Pācittiya 47: The Training Rule on Re-Using a Menstrual Cloth.
- Translated from the Pali by Bhikkhu Brahmali. (More copyright information)
Origin story
1At one time the Buddha was staying at Sāvatthī in the Jeta Grove, Anāthapiṇḍika’s Monastery. At that time the nun Thullanandā did not relinquish the communal robe, but continued using it. Other menstruating nuns did not get to use it.
2The nuns of few desires complained and criticized her, “How could Venerable Thullanandā not relinquish the communal robe, but continue using it?” … “Is it true, monks, that the nun Thullanandā did this?”
“It’s true, Sir.”
The Buddha rebuked her … “How could the nun Thullanandā do this? This will affect people’s confidence …” … “And, monks, the nuns should recite this training rule like this:
Final ruling
3‘If a nun does not relinquish a communal robe, but continues to use it, she commits an offense entailing confession.’”
Definitions
4A: whoever … Nun: … The nun who has been given the full ordination in unanimity by both Sanghas through a legal procedure consisting of one motion and three announcements that is irreversible and fit to stand—this sort of nun is meant in this case.
5A communal robe: it is given specifically for the use of menstruating nuns.
6Does not relinquish, but continues to use it: if she uses it for two or three days, washes it on the fourth day, and then uses it again without relinquishing it to a nun or a trainee nun or a novice nun, she commits an offense entailing confession.
Permutations
7If it has not been relinquished, and she perceives that it has not, and she uses it, she commits an offense entailing confession. If it has not been relinquished, but she is unsure of it, and she uses it, she commits an offense entailing confession. If it has not been relinquished, but she perceives that it has, and she uses it, she commits an offense entailing confession.
8If it has been relinquished, but she perceives that it has not, she commits an offense of wrong conduct. If it has been relinquished, but she is unsure of it, she commits an offense of wrong conduct. If it has been relinquished, and she perceives that it has, there is no offense.
Non-offenses
9There is no offense: if she relinquishes it and then uses it; if she uses it again at the next turn; if there are no other menstruating nuns; if her robe has been stolen; if her robe has been lost; if there is an emergency; if she is insane; if she is the first offender.
The seventh training rule is finished.
1p_2V_3051, msdiv1003Tena samayena buddho bhagavā sāvatthiyaṁ viharati jetavane anāthapiṇḍikassa ārāme. Tena kho pana samayena thullanandā bhikkhunī āvasathacīvaraṁ anissajjitvā paribhuñjati. Aññā utuniyo bhikkhuniyo na labhanti.
2p_2V_3052Yā tā bhikkhuniyo appicchā … pe … tā ujjhāyanti khiyyanti vipācenti: “Kathañhi nāma ayyā thullanandā āvasathacīvaraṁ anissajjitvā paribhuñjissatī”ti … pe …
“Saccaṁ kira, bhikkhave, thullanandā bhikkhunī āvasathacīvaraṁ anissajjitvā paribhuñjatī”ti?
“Saccaṁ, bhagavā”ti.
Vigarahi buddho bhagavā … pe … kathañhi nāma, bhikkhave, thullanandā bhikkhunī āvasathacīvaraṁ anissajjitvā paribhuñjissati. Netaṁ, bhikkhave, appasannānaṁ vā pasādāya … pe … evañca pana, bhikkhave, bhikkhuniyo imaṁ sikkhāpadaṁ uddisantu—
3p_2V_3053, msdiv1004“Yā pana bhikkhunī āvasathacīvaraṁ anissajjitvā paribhuñjeyya, pācittiyan”ti.
4p_2V_3054, msdiv1005Yā panā'ti yā yādisā … pe … bhikkhunī'ti … pe … ayaṁ imasmiṁ atthe adhippetā bhikkhunīti.
5p_2V_3055Āvasathacīvaraṁ nāma “utuniyo bhikkhuniyo paribhuñjantū”ti dinnaṁ hoti.
6p_2V_3056Anissajjitvā paribhuñjeyyā'ti dvetisso rattiyo paribhuñjitvā catutthadivase dhovitvā bhikkhuniyā vā sikkhamānāya vā sāmaṇeriyā vā anissajjitvā paribhuñjati, āpatti pācittiyassa.
7p_2V_3057, msdiv1006Anissajjite anissajjitasaññā paribhuñjati, āpatti pācittiyassa. Anissajjite vematikā paribhuñjati, āpatti pācittiyassa. Anissajjite nissajjitasaññā paribhuñjati, āpatti pācittiyassa.
8p_2V_3058Nissajjite anissajjitasaññā, āpatti dukkaṭassa. Nissajjite vematikā, āpatti dukkaṭassa. Nissajjite nissajjitasaññā anāpatti.
9p_2V_3059, msdiv1007Anāpatti—nissajjitvā paribhuñjati, puna pariyāyena paribhuñjati, aññā utuniyo bhikkhuniyo na honti, acchinnacīvarikāya, naṭṭhacīvarikāya, āpadāsu, ummattikāya, ādikammikāyāti.