{"id":"pli-tv-bu-vb-pc6","title":"Lying down with a woman","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Brahmāli · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"pli-tv-bu-vb-pc6","title":"Lying down with a woman","units":[{"id":"pli-tv-bu-vb-pc6:0","sourceIds":["pli-tv-bu-vb-pc6:0.1","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc6:0.2","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc6:0.3","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc6:0.4","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc6:0.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Theravāda Vinaya\nMahāvibhaṅga\nPācittiyakaṇḍa\nMusāvādavagga\n6. Dutiyasahaseyyasikkhāpada","en":"Theravāda Collection on Monastic Law\nThe Great Analysis\nThe chapter on offenses entailing confession\nThe subchapter on lying\nLying down with a woman"}},{"id":"pli-tv-bu-vb-pc6:1","sourceIds":["pli-tv-bu-vb-pc6:1.0","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc6:1.1","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc6:1.2","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc6:1.3","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc6:1.4","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc6:1.5","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc6:1.6","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc6:1.7","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc6:1.8","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc6:1.9","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc6:1.10","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc6:1.11","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc6:1.12","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc6:1.13","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc6:1.14","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc6:1.15","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc6:1.16","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc6:1.17","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc6:1.18","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc6:1.19","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc6:1.20","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc6:1.21","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc6:1.22","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc6:1.23","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc6:1.24","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc6:1.25","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc6:1.26","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc6:1.27","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc6:1.28","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc6:1.29","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc6:1.30","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc6:1.31","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc6:1.32","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc6:1.33","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc6:1.34","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc6:1.35","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc6:1.36","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc6:1.37","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc6:1.38","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc6:1.39","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc6:1.40","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc6:1.41","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc6:1.42","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc6:1.43","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc6:1.44","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc6:1.45","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc6:1.46","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc6:1.47","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc6:1.48","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc6:1.49","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc6:1.50"],"kind":"text","text":{"en":"Origin story\nAt one time when the Buddha was staying at Sāvatthī in Anāthapiṇḍika’s Monastery,\nVenerable Anuruddha was walking through the Kosalan country on his way to Sāvatthī, when one evening he arrived at a certain village.\nJust then a woman in that village had prepared her guesthouse.\nAnuruddha went to that woman and said, “If it’s not inconvenient for you, I’d like to stay in your guesthouse for one night.”