her the same message, and everything unfolded as before.\nA third time he sent the same message,\nadding, “If Kāṇā doesn’t come, I’ll find another wife.”\nBut once again all the cookies were given to monks.\nKāṇā’s husband found another wife,\nand when Kāṇā heard what had happened, she cried.\nSoon afterwards, after robing up in the morning, the Buddha took his bowl and robe and went to Kāṇamātā’s house where he sat down on the prepared seat.\nKāṇamātā approached the Buddha, bowed, and sat down.\nThe Buddha asked her why Kāṇā was crying, and she told him what had happened.\nAfter instructing, inspiring, and gladdening her with a teaching, the Buddha got up from his seat and left.","pi":"Tena samayena buddho bhagavā sāvatthiyaṁ viharati jetavane anāthapiṇḍikassa ārāme.\nTena kho pana samayena kāṇamātā upāsikā saddhā hoti pasannā.\nKāṇā gāmake aññatarassa purisassa dinnā hoti.\nAtha kho kāṇā mātugharaṁ agamāsi kenacideva karaṇīyena.\nAtha kho kāṇāya sāmiko kāṇāya santike dūtaṁ pāhesi—“āgacchatu kāṇā, icchāmi kāṇāya āgatan”ti.\nAtha kho kāṇamātā upāsikā “kismiṁ viya rittahatthaṁ gantun”ti pūvaṁ paci.\nPakke pūve aññataro piṇḍacāriko bhikkhu kāṇamātāya upāsikāya nivesanaṁ pāvisi. Atha kho kāṇamātā upāsikā tassa bhikkhuno pūvaṁ dāpesi.\nSo nikkhamitvā aññassa ācikkhi. Tassapi pūvaṁ dāpesi.\nSo nikkhamitvā aññassa ācikkhi. Tassapi pūvaṁ dāpesi.\nYathāpaṭiyattaṁ pūvaṁ parikkhayaṁ agamāsi.\nDutiyampi kho kāṇāya sāmiko kāṇāya santike dūtaṁ pāhesi—“āgacchatu kāṇā, icchāmi kāṇāya āgatan”ti.\nDutiyampi kho kāṇamātā upāsikā “kismiṁ viya rittahatthaṁ gantun”ti pūvaṁ paci.\nPakke pūve aññataro piṇḍacāriko bhikkhu kāṇamātāya upāsikāya nivesanaṁ pāvisi.\nAtha kho kāṇamātā upāsikā tassa bhikkhuno pūvaṁ dāpesi.\nSo nikkhamitvā aññassa ācikkhi. Tassapi pūvaṁ dāpesi.\nSo nikkhamitvā aññassa ācikkhi. Tassapi pūvaṁ dāpesi.\nYathāpaṭiyattaṁ pūvaṁ parikkhayaṁ agamāsi.\nTatiyampi kho kāṇāya sāmiko kāṇāya santike dūtaṁ pāhesi—“āgacchatu kāṇā, icchāmi kāṇāya āgataṁ.\nSace kāṇā nāgacchissati, ahaṁ aññaṁ pajāpatiṁ ānessāmī”ti.\nTatiyampi kho kāṇamātā upāsikā kismiṁ viya rittahatthaṁ gantunti pūvaṁ paci.\nPakke pūve aññataro piṇḍacāriko bhikkhu kāṇamātāya upāsikāya nivesanaṁ pāvisi.\nAtha kho kāṇamātā upāsikā tassa bhikkhuno pūvaṁ dāpesi.\nSo nikkhamitvā aññassa ācikkhi. Tassapi pūvaṁ dāpesi.\nSo nikkhamitvā aññassa ācikkhi. Tassapi pūvaṁ dāpesi.\nYathāpaṭiyattaṁ pūvaṁ parikkhayaṁ agamāsi.\nAtha kho kāṇāya sāmiko aññaṁ pajāpatiṁ ānesi.\nAssosi kho kāṇā—“tena kira purisena aññā pajāpati ānītā”ti. Sā rodantī aṭṭhāsi.\nAtha kho bhagavā pubbaṇhasamayaṁ nivāsetvā pattacīvaramādāya yena kāṇamātāya upāsikāya nivesanaṁ tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā paññatte āsane nisīdi.\nAtha kho kāṇamātā upāsikā yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā bhagavantaṁ abhivādetvā ekamantaṁ nisīdi.\nEkamantaṁ nisinnaṁ kho kāṇamātaraṁ upāsikaṁ bhagavā etadavoca—“kissāyaṁ kāṇā rodatī”ti? Atha kho kāṇamātā upāsikā bhagavato etamatthaṁ ārocesi.\nAtha kho bhagavā kāṇamātaraṁ upāsikaṁ dhammiyā kathāya sandassetvā samādapetvā samuttejetvā sampahaṁsetvā uṭṭhāyāsanā pakkāmi."}},{"id":"pli-tv-bu-vb-pc34:1.2","sourceIds":["pli-tv-bu-vb-pc34:1.2.1","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc34:1.2.2","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc34:1.2.3","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc34:1.2.4","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc34:1.2.5","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc34:1.2.6","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc34:1.2.7","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc34:1.2.8","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc34:1.2.9","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc34:1.2.10","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc34:1.2.11","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc34:1.2.12","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc34:1.2.13","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc34:1.2.14","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc34:1.2.15","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc34:1.2.16","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc34:1.2.17","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc34:1.2.18","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc34:1.2.19","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc34:1.2.20"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tena