{"id":"pli-tv-bu-vb-pc44","title":"Sitting with a woman in a concealed place","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Brahmāli · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"pli-tv-bu-vb-pc44","title":"Sitting with a woman in a concealed place","units":[{"id":"pli-tv-bu-vb-pc44:0","sourceIds":["pli-tv-bu-vb-pc44:0.1","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc44:0.2","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc44:0.3","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc44:0.4","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc44:0.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Theravāda Vinaya\nMahāvibhaṅga\nPācittiyakaṇḍa\nAcelakavagga\n44. Rahopaṭicchannasikkhāpada","en":"Theravāda Collection on Monastic Law\nThe Great Analysis\nThe chapter on offenses entailing confession\nThe subchapter on naked ascetics\nSitting with a woman in a concealed place"}},{"id":"pli-tv-bu-vb-pc44:1","sourceIds":["pli-tv-bu-vb-pc44:1.0","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc44:1.1","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc44:1.2","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc44:1.3","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc44:1.4","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc44:1.5","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc44:1.6","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc44:1.7","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc44:1.8","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc44:1.9","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc44:1.10","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc44:1.11","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc44:1.12","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc44:1.13"],"kind":"text","text":{"en":"Origin story\nOn one occasion when the Buddha was staying at Sāvatthī in Anāthapiṇḍika’s Monastery,\nVenerable Upananda the Sakyan went to the house of a friend and sat down in private on a concealed seat with his wife.\nThe husband complained and criticized him,\n“How could Venerable Upananda sit down in private on a concealed seat with my wife?”\nThe monks heard the complaints of that man,\nand the monks of few desires complained and criticized Upananda,\n“How could Venerable Upananda sit down in private on a concealed seat with a woman?” …\n“Is it true, Upananda, that you did this?”\n“It’s true, sir.”\nThe Buddha rebuked him …\n“Foolish man, how could you do this?\nThis will affect people’s confidence …” …\n“And, monks, this training rule should be recited like this:","pi":"Tena samayena buddho bhagavā sāvatthiyaṁ viharati jetavane anāthapiṇḍikassa ārāme.\nTena kho pana samayena āyasmā upanando sakyaputto sahāyakassa gharaṁ gantvā tassa pajāpatiyā saddhiṁ raho paṭicchanne āsane nisajjaṁ kappesi.\nAtha kho so puriso ujjhāyati khiyyati vipāceti—\n“kathañhi nāma ayyo upanando mayhaṁ pajāpatiyā saddhiṁ raho paṭicchanne āsane nisajjaṁ kappessatī”ti.\nAssosuṁ kho bhikkhū tassa purisassa ujjhāyantassa khiyyantassa vipācentassa.\nYe te bhikkhū appicchā …pe… te ujjhāyanti khiyyanti vipācenti—\n“kathañhi nāma āyasmā upanando sakyaputto mātugāmena saddhiṁ raho paṭicchanne āsane nisajjaṁ kappessatī”ti …pe…\n“saccaṁ kira tvaṁ, upananda, mātugāmena saddhiṁ raho paṭicchanne āsane nisajjaṁ kappesī”ti?\n“Saccaṁ, bhagavā”ti.\nVigarahi buddho bhagavā …pe…\nkathañhi nāma tvaṁ, moghapurisa, mātugāmena saddhiṁ raho paṭicchanne āsane nisajjaṁ kappessasi.\nNetaṁ, moghapurisa, appasannānaṁ vā pasādāya …pe…\nevañca pana, bhikkhave, imaṁ sikkhāpadaṁ uddiseyyātha—"}},{"id":"pli-tv-bu-vb-pc44:1.14","sourceIds":["pli-tv-bu-vb-pc44:1.14.0","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc44:1.14.1"],"kind":"text","text":{"en":"Final ruling\n‘If a monk sits down in private on a concealed seat with a woman, he commits an offense entailing confession.’”","pi":"“Yo pana bhikkhu mātugāmena saddhiṁ raho paṭicchanne āsane nisajjaṁ kappeyya, pācittiyan”ti."}},{"id":"pli-tv-bu-vb-pc44:2.1","sourceIds":["pli-tv-bu-vb-pc44:2.1.0","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc44:2.1.1","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc44:2.1.2","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc44:2.1.3","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc44:2.1.4","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc44:2.1.5","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc44:2.1.6","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc44:2.1.7","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc44:2.1.8","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc44:2.1.9","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc44:2.1.10","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc44:2.1.11","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc44:2.1.12","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc44:2.1.13","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc44:2.1.14","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc44:2.1.15","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc44:2.1.16","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc44:2.1.17","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc44:2.1.18","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc44:2.1.19","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc44:2.1.20"],"kind":"text","text":{"en":"Definitions\nA:\nwhoever …\nMonk:\n… The monk who has been given the full ordination by a unanimous Sangha through a legal procedure consisting of one motion and three announcements that is irreversible and fit to stand—this sort of monk is meant in this case.