{"id":"pli-tv-bu-vb-pc89","title":"Making an oversize sitting mat","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Brahmāli · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"pli-tv-bu-vb-pc89","title":"Making an oversize sitting mat","units":[{"id":"pli-tv-bu-vb-pc89:0","sourceIds":["pli-tv-bu-vb-pc89:0.1","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc89:0.2","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc89:0.3","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc89:0.4","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc89:0.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Theravāda Vinaya\nMahāvibhaṅga\nPācittiyakaṇḍa\nRatanavagga\n89. Nisīdanasikkhāpada","en":"Theravāda Collection on Monastic Law\nThe Great Analysis\nThe chapter on offenses entailing confession\nThe subchapter on precious things\nMaking an oversize sitting mat"}},{"id":"pli-tv-bu-vb-pc89:1.0","sourceIds":["pli-tv-bu-vb-pc89:1.0.1","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc89:1.0.2"],"kind":"text","text":{"en":"Origin story\nFirst substory"}},{"id":"pli-tv-bu-vb-pc89:1","sourceIds":["pli-tv-bu-vb-pc89:1.1","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc89:1.2","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc89:1.3","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc89:1.4","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc89:1.5","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc89:1.6","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc89:1.7","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc89:1.8","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc89:1.9","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc89:1.10","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc89:1.11","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc89:1.12","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc89:1.13"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tena samayena buddho bhagavā sāvatthiyaṁ viharati jetavane anāthapiṇḍikassa ārāme.\nTena kho pana samayena bhagavatā bhikkhūnaṁ nisīdanaṁ anuññātaṁ hoti.\nChabbaggiyā bhikkhū—\n“bhagavatā nisīdanaṁ anuññātan”ti appamāṇikāni nisīdanāni dhārenti.\nMañcassapi pīṭhassapi puratopi pacchatopi olambenti.\nYe te bhikkhū appicchā …pe… te ujjhāyanti khiyyanti vipācenti—\n“kathañhi nāma chabbaggiyā bhikkhū appamāṇikāni nisīdanāni dhāressantī”ti …pe…\n“saccaṁ kira tumhe, bhikkhave, appamāṇikāni nisīdanāni dhārethā”ti?\n“Saccaṁ, bhagavā”ti.\nVigarahi buddho bhagavā …pe…\nkathañhi nāma tumhe, moghapurisā, appamāṇikāni nisīdanāni dhāressatha.\nNetaṁ, moghapurisā, appasannānaṁ vā pasādāya …pe…\nevañca pana, bhikkhave, imaṁ sikkhāpadaṁ uddiseyyātha—","en":"At one time when the Buddha was staying at Sāvatthī in Anāthapiṇḍika’s Monastery,\nhe allowed sitting mats for the monks.\nKnowing this, the monks from the group of six used sitting mats that were inappropriate in size.\nThe sitting mats hung down from beds and benches, both in front and behind.\nThe monks of few desires complained and criticized those monks,\n“How can the monks from the group of six use such sitting mats?” …\n“Is it true, monks, that you do this?”\n“It’s true, sir.”\nThe Buddha rebuked them …\n“Foolish men, how can you do this?\nThis will affect people’s confidence …” …\n“And, monks, this training rule should be recited like this:"}},{"id":"pli-tv-bu-vb-pc89:1.14","sourceIds":["pli-tv-bu-vb-pc89:1.14.0","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc89:1.14.1"],"kind":"text","text":{"en":"Preliminary ruling\n‘If a monk is having a sitting mat made, it is to be made the right size.","pi":"“Nisīdanaṁ pana bhikkhunā kārayamānena pamāṇikaṁ kāretabbaṁ."}},{"id":"pli-tv-bu-vb-pc89:1-from-pli-tv-bu-vb-pc89-1.15","sourceIds":["pli-tv-bu-vb-pc89:1.15","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc89:1.16","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc89:1.17"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tatridaṁ pamāṇaṁ—dīghaso dve vidatthiyo, sugatavidatthiyā; tiriyaṁ diyaḍḍhaṁ.\nTaṁ atikkāmayato chedanakaṁ pācittiyan”ti.\nEvañcidaṁ bhagavatā bhikkhūnaṁ sikkhāpadaṁ paññattaṁ hoti.","en":"This is the right size: two standard handspans long and one-and-a-half wide.\nIf it exceeds that, it is to be cut down, and he commits an offense entailing confession.’”\nIn this way the Buddha laid down this training rule for the monks."}},{"id":"pli-tv-bu-vb-pc89:2","sourceIds":["pli-tv-bu-vb-pc89:2.0","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc89:2.1","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc89:2.2","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc89:2.3","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc89:2.4","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc89:2.5","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc89:2.6","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc89:2.7","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc89:2.8","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc89:2.9"],"kind":"text","text":{"en":"Second substory\nAt that time there was a big monk called Venerable Udāyī.\nAfter putting out his sitting mat in front of the Buddha, he stretched it on all sides before sitting down.\nThe Buddha asked him,\n“Udāyī, why are you stretching the sitting mat on all sides,\nas if an old hide?”\n“Because, sir, the sitting mat you’ve allowed for the monks is too small.”\nSoon afterwards the Buddha gave a teaching and addressed the monks:\n“Monks, I allow a border of one handspan for the sitting mat.\nAnd so, monks, this training rule should be recited like this:","pi":"Tena kho pana samayena āyasmā udāyī mahākāyo hoti.\nSo bhagavato purato nisīdanaṁ paññapetvā samantato samañchamāno nisīdati.\nAtha kho bhagavā āyasmantaṁ udāyiṁ etadavoca—\n“kissa tvaṁ, udāyi, nisīdanaṁ samantato samañchasi;\nseyyathāpi purāṇāsikoṭṭho”ti?\n“Tathā hi pana, bhante, bhagavatā bhikkhūnaṁ atikhuddakaṁ nisīdanaṁ anuññātan”ti.\nAtha kho bhagavā etasmiṁ nidāne etasmiṁ pakaraṇe dhammiṁ kathaṁ katvā bhikkhū āmantesi—\n“anujānāmi, bhikkhave, nisīdanassa dasaṁ vidatthiṁ.\nEvañca pana, bhikkhave, imaṁ sikkhāpadaṁ uddiseyyātha—"}},{"id":"pli-tv-bu-vb-pc89:2.10","sourceIds":["pli-tv-bu-vb-pc89:2.10.0","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc89:2.10.1"],"kind":"text","text":{"en":"Final ruling\n‘If a monk is having a sitting mat made, it should be made the right size.","pi":"“Nisīdanaṁ pana bhikkhunā kārayamānena pamāṇikaṁ kāretabbaṁ."}},{"id":"pli-tv-bu-vb-pc89:2-from-pli-tv-bu-vb-pc89-2.11","sourceIds":["pli-tv-bu-vb-pc89:2.11","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc89:2.12"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tatridaṁ pamāṇaṁ—dīghaso dve vidatthiyo, sugatavidatthiyā; tiriyaṁ diyaḍḍhaṁ. Dasā vidatthi.\nTaṁ atikkāmayato chedanakaṁ pācittiyan”ti.","en":"This is the right size: two standard handspans long and one-and-a-half wide, and a border of one handspan.\nIf it exceeds that, it is to be cut down, and he commits an offense entailing confession.’”"}},{"id":"pli-tv-bu-vb-pc89:3.1","sourceIds":["pli-tv-bu-vb-pc89:3.1.0","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc89:3.1.1","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc89:3.1.2","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc89:3.1.3","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc89:3.1.4","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc89:3.1.5","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc89:3.1.6","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc89:3.1.7"],"kind":"text","text":{"en":"Definitions\nA sitting mat:\none with a border is what is meant.\nIs having made:\nmaking it himself or having it made, it should be made the right size.\nThis is the right size: two standard handspans long and one-and-a-half wide, and a border of one handspan.\nIf he makes one, or has one made, that exceeds that, then for the effort there is an act of wrong conduct.\nWhen he gets it, it is to be cut down, and he is then to confess an offense entailing confession.","pi":"Nisīdanaṁ nāma\nsadasaṁ vuccati.\nKārayamānenāti\nkaronto vā kārāpento vā pamāṇikaṁ kāretabbaṁ.\nTatridaṁ pamāṇaṁ— dīghaso dve vidatthiyo, sugatavidatthiyā; tiriyaṁ diyaḍḍhaṁ. Dasā vidatthi.\nTaṁ atikkāmetvā karoti vā kārāpeti vā, payoge dukkaṭaṁ.\nPaṭilābhena chinditvā pācittiyaṁ desetabbaṁ."}},{"id":"pli-tv-bu-vb-pc89:3.1.8","sourceIds":["pli-tv-bu-vb-pc89:3.1.8.0","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc89:3.1.8.1"],"kind":"text","text":{"en":"Permutations\nIf he finishes what he began himself, he commits an offense entailing confession.","pi":"Attanā vippakataṁ attanā pariyosāpeti, āpatti pācittiyassa."}},{"id":"pli-tv-bu-vb-pc89:3.1-from-pli-tv-bu-vb-pc89-3.1.9","sourceIds":["pli-tv-bu-vb-pc89:3.1.9","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc89:3.1.10","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc89:3.1.11","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc89:3.1.12","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc89:3.1.13"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Attanā 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.","en":"If 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."}},{"id":"pli-tv-bu-vb-pc89:3.2","sourceIds":["pli-tv-bu-vb-pc89:3.2.0","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc89:3.2.1","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc89:3.2.2","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc89:3.2.3","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc89:3.2.4","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc89:3.2.5","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc89:3.2.6","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc89:3.2.7","pli-tv-bu-vb-pc89:3.2.8"],"kind":"text","text":{"en":"Non-offenses\nThere is no offense:\nif he makes it the right size;\nif he makes it smaller than the right size;\nif he gets one made by another that exceeds the right size and then cuts it down before using it;\nif he makes a canopy, a floor cover, a cloth screen, a mattress, or a pillow;\nif he is insane;\nif he is the first offender.\nThe training rule on making an oversize sitting mat, the seventh, is finished.","pi":"Anāpatti—\npamāṇikaṁ karoti,\nūnakaṁ karoti,\naññena kataṁ pamāṇātikkantaṁ paṭilabhitvā chinditvā paribhuñjati,\nvitānaṁ vā bhūmattharaṇaṁ vā sāṇipākāraṁ vā bhisiṁ vā bibbohanaṁ vā karoti,\nummattakassa,\nādikammikassāti.\nNisīdanasikkhāpadaṁ niṭṭhitaṁ sattamaṁ."}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/pli-tv-bu-vb-pc89/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."}