kho pana samayena aññataro sattho rājagahā paṭiyālokaṁ gantukāmo hoti.\nAññataro piṇḍacāriko bhikkhu taṁ satthaṁ piṇḍāya pāvisi.\nAññataro upāsako tassa bhikkhuno sattuṁ dāpesi.\nSo nikkhamitvā aññassa ācikkhi. Tassapi sattuṁ dāpesi.\nSo nikkhamitvā aññassa ācikkhi. Tassapi sattuṁ dāpesi.\nYathāpaṭiyattaṁ pātheyyaṁ parikkhayaṁ agamāsi.\nAtha kho so upāsako te manusse etadavoca—\n“ajjaṇho, ayyā, āgametha, yathāpaṭiyattaṁ pātheyyaṁ ayyānaṁ dinnaṁ.\nPātheyyaṁ paṭiyādessāmī”ti.\n“Nāyyo sakkā āgametuṁ, payāto sattho”ti agamaṁsu.\nAtha kho tassa upāsakassa pātheyyaṁ paṭiyādetvā pacchā gacchantassa corā acchindiṁsu.\nManussā ujjhāyanti khiyyanti vipācenti—\n“kathañhi nāma samaṇā sakyaputtiyā na mattaṁ jānitvā paṭiggahessanti.\nAyaṁ imesaṁ datvā pacchā gacchanto corehi acchinno”ti.\nAssosuṁ kho bhikkhū tesaṁ manussānaṁ ujjhāyantānaṁ khiyyantānaṁ vipācentānaṁ.\nAtha kho te bhikkhū bhagavato etamatthaṁ ārocesuṁ.\nAtha kho bhagavā etasmiṁ nidāne etasmiṁ pakaraṇe dhammiṁ kathaṁ katvā bhikkhū āmantesi—\n“tena hi, bhikkhave, bhikkhūnaṁ sikkhāpadaṁ paññapessāmi dasa atthavase paṭicca—\nsaṅghasuṭṭhutāya, saṅghaphāsutāya …pe… vinayānuggahāya.\nEvañca pana, bhikkhave, imaṁ sikkhāpadaṁ uddiseyyātha—","en":"Soon afterwards a certain caravan was ready to go south from Rājagaha.\nAn alms-collecting monk went up to that caravan to get almsfood,\nand a lay follower gave him flour products.\nAfter leaving, that monk told another monk, and he too was given flour products.\nAnd the same happened a third time.\nAt that, all his provisions were gone.\nThat lay follower said to the other people in the caravan,\n“Sirs, please wait one day. I’ve given my provisions to the monks.\nI need to prepare more.”\n“We can’t wait. The caravan is already on its way.” And they left.\nAfter preparing provisions, that lay follower followed after the caravan, but he was robbed by thieves.\nPeople complained and criticized them,\n“How can the Sakyan monastics receive without moderation?\nThis man gave to them, and then because he was following after the caravan he was robbed by thieves.”\nThe monks heard the complaints of those people\nand they told the Buddha.\nSoon afterwards he gave a teaching and addressed the monks:\n“Well then, monks, I will lay down a training rule for the following ten reasons:\nfor the well-being of the Sangha, for the comfort of the Sangha, for the restraint of bad people, for the ease of good monks, for the restraint of the corruptions relating to the present life, for the restraint of the corruptions relating to future lives, to give rise to confidence in those without it, to increase the confidence of those who have it, for the longevity of the true Teaching, and for supporting the training.\nAnd, monks, this training rule should be recited like this:"}},{"id":"pli-tv-bu-vb-pc34:1.2.21","sourceIds":["pli-tv-bu-vb-pc34:1.2.21.0","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc34:1.2.21.1"],"kind":"text","text":{"en":"Final ruling\n‘If a monk goes to a family and is invited to take cookies or crackers, he may accept two or three bowlfuls if he wishes. If he accepts more than that, he commits an offense entailing confession.","pi":"“Bhikkhuṁ paneva kulaṁ upagataṁ pūvehi vā manthehi vā abhihaṭṭhuṁ pavāreyya, ākaṅkhamānena bhikkhunā dvattipattapūrā paṭiggahetabbā tato ce uttari paṭiggaṇheyya pācittiyaṁ."}},{"id":"pli-tv-bu-vb-pc34:1.2-from-pli-tv-bu-vb-pc34-1.2.22","sourceIds":["pli-tv-bu-vb-pc34:1.2.22"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Dvattipattapūre paṭiggahetvā tato nīharitvā bhikkhūhi saddhiṁ saṁvibhajitabbaṁ. Ayaṁ tattha sāmīcī”ti.","en":"If he accepts two or three bowlfuls, he should take it away and share it with the monks. This is the proper procedure.’”"}},{"id":"pli-tv-bu-vb-pc34:2.1","sourceIds":["pli-tv-bu-vb-pc34:2.1.0","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc34:2.1.1","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc34:2.1.2","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc34:2.1.3","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc34:2.1.4","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc34:2.1.5","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc34:2.1.6","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc34:2.1.7","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc34:2.1.8","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc34:2.1.9","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc34:2.1.10","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc34:2.1.11","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc34:2.1.12","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc34:2.1.13","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc34:2.1.14","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc34:2.1.15","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc34:2.1.16","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc34:2.1.17","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc34:2.1.18","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc34:2.1.19","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc34:2.1.20","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc34:2.1.21","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc34:2.1.22","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc34:2.1.23","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc34:2.1.24"],"kind":"text","text":{"en":"Definitions\nA monk goes to a family:\na family: there are four kinds of families: the aristocratic family, the brahmin family, the merchant family, the worker family.\nGoes to:\nhe has gone there.\nCookies:\nwhatever has been prepared for the purpose of sending away.\nCrackers:\nwhatever has been prepared as provisions for a journey.\nIs invited to take:\n“Take as much as you like.”\nIf he wishes:\nif he desires.\nHe may accept two or three bowlfuls:\ntwo or three bowlfuls can be accepted.\nIf he accepts more than that:\nwhen he accepts more than that, he commits an offense entailing confession.\nIf he accepts two or three bowlfuls:\nleaving that place and seeing a monk, he should tell him, “I’ve accepted two or three bowlfuls from such-and-such a place; don’t accept anything from there.”\nIf he sees a monk, but does not tell him, he commits an offense of wrong conduct.\nIf the one who is told accepts from there regardless, he commits an offense of wrong conduct.\nHe should take it away and share it with the monks:\nhe should take it away when returning from almsround and then share it.\nThis is the proper procedure:\nthis is the right method.","pi":"Bhikkhuṁ paneva kulaṁ upagatanti\nkulaṁ nāma cattāri kulāni—khattiyakulaṁ, brāhmaṇakulaṁ, vessakulaṁ, suddakulaṁ.\nUpagatanti\ntattha gataṁ.\nPūvaṁ nāma\nyaṁ kiñci paheṇakatthāya paṭiyattaṁ.\nManthaṁ nāma\nyaṁ kiñci pātheyyatthāya paṭiyattaṁ.\nAbhihaṭṭhuṁ pavāreyyāti\nyāvatakaṁ icchasi tāvatakaṁ gaṇhāhīti.\nĀkaṅkhamānenāti\nicchamānena.\nDvattipattapūrā paṭiggahetabbāti\ndvetayo pattapūrā paṭiggahetabbā.\nTato ce uttari paṭigaṇheyyāti\ntatuttari paṭiggaṇhāti, āpatti pācittiyassa.\nDvattipattapūre paṭiggahetvā\ntato nikkhamantena bhikkhuṁ passitvā ācikkhitabbaṁ—“amutra mayā dvattipattapūrā paṭiggahitā, mā kho tattha paṭiggaṇhī”ti.\nSace passitvā na ācikkhati, āpatti dukkaṭassa.