\nA woman:\na human female, not a female spirit, not a female ghost, not a female animal; even a girl born on that very day, let alone an older one.\nWith:\ntogether.\nIn private:\nprivate to the eye and private to the ear.\nPrivate to the eye:\none is unable to see them winking, raising an eyebrow, or nodding.\nPrivate to the ear:\none is unable to hear ordinary speech.\nA concealed seat:\nit is concealed by a wall, a screen, a door, a cloth screen, a tree, a pillar, a grain container, or anything else.\nSits down:\nif the monk sits down or lies down next to the seated woman, he commits an offense entailing confession.\nIf the woman sits down or lies down next to the seated monk, he commits an offense entailing confession.\nIf both are seated or both are lying down, he commits an offense entailing confession.","pi":"Yo panāti\nyo yādiso …pe…\nbhikkhūti\n…pe… ayaṁ imasmiṁ atthe adhippeto bhikkhūti.\nMātugāmo nāma\nmanussitthī, na yakkhī na petī na tiracchānagatā, antamaso tadahujātāpi dārikā, pageva mahattarī.\nSaddhinti\nekato.\nRaho nāma\ncakkhussa raho sotassa raho.\nCakkhussa raho nāma\nna sakkā hoti akkhiṁ vā nikhaṇīyamāne bhamukaṁ vā ukkhipīyamāne sīsaṁ vā ukkhipīyamāne passituṁ.\nSotassa raho nāma\nna sakkā hoti pakatikathā sotuṁ.\nPaṭicchannaṁ nāma āsanaṁ\nkuṭṭena vā kavāṭena vā kilañjena vā sāṇipākārena vā rukkhena vā thambhena vā kotthaḷiyā vā, yena kenaci paṭicchannaṁ hoti.\nNisajjaṁ kappeyyāti\nmātugāme nisinne bhikkhu upanisinno vā hoti upanipanno vā, āpatti pācittiyassa.\nBhikkhu nisinne mātugāmo upanisinno vā hoti upanipanno vā, āpatti pācittiyassa.\nUbho vā nisinnā honti ubho vā nipannā, āpatti pācittiyassa."}},{"id":"pli-tv-bu-vb-pc44:2.2","sourceIds":["pli-tv-bu-vb-pc44:2.2.0","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc44:2.2.1","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc44:2.2.2","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc44:2.2.3","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc44:2.2.4","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc44:2.2.5","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc44:2.2.6","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc44:2.2.7"],"kind":"text","text":{"en":"Permutations\nIf it is a woman, and he perceives her as such, and he sits down in private on a concealed seat with her, he commits an offense entailing confession.\nIf it is a woman, but he is unsure of it, and he sits down in private on a concealed seat with her, he commits an offense entailing confession.\nIf it is a woman, but he does not perceive her as such, and he sits down in private on a concealed seat with her, he commits an offense entailing confession.\nIf he sits down in private on a concealed seat with a female spirit, a female ghost, a paṇḍaka, or a female animal in the form of a woman, he commits an offense of wrong conduct.\nIf it is not a woman, but he perceives them as such, he commits an offense of wrong conduct.\nIf it is not a woman, but he is unsure of it, he commits an offense of wrong conduct.\nIf it is not a woman, and he does not perceive them as such, there is no offense.","pi":"Mātugāme mātugāmasaññī raho paṭicchanne āsane nisajjaṁ kappeti, āpatti pācittiyassa.\nMātugāme vematiko raho paṭicchanne āsane nisajjaṁ kappeti, āpatti pācittiyassa.\nMātugāme amātugāmasaññī raho paṭicchanne āsane nisajjaṁ kappeti, āpatti pācittiyassa.\nYakkhiyā vā petiyā vā paṇḍakena vā tiracchānagatāya vā manussaviggahitthiyā vā saddhiṁ raho paṭicchanne āsane nisajjaṁ kappeti, āpatti dukkaṭassa.\nAmātugāme mātugāmasaññī, āpatti dukkaṭassa.\nAmātugāme vematiko, āpatti dukkaṭassa.\nAmātugāme amātugāmasaññī, anāpatti."}},{"id":"pli-tv-bu-vb-pc44:2.3","sourceIds":["pli-tv-bu-vb-pc44:2.3.0","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc44:2.3.1","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc44:2.3.2","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc44:2.3.3","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc44:2.3.4","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc44:2.3.5","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc44:2.3.6","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc44:2.3.7","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc44:2.3.8"],"kind":"text","text":{"en":"Non-offenses\nThere is no offense:\nif he has a male companion who understands;\nif he stands and does not sit down;\nif he is not seeking privacy;\nif he sits down preoccupied with something else;\nif he is insane;\nif he is the first offender.\nThe training rule on sitting with a woman in a concealed place, the fourth, is finished.","pi":"Anāpatti—\nyo koci viññū puriso dutiyo hoti,\ntiṭṭhati na nisīdati,\narahopekkho,\naññavihito nisīdati,\nummattakassa,\nādikammikassāti.\nRahopaṭicchannasikkhāpadaṁ niṭṭhitaṁ catutthaṁ."}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/pli-tv-bu-vb-pc44/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."}