Pācittiya 31: The Training Rule on Two bhikkhunis Sharing a Single Bed.
- Translated from the Pali by Bhikkhu Brahmali. (More copyright information)
Origin story
1At one time when the Buddha was staying at Sāvatthī in Anāthapiṇḍika’s Monastery, two nuns were lying down on the same bed. When people walking about the dwellings saw this, they complained and criticized them, “How can two nuns lie down on the same bed? They’re just like householders who indulge in worldly pleasures!”
2The nuns heard the complaints of those people, and the nuns of few desires complained and criticized them, “How can nuns do this?” …
“Is it true, monks, that nuns do this?”
“It’s true, Sir.”
The Buddha rebuked them … “How can nuns do this? This will affect people’s confidence …” … “And, monks, the nuns should recite this training rule like this:
Final ruling
3‘If two nuns lie down on the same bed, they commit an offense entailing confession.’”
Definitions
4Two: whoever … Nuns: fully ordained is what is meant.
5If two lie down on the same bed: if, when one is lying down, the other lies down, they commit an offense entailing confession. If both lie down together, they commit an offense entailing confession. Every time they get up and then lie down again, they commit an offense entailing confession.
Non-offenses
6There is no offense: if, when one is lying down, the other sits down; if both sit down together; if they are insane; if they are the first offenders.
The first training rule is finished.
1p_2V_2885, msdiv932Tena samayena buddho bhagavā sāvatthiyaṁ viharati jetavane anāthapiṇḍikassa ārāme. Tena kho pana samayena bhikkhuniyo dve ekamañce tuvaṭṭenti. Manussā vihāracārikaṁ āhiṇḍantā passitvā ujjhāyanti khiyyanti vipācenti: “Kathañhi nāma bhikkhuniyo dve ekamañce tuvaṭṭessanti, seyyathāpi gihiniyo kāmabhoginiyo”ti.
2p_2V_2886Assosuṁ kho bhikkhuniyo tesaṁ manussānaṁ ujjhāyantānaṁ khiyyantānaṁ vipācentānaṁ. Yā tā bhikkhuniyo appicchā … pe … tā ujjhāyanti khiyyanti vipācenti: “Kathañhi nāma bhikkhuniyo dve ekamañce tuvaṭṭessantī”ti … pe …
“Saccaṁ kira, bhikkhave, bhikkhuniyo dve ekamañce tuvaṭṭentī”ti?
“Saccaṁ, bhagavā”ti.
Vigarahi buddho bhagavā … pe … kathañhi nāma, bhikkhave, bhikkhuniyo dve ekamañce tuvaṭṭessanti. Netaṁ, bhikkhave, appasannānaṁ vā pasādāya … pe … evañca pana, bhikkhave, bhikkhuniyo imaṁ sikkhāpadaṁ uddisantu—
3p_2V_2887, msdiv933“Yā pana bhikkhuniyo dve ekamañce tuvaṭṭeyyuṁ, pācittiyan”ti.
4p_2V_2888, msdiv934Yā panā'ti yā yādisā … pe … bhikkhuniyo'ti upasampannāyo vuccanti.
5p_2V_2889Dve ekamañce tuvaṭṭeyyun'ti ekāya nipannāya aparā nipajjati, āpatti pācittiyassa. Ubho vā nipajjanti, āpatti pācittiyassa. Uṭṭhahitvā punappunaṁ nipajjanti, āpatti pācittiyassa.
6p_2V_2890, msdiv935Anāpatti—ekāya nipannāya aparā nisīdati, ubho vā nisīdanti, ummattikānaṁ, ādikammikānanti.