\nSace ācikkhite paṭiggaṇhāti, āpatti dukkaṭassa.\nTato nīharitvā bhikkhūhi saddhiṁ saṁvibhajitabbanti\npaṭikkamanaṁ nīharitvā saṁvibhajitabbaṁ.\nAyaṁ tattha sāmīcīti\nayaṁ tattha anudhammatā."}},{"id":"pli-tv-bu-vb-pc34:2.2","sourceIds":["pli-tv-bu-vb-pc34:2.2.0","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc34:2.2.1","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc34:2.2.2","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc34:2.2.3","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc34:2.2.4","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc34:2.2.5","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc34:2.2.6"],"kind":"text","text":{"en":"Permutations\nIf it is more than two or three bowlfuls, and he perceives it as more, and he accepts it, he commits an offense entailing confession.\nIf it is more than two or three bowlfuls, but he is unsure of it, and he accepts it, he commits an offense entailing confession.\nIf it is more than two or three bowlfuls, but he perceives it as less, and he accepts it, he commits an offense entailing confession.\nIf it is less than two or three bowlfuls, but he perceives it as more, he commits an offense of wrong conduct.\nIf it is less than two or three bowlfuls, but he is unsure of it, he commits an offense of wrong conduct.\nIf it is less than two or three bowlfuls, and he perceives it as less, there is no offense.","pi":"Atirekadvattipattapūre atirekasaññī paṭiggaṇhāti, āpatti pācittiyassa.\nAtirekadvattipattapūre vematiko paṭiggaṇhāti, āpatti pācittiyassa.\nAtirekadvattipattapūre ūnakasaññī paṭiggaṇhāti, āpatti pācittiyassa.\nŪnakadvattipattapūre atirekasaññī, āpatti dukkaṭassa.\nŪnakadvattipattapūre vematiko, āpatti dukkaṭassa.\nŪnakadvattipattapūre ūnakasaññī, anāpatti."}},{"id":"pli-tv-bu-vb-pc34:2.3","sourceIds":["pli-tv-bu-vb-pc34:2.3.0","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc34:2.3.1","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc34:2.3.2","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc34:2.3.3","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc34:2.3.4","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc34:2.3.5","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc34:2.3.6","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc34:2.3.7","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc34:2.3.8","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc34:2.3.9","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc34:2.3.10","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc34:2.3.11","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc34:2.3.12","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc34:2.3.13"],"kind":"text","text":{"en":"Non-offenses\nThere is no offense:\nif he accepts two or three bowlfuls;\nif he accepts less than two or three bowlfuls;\nif they give anything that has not been prepared for sending away or as provisions for a journey;\nif they give the leftovers from what was prepared for sending away or as provisions for a journey;\nif they give after the plans to travel have been canceled;\nif it is from relatives;\nif it is from those who have given an invitation;\nif it is for the benefit of someone else;\nif it is by means of his own property;\nif he is insane;\nif he is the first offender.\nThe training rule on accepting more than three bowlfuls, the fourth, is finished.","pi":"Anāpatti—\ndvattipattapūre paṭiggaṇhāti,\nūnakadvattipattapūre paṭiggaṇhāti,\nna paheṇakatthāya na pātheyyatthāya paṭiyattaṁ denti,\npaheṇakatthāya vā pātheyyatthāya vā paṭiyattasesakaṁ denti,\ngamane paṭippassaddhe denti,\nñātakānaṁ,\npavāritānaṁ,\naññassatthāya,\nattano dhanena,\nummattakassa,\nādikammikassāti.\nKāṇamātusikkhāpadaṁ niṭṭhitaṁ catutthaṁ."}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/pli-tv-bu-vb-pc34/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."}