\n“Please stay, venerable.”\nOther travelers also went to that woman and said, “Ma’am, if it’s not troublesome for you, we’d like to stay in your guesthouse for one night.”\n“Sirs, a monastic is already staying there. If he agrees, you may stay.”\nThose travelers then approached Anuruddha and said, “If you don’t mind, venerable, we’d like to stay one night in the guesthouse.”\n“No problem.”\nNow as soon as that woman had seen Anuruddha, she had fallen in love with him.\nShe now went to him and said, “Sir, you won’t be comfortable surrounded by these people.\nWhy don’t I prepare a bed for you in the main house?”\nAnuruddha consented by remaining silent.\nAfter preparing a bed in the main house, she put on jewelry and perfume, and she went to Anuruddha and said,\n“You’re attractive, sir, and so am I.\nWhy don’t you take me as your wife?”\nBut Anuruddha remained silent.\nShe said the same thing a second time, but again got no response.\nAnd a third time she said,\n“You’re attractive, sir, and so am I.\nWhy don’t you take me and all this property?”\nOnce again Anuruddha remained silent.\nShe then threw off her wrap, and she walked back and forth, stood, sat down, and lay down in front of him.\nBut Anuruddha controlled his senses and neither looked at nor spoke to her.\nThen that woman said, “It’s astonishing and amazing.\nMany people pay a hundred or a thousand coins to be with me.\nBut this monastic doesn’t want me and all this property, even when I beg him!”\nAfter dressing, she bowed down with her head at Anuruddha’s feet and said,\n“Sir, I’ve made a mistake. I’ve been foolish, confused, and unskillful.\nPlease forgive me so that I may restrain myself in the future.”\n“You have certainly made a mistake. You’ve been foolish, confused, and unskillful.\nBut since you acknowledge your mistake and make proper amends, I forgive you.\nFor this is called growth in the training of the noble ones: acknowledging a mistake, making proper amends, and undertaking restraint for the future.”\nThe following morning that woman personally served and satisfied Anuruddha with various kinds of fine foods. When he had finished his meal, she bowed and sat down to one side.\nAnd Anuruddha instructed, inspired, and gladdened her with a teaching.\nShe then said to him,\n“Wonderful, sir, wonderful!\nJust as one might set upright what’s overturned, or reveal what’s hidden, or show the way to one who’s lost, or bring a lamp into the dark so that one with eyes might see what’s there—\njust so have you made the Teaching clear in many ways.\nI go for refuge to the Buddha, the Teaching, and the Sangha of monks.\nPlease accept me as a lay follower who’s gone for refuge for life.”\nSoon afterwards, after arriving at Sāvatthī, Anuruddha told the monks what had happened.\nThe monks of few desires complained and criticized him,\n“How could Venerable Anuruddha lie down in the same sleeping place as a woman?”\nAfter rebuking him in many ways, they told the Buddha. Soon afterwards he had the Sangha gathered and questioned Anuruddha:\n“Is it true, Anuruddha, that you did this?”\n“It’s true, sir.”\nThe Buddha rebuked him … “Anuruddha, 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 anuruddho kosalesu janapade sāvatthiṁ gacchanto sāyaṁ aññataraṁ gāmaṁ upagacchi.\nTena kho pana samayena tasmiṁ gāme aññatarissā itthiyā āvasathāgāraṁ paññattaṁ hoti.\nAtha kho āyasmā anuruddho yena sā itthī tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā taṁ itthiṁ etadavoca—“sace te, bhagini, agaru, vaseyyāma ekarattaṁ āvasathāgāre”ti.\n“Vaseyyātha, bhante”ti.\nAññepi addhikā yena sā itthī tenupasaṅkamiṁsu; upasaṅkamitvā taṁ itthiṁ etadavocuṁ—“sace te, ayye, agaru vaseyyāma ekarattaṁ āvasathāgāre”ti.\n“Eso kho ayyo samaṇo paṭhamaṁ upagato; sace so anujānāti, vaseyyāthā”ti.\nAtha kho te addhikā yenāyasmā anuruddho tenupasaṅkamiṁsu; upasaṅkamitvā āyasmantaṁ anuruddhaṁ etadavocuṁ—“sace te, bhante, agaru, vaseyyāma ekarattaṁ āvasathāgāre”ti.\n“Vaseyyātha, āvuso”ti.\nAtha kho sā itthī āyasmante anuruddhe saha dassanena paṭibaddhacittā ahosi.\nAtha kho sā itthī yenāyasmā anuruddho tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā āyasmantaṁ anuruddhaṁ etadavoca—“ayyo, bhante, imehi manussehi ākiṇṇo na phāsu viharissati.\nSādhāhaṁ, bhante, ayyassa mañcakaṁ abbhantaraṁ paññapeyyan”ti.\nAdhivāsesi kho āyasmā anuruddho tuṇhībhāvena.\nAtha kho sā itthī āyasmato anuruddhassa mañcakaṁ abbhantaraṁ paññapetvā alaṅkatappaṭiyattā gandhagandhinī yenāyasmā anuruddho tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā āyasmantaṁ anuruddhaṁ etadavoca—\n“ayyo, bhante, abhirūpo dassanīyo pāsādiko, ahañcamhi abhirūpā dassanīyā pāsādikā.\nSādhāhaṁ, bhante, ayyassa pajāpati bhaveyyan”ti.\nEvaṁ vutte, āyasmā anuruddho tuṇhī ahosi.\nDutiyampi kho …pe…\ntatiyampi kho sā itthī āyasmantaṁ anuruddhaṁ etadavoca—\n“ayyo, bhante, abhirūpo dassanīyo pāsādiko, ahañcamhi abhirūpā dassanīyā pāsādikā.\nSādhu, bhante, ayyo mañceva paṭicchatu sabbañca sāpateyyan”ti.\nTatiyampi kho āyasmā anuruddho tuṇhī ahosi.\nAtha kho sā itthī sāṭakaṁ nikkhipitvā āyasmato anuruddhassa purato caṅkamatipi tiṭṭhatipi nisīdatipi seyyampi kappeti.\nAtha kho āyasmā anuruddho indriyāni okkhipitvā taṁ itthiṁ neva olokesi napi ālapi.\nAtha kho sā itthī—“acchariyaṁ vata bho, abbhutaṁ vata bho.\nBahū me manussā satenapi sahassenapi pahiṇanti.\nAyaṁ pana samaṇo—mayā sāmaṁ yāciyamāno—na icchati mañceva paṭicchituṁ sabbañca sāpateyyan”ti\nsāṭakaṁ nivāsetvā āyasmato anuruddhassa pādesu sirasā nipatitvā āyasmantaṁ anuruddhaṁ etadavoca—\n“accayo maṁ, bhante, accagamā yathābālaṁ yathāmūḷhaṁ yathāakusalaṁ yāhaṁ evamakāsiṁ.\nTassā me, bhante, ayyo accayaṁ accayato paṭiggaṇhātu āyatiṁ saṁvarāyā”ti.\n“Taggha tvaṁ, bhagini, accayo accagamā yathābālaṁ yathāmūḷhaṁ yathāakusalaṁ yā tvaṁ evamakāsi.\nYato ca kho tvaṁ, bhagini, accayaṁ accayato disvā yathādhammaṁ paṭikarosi, taṁ te mayaṁ paṭiggaṇhāma.\nVuddhi hesā, bhagini, ariyassa vinaye yo accayaṁ accayato disvā yathādhammaṁ paṭikaroti āyatiñca saṁvaraṁ āpajjatī”ti.\nAtha kho sā itthī tassā rattiyā accayena āyasmantaṁ anuruddhaṁ paṇītena khādanīyena bhojanīyena sahatthā santappetvā sampavāretvā, āyasmantaṁ anuruddhaṁ bhuttāviṁ onītapattapāṇiṁ abhivādetvā ekamantaṁ nisīdi.\nEkamantaṁ nisinnaṁ kho taṁ itthiṁ āyasmā anuruddho dhammiyā kathāya sandassesi samādapesi samuttejesi sampahaṁsesi.\nAtha kho sā itthī—āyasmatā anuruddhena dhammiyā kathāya sandassitā samādapitā samuttejitā sampahaṁsitā—āyasmantaṁ anuruddhaṁ etadavoca—\n“abhikkantaṁ, bhante, abhikkantaṁ, bhante.\nSeyyathāpi, bhante, nikkujjitaṁ vā ukkujjeyya, paṭicchannaṁ vā vivareyya, mūḷhassa vā maggaṁ ācikkheyya, andhakāre vā telapajjotaṁ dhāreyya—‘cakkhumanto rūpāni dakkhantī’ti;\nevamevaṁ ayyena anuruddhena anekapariyāyena dhammo pakāsito.\nEsāhaṁ, bhante, taṁ bhagavantaṁ saraṇaṁ gacchāmi dhammañca bhikkhusaṅghañca.\nUpāsikaṁ maṁ ayyo dhāretu ajjatagge pāṇupetaṁ saraṇaṁ gatan”ti.\nAtha kho āyasmā anuruddho sāvatthiṁ gantvā bhikkhūnaṁ etamatthaṁ ārocesi.\nYe te bhikkhū appicchā …pe… te ujjhāyanti khiyyanti vipācenti—\n“kathañhi nāma āyasmā anuruddho mātugāmena sahaseyyaṁ kappessatī”ti.\nAtha kho te bhikkhū āyasmantaṁ anuruddhaṁ anekapariyāyena vigarahitvā bhagavato etamatthaṁ ārocesuṁ …pe…\n“saccaṁ kira tvaṁ, anuruddha, mātugāmena sahaseyyaṁ kappesī”ti?\n“Saccaṁ, bhagavā”ti.\nVigarahi buddho bhagavā …pe… kathañhi nāma tvaṁ, anuruddha, mātugāmena sahaseyyaṁ kappessasi.\nNetaṁ, anuruddha, appasannānaṁ vā pasādāya …pe…\nevañca pana, bhikkhave, imaṁ sikkhāpadaṁ uddiseyyātha—"}},{"id":"pli-tv-bu-vb-pc6:1.51","sourceIds":["pli-tv-bu-vb-pc6:1.51.0","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc6:1.51.1"],"kind":"text","text":{"en":"Final ruling\n‘If a monk lies down in the same sleeping place as a woman, he commits an offense entailing confession.’”","pi":"“Yo pana bhikkhu mātugāmena sahaseyyaṁ kappeyya pācittiyan”ti."}},{"id":"pli-tv-bu-vb-pc6:2.1","sourceIds":["pli-tv-bu-vb-pc6:2.1.0","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc6:2.1.1","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc6:2.1.2","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc6:2.1.3","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc6:2.1.4","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc6:2.1.5","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc6:2.1.6","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc6:2.1.7","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc6:2.1.8","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc6:2.1.9","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc6:2.1.10","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc6:2.1.11","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc6:2.1.12","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc6:2.1.13","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc6:2.1.14","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc6:2.1.15","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc6:2.1.16"],"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.\nSame:\ntogether.\nSleeping place:\nfully roofed, fully walled; mostly roofed, mostly walled.\nLies down in the same sleeping place:\nwhen the sun has set:\nif the monk lies down when the woman is already lying down, he commits an offense entailing confession;\nif the woman lies down when the monk is already lying down, he commits an offense entailing confession;\nif they both lie down together, he commits an offense entailing confession;\nevery time they get up and then lie down again, 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.\nSahāti\nekato.\nSeyyā nāma\nsabbacchannā, sabbaparicchannā, yebhuyyenacchannā, yebhuyyena paricchannā.\nSeyyaṁ kappeyyāti\natthaṅgate sūriye—\nMātugāme nipanne bhikkhu nipajjati, āpatti pācittiyassa.\nBhikkhu nipanne mātugāmo nipajjati, āpatti pācittiyassa.\nUbho vā nipajjanti, āpatti pācittiyassa.\nUṭṭhahitvā punappunaṁ nipajjanti, āpatti pācittiyassa."}},{"id":"pli-tv-bu-vb-pc6:2.2","sourceIds":["pli-tv-bu-vb-pc6:2.2.0","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc6:2.2.1","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc6:2.2.2","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc6:2.2.3","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc6:2.2.4","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc6:2.2.5","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc6:2.2.6","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc6:2.2.7","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc6:2.2.8"],"kind":"text","text":{"en":"Permutations\nIf it is a woman, and he perceives her as such, and he lies down in the same sleeping place as her, he commits an offense entailing confession.\nIf it is a woman, but he is unsure of it, and he lies down in the same sleeping place as her, he commits an offense entailing confession.\nIf it is a woman, but he does not perceive her as such, and he lies down in the same sleeping place as her, he commits an offense entailing confession.\nIf it is half-roofed and half-walled, he commits an offense of wrong conduct.\nIf he lies down in the same sleeping place as a female spirit, a female ghost, a paṇḍaka, or a female animal, 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 sahaseyyaṁ kappeti, āpatti pācittiyassa.\nMātugāme vematiko sahaseyyaṁ kappeti, āpatti pācittiyassa.\nMātugāme amātugāmasaññī sahaseyyaṁ kappeti, āpatti pācittiyassa.\nUpaḍḍhacchanne upaḍḍhaparicchanne, āpatti dukkaṭassa.\nYakkhiyā vā petiyā vā paṇḍakena vā tiracchānagatitthiyā vā sahaseyyaṁ kappeti, āpatti dukkaṭassa.\nAmātugāme mātugāmasaññī, āpatti dukkaṭassa.\nAmātugāme vematiko, āpatti dukkaṭassa.\nAmātugāme amātugāmasaññī, anāpatti."}},{"id":"pli-tv-bu-vb-pc6:2.3","sourceIds":["pli-tv-bu-vb-pc6:2.3.0","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc6:2.3.1","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc6:2.3.2","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc6:2.3.3","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc6:2.3.4","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc6:2.3.5","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc6:2.3.6","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc6:2.3.7","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc6:2.3.8","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc6:2.3.9","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc6:2.3.10","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc6:2.3.11"],"kind":"text","text":{"en":"Non-offenses\nThere is no offense:\nif it is fully roofed, but not walled;\nif it is fully walled, but not roofed;\nif it is mostly not roofed;\nif it is mostly not walled;\nif the monk sits when the woman is lying down;\nif the woman sits when the monk is lying down;\nif they both sit down together;\nif he is insane;\nif he is the first offender.\nThe training rule on lying down with a woman, the sixth, is finished.","pi":"Anāpatti—\nsabbacchanne sabbaaparicchanne,\nsabbaparicchanne sabbaacchanne,\nyebhuyyena acchanne,\nyebhuyyena aparicchanne,\nmātugāme nipanne bhikkhu nisīdati,\nbhikkhu nipanne mātugāmo nisīdati,\nubho vā nisīdanti,\nummattakassa,\nādikammikassāti.\nDutiyasahaseyyasikkhāpadaṁ niṭṭhitaṁ chaṭṭhaṁ."}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/pli-tv-bu-vb-pc6/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."}