Pācittiya 63: The Training Rule on Giving Upasampada to a Samaneri Before Two Years of Training.
- 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 nuns were giving the full admission to trainee nuns who had not trained for two years in the six rules. They were ignorant and incompetent, and did not know what was allowable and what was not.
2The nuns of few desires complained and criticized them, “How can nuns give the full admission to trainee nuns who haven’t trained for two years in the six rules?” …
“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 …” After rebuking them … he gave a teaching and addressed the monks:
“Monks, approval is required for a trainee nun to train in the six rules for two years. And it should be given like this.
After approaching the Sangha of nuns, that trainee nun should arrange her upper robe over one shoulder and pay respect at the feet of the nuns. She should then squat on her heels, raise her joined palms, and say:
‘Venerables, I, so-and-so, am a trainee nun under Venerable so-and-so. I ask the Sangha for approval to train for two years in the six rules.’ And she should ask a second and a third time.
A competent and capable nun should then inform the Sangha:
3‘Please, Venerables, I ask the Sangha to listen. So-and-so, who is a trainee nun under Venerable so-and-so, is asking the Sangha for approval to train in the six rules for two years. If it seems appropriate to the Sangha, the Sangha should give approval to trainee nun so-and-so to train in the six rules for two years. This is the motion.
4Please, Venerables, I ask the Sangha to listen. So-and-so, who is a trainee nun under Venerable so-and-so, is asking the Sangha for approval to train in the six rules for two years. The Sangha gives approval to trainee nun so-and-so to train in the six rules for two years. Any nun who approves of giving approval to trainee nun so-and-so to train in the six rules for two years should remain silent. Any nun who doesn’t approve should speak up.
5The Sangha has given approval to trainee nun so-and-so to train in the six rules for two years. The Sangha approves and is therefore silent. I’ll remember it thus.’
6That trainee nun should then be told to say this: ‘I undertake to abstain from killing living beings for two years without transgression. I undertake to abstain from stealing for two years without transgression. I undertake to abstain from sexual activity for two years without transgression. I undertake to abstain from lying for two years without transgression. I undertake to abstain from alcohol, which causes heedlessness, for two years without transgression. I undertake to abstain from eating at the wrong time for two years without transgression.’”
7Then, after rebuking those nuns in many ways, the Buddha spoke in dispraise of being difficult to support … “And, monks, the nuns should recite this training rule like this:
Final ruling
8‘If a nun gives the full admission to a trainee nun who has not trained in the six rules for two years, she commits an offense entailing confession.’”
Definitions
9A: 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.
10Two years: two twelve-month periods. Who has not trained: the training has not been given to her, or the training has been given to her, but she has failed in it. Gives the full admission: gives the full ordination.
11If, intending to give the full admission, she searches for a group, a teacher, a bowl, or a robe, or she establishes a monastery zone, she commits an offense of wrong conduct. After the motion, she commits an offense of wrong conduct. After each of the first two announcements, she commits an offense of wrong conduct. When the last announcement is finished, the preceptor commits an offense entailing confession, and the group and the teacher commit an offense of wrong conduct.
Permutations
12If it is a legitimate legal procedure, and she perceives it as such, and she gives the full admission, she commits an offense entailing confession. If it is a legitimate legal procedure, but she is unsure of it, and she gives the full admission, she commits an offense entailing confession. If it is a legitimate legal procedure, but she perceives it as illegitimate, and she gives the full admission, she commits an offense entailing confession.
13If it is an illegitimate legal procedure, but she perceives it as legitimate, she commits an offense of wrong conduct. If it is an illegitimate legal procedure, but she is unsure of it, she commits an offense of wrong conduct. If it is an illegitimate legal procedure, and she perceives it as such, she commits an offense of wrong conduct.
Non-offenses
14There is no offense: if she gives the full admission to a trainee nun who has trained in the six rules for two years; if she is insane; if she is the first offender.
The third training rule is finished.
1p_2V_3201, msdiv1077Tena samayena buddho bhagavā sāvatthiyaṁ viharati jetavane anāthapiṇḍikassa ārāme. Tena kho pana samayena bhikkhuniyo dve vassāni chasu dhammesu asikkhitasikkhaṁ sikkhamānaṁ vuṭṭhāpenti. Tā bālā honti abyattā na jānanti kappiyaṁ vā akappiyaṁ vā.
2p_2V_3202Yā tā bhikkhuniyo appicchā … pe … tā ujjhāyanti khiyyanti vipācenti: “Kathañhi nāma bhikkhuniyo dve vassāni chasu dhammesu asikkhitasikkhaṁ sikkhamānaṁ vuṭṭhāpessantī”ti … pe …
“Saccaṁ kira, bhikkhave, bhikkhuniyo dve vassāni chasu dhammesu asikkhitasikkhaṁ sikkhamānaṁ vuṭṭhāpentī”ti?
“Saccaṁ, bhagavā”ti.
Vigarahi buddho bhagavā … pe … kathañhi nāma, bhikkhave, bhikkhuniyo dve vassāni chasu dhammesu asikkhitasikkhaṁ sikkhamānaṁ vuṭṭhāpessanti. Netaṁ, bhikkhave, appasannānaṁ vā pasādāya … pe … vigarahitvā … pe … dhammiṁ kathaṁ katvā bhikkhū āmantesi:
“Anujānāmi, bhikkhave, sikkhamānāya dve vassāni chasu dhammesu sikkhāsammutiṁ dātuṁ. Evañca pana, bhikkhave, dātabbā.
Tāya sikkhamānāya saṁghaṁ upasaṅkamitvā ekaṁsaṁ uttarāsaṅgaṁ karitvā bhikkhunīnaṁ pāde vanditvā ukkuṭikaṁ nisīditvā añjaliṁ paggahetvā evamassa vacanīyo:
‘Ahaṁ, ayye, itthannāmā itthannāmāya ayyāya sikkhamānā. Saṁghaṁ dve vassāni chasu dhammesu sikkhāsammutiṁ yācāmī’ti. Dutiyampi yācitabbā. Tatiyampi yācitabbā.
Byattāya bhikkhuniyā paṭibalāya saṁgho ñāpetabbo—
3p_2V_3203, msdiv1078‘Suṇātu me, ayye, saṁgho. Ayaṁ itthannāmā itthannāmāya ayyāya sikkhamānā saṁghaṁ dve vassāni chasu dhammesu sikkhāsammutiṁ yācati. Yadi saṁghassa pattakallaṁ saṁgho itthannāmāya sikkhamānāya dve vassāni chasu dhammesu sikkhāsammutiṁ dadeyya. Esā ñatti.
4p_2V_3204Suṇātu me, ayye, saṁgho. Ayaṁ itthannāmā itthannāmāya ayyāya sikkhamānā saṁghaṁ dve vassāni chasu dhammesu sikkhāsammutiṁ yācati. Saṁgho itthannāmāya sikkhamānāya dve vassāni chasu dhammesu sikkhāsammutiṁ deti. Yassā ayyāya khamati itthannāmāya sikkhamānāya dve vassāni chasu dhammesu sikkhāsammutiyā dānaṁ, sā tuṇhassa; yassā nakkhamati, sā bhāseyya.
5p_2V_3205Dinnā saṁghena itthannāmāya sikkhamānāya dve vassāni chasu dhammesu sikkhāsammuti. Khamati saṁghassa, tasmā tuṇhī, evametaṁ dhārayāmī’”ti.
6p_2V_3206, msdiv1079Sā sikkhamānā “evaṁ vadehī”ti vattabbā—“pāṇātipātā veramaṇiṁ dve vassāni avītikkamma samādānaṁ samādiyāmi. Adinnādānā veramaṇiṁ dve vassāni avītikkamma samādānaṁ samādiyāmi. Abrahmacariyā veramaṇiṁ dve vassāni avītikkamma samādānaṁ samādiyāmi. Musāvādā veramaṇiṁ dve vassāni avītikkamma samādānaṁ samādiyāmi. Surāmerayamajjappamādaṭṭhānā veramaṇiṁ dve vassāni avītikkamma samādānaṁ samādiyāmi. Vikālabhojanā veramaṇiṁ dve vassāni avītikkamma samādānaṁ samādiyāmī”ti.
7p_2V_3207Atha kho bhagavā tā bhikkhuniyo anekapariyāyena vigarahitvā dubbharatāya … pe … evañca pana, bhikkhave, bhikkhuniyo imaṁ sikkhāpadaṁ uddisantu—
8p_2V_3208, msdiv1080“Yā pana bhikkhunī dve vassāni chasu dhammesu asikkhitasikkhaṁ sikkhamānaṁ vuṭṭhāpeyya, pācittiyan”ti.
9p_2V_3209, msdiv1081Yā panā'ti yā yādisā … pe … bhikkhunī'ti … pe … ayaṁ imasmiṁ atthe adhippetā bhikkhunīti.
10p_2V_3210Dve vassānī'ti dve saṁvaccharāni. Asikkhitasikkhā nāma sikkhā vā na dinnā hoti, dinnā vā sikkhā kupitā. Vuṭṭhāpeyyā'ti upasampādeyya.
11p_2V_3211“Vuṭṭhāpessāmī”ti gaṇaṁ vā ācariniṁ vā pattaṁ vā cīvaraṁ vā pariyesati, sīmaṁ vā sammannati, āpatti dukkaṭassa. Ñattiyā dukkaṭaṁ. Dvīhi kammavācāhi dukkaṭā. Kammavācāpariyosāne upