{"id":"pli-tv-bu-vb-pc86","title":"Making an inappropriate needle case","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Brahmāli · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"pli-tv-bu-vb-pc86","title":"Making an inappropriate needle case","units":[{"id":"pli-tv-bu-vb-pc86:0","sourceIds":["pli-tv-bu-vb-pc86:0.1","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc86:0.2","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc86:0.3","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc86:0.4","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc86:0.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Theravāda Vinaya\nMahāvibhaṅga\nPācittiyakaṇḍa\nRatanavagga\n86. Sūcigharasikkhāpada","en":"Theravāda Collection on Monastic Law\nThe Great Analysis\nThe chapter on offenses entailing confession\nThe subchapter on precious things\nMaking an inappropriate needle case"}},{"id":"pli-tv-bu-vb-pc86:1","sourceIds":["pli-tv-bu-vb-pc86:1.0","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc86:1.1","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc86:1.2","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc86:1.3","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc86:1.4","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc86:1.5","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc86:1.6","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc86:1.7","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc86:1.8","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc86:1.9","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc86:1.10","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc86:1.11","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc86:1.12","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc86:1.13","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc86:1.14","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc86:1.15","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc86:1.16","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc86:1.17","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc86:1.18","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc86:1.19"],"kind":"text","text":{"en":"Origin story\nAt one time the Buddha was staying in the Sakyan country in the Banyan Tree Monastery at Kapilavatthu.\nAt that time an ivory-worker had invited the monks\nwho needed needle cases to ask for one.\nAnd the monks asked for many needle cases.\nThose who had small needle cases asked for large ones,\nand those who had large needle cases asked for small ones.\nThe ivory-worker was so busy making needle cases for the monks that he was unable to make goods for sale. He could not make a living for himself, and his wives and children suffered.\nPeople complained and criticized them,\n“How can the Sakyan monastics not have any sense of moderation and ask for many needle cases?\nThis ivory-worker is so busy making needle cases for them that he’s unable to make goods for sale. He can’t make a living for himself, and his wives and children are suffering.”\nThe monks heard the complaints of those people,\nand the monks of few desires complained and criticized those monks,\n“How can those monks not have a sense of moderation and ask for many needle cases?” …\n“Is it true, monks, that there are monks who do this?”\n“It’s true, sir.”\nThe Buddha rebuked them …\n“How can those foolish men do this?\nThis will affect people’s confidence …” …\n“And, monks, this training rule should be recited like this:","pi":"Tena samayena buddho bhagavā sakkesu viharati kapilavatthusmiṁ nigrodhārāme.\nTena kho pana samayena aññatarena dantakārena bhikkhū pavāritā honti—\n“yesaṁ ayyānaṁ sūcigharena attho ahaṁ sūcigharenā”ti.\nTena kho pana samayena bhikkhū bahū sūcighare viññāpenti.\nYesaṁ khuddakā sūcigharā te mahante sūcighare viññāpenti.\nYesaṁ mahantā sūcigharā te khuddake sūcighare viññāpenti.\nAtha kho so dantakāro bhikkhūnaṁ bahū sūcighare karonto na sakkoti aññaṁ vikkāyikaṁ bhaṇḍaṁ kātuṁ, attanāpi na yāpeti, puttadāropissa kilamati.\nManussā ujjhāyanti khiyyanti vipācenti—\n“kathañhi nāma samaṇā sakyaputtiyā na mattaṁ jānitvā bahū sūcighare viññāpessanti.\nAyaṁ imesaṁ bahū sūcighare karonto na sakkoti aññaṁ vikkāyikaṁ bhaṇḍaṁ kātuṁ, attanāpi na yāpeti, puttadāropissa kilamatī”ti.\nAssosuṁ kho bhikkhū tesaṁ manussānaṁ ujjhāyantānaṁ khiyyantānaṁ vipācentānaṁ.\nYe te bhikkhū appicchā …pe… te ujjhāyanti khiyyanti vipācenti—\n“kathañhi nāma bhikkhū na mattaṁ jānitvā bahū sūcighare viññāpessantī”ti …pe…\n“saccaṁ kira, bhikkhave, bhikkhū na mattaṁ jānitvā bahū sūcighare viññāpentī”ti?\n“Saccaṁ, bhagavā”ti.\nVigarahi buddho bhagavā …pe…\nkathañhi nāma te, bhikkhave, moghapurisā na mattaṁ jānitvā bahū sūcighare viññāpessanti.\nNetaṁ, bhikkhave, appasannānaṁ vā pasādāya …pe…\nevañca pana, bhikkhave, imaṁ sikkhāpadaṁ uddiseyyātha—"}},{"id":"pli-tv-bu-vb-pc86:1.20","sourceIds":["pli-tv-bu-vb-pc86:1.20.0","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc86:1.20.1"],"kind":"text","text":{"en":"Final ruling\n‘If a monk has a needle case made from bone, ivory, or horn, it is to be destroyed, and he commits an offense entailing confession.’”","pi":"“Yo pana bhikkhu aṭṭhimayaṁ vā dantamayaṁ vā visāṇamayaṁ vā sūcigharaṁ kārāpeyya bhedanakaṁ, pācittiyan”ti."}},{"id":"pli-tv-bu-vb-pc86:2.1","sourceIds":["pli-tv-bu-vb-pc86:2.1.0","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc86:2.1.1","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc86:2.1.2","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc86:2.1.3","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc86:2.1.4","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc86:2.1.5","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc86:2.1.6","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc86:2.1.7","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc86:2.1.8","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc86:2.1.9","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc86:2.1.10","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc86:2.1.11","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc86:2.1.12","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc86:2.1.13"],"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.\nBone:\nany kind of bone.\nIvory:\nelephant tooth is what is meant.\nHorn:\nany kind of horn.\nHas made:\nif he makes one or has one made, then for the effort there is an act of wrong conduct.\nWhen he gets it, it is to be destroyed, and he is then to confess an offense entailing confession.","pi":"Yo panāti\nyo yādiso …pe…\nbhikkhūti\n…pe… ayaṁ imasmiṁ atthe adhippeto bhikkhūti.\nAṭṭhi nāma\nyaṁ kiñci aṭṭhi.\nDanto nāma\nhatthidanto vuccati.\nVisāṇaṁ nāma\nyaṁ kiñci visāṇaṁ.\nKārāpeyyāti\nkaroti vā kārāpeti vā, payoge dukkaṭaṁ.\nPaṭilābhena bhinditvā pācittiyaṁ desetabbaṁ."}},{"id":"pli-tv-bu-vb-pc86:2.2","sourceIds":["pli-tv-bu-vb-pc86:2.2.0","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc86:2.2.1","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc86:2.2.2","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc86:2.2.3","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc86:2.2.4","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc86:2.2.5","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc86:2.2.6"],"kind":"text","text":{"en":"Permutations\nIf he finishes what he began himself, he commits an offense entailing confession.\nIf he has others finish what he began himself, he commits an offense entailing confession.\nIf he finishes himself what was begun by others, he commits an offense entailing confession.\nIf he has others finish what was begun by others, he commits an offense entailing confession.\nIf he makes one or has one made for the benefit of someone else, he commits an offense of wrong conduct.\nIf he gets one that was made by someone else and then uses it, he commits an offense of wrong conduct.","pi":"Attanā vippakataṁ attanā pariyosāpeti, āpatti pācittiyassa.\nAttanā vippakataṁ parehi pariyosāpeti, āpatti pācittiyassa.\nParehi vippakataṁ attanā pariyosāpeti, āpatti pācittiyassa.\nParehi vippakataṁ parehi pariyosāpeti, āpatti pācittiyassa.\nAññassatthāya karoti vā kārāpeti vā, āpatti dukkaṭassa.\nAññena kataṁ paṭilabhitvā paribhuñjati, āpatti dukkaṭassa."}},{"id":"pli-tv-bu-vb-pc86:2.3","sourceIds":["pli-tv-bu-vb-pc86:2.3.0","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc86:2.3.1","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc86:2.3.2","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc86:2.3.3","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc86:2.3.4","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc86:2.3.5","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc86:2.3.6","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc86:2.3.7","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc86:2.3.8","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc86:2.3.9","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc86:2.3.10","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc86:2.3.11"],"kind":"text","text":{"en":"Non-offenses\nThere is no offense:\nif it is a toggle;\nif it is a fire kindler;\nif it is a buckle;\nif it is an ointment box;\nif it is an ointment stick;\nif it is a machete handle;\nif it is a water wiper;\nif he is insane;\nif he is the first offender.\nThe training rule on making an inappropriate needle case, the fourth, is finished.","pi":"Anāpatti—\ngaṇṭhikāya,\naraṇike,\nvidhe,\nañjaniyā,\nañjanisalākāya,\nvāsijaṭe,\nudakapuñchaniyā,\nummattakassa,\nādikammikassāti.\nSūcigharasikkhāpadaṁ niṭṭhitaṁ catutthaṁ."}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/pli-tv-bu-vb-pc86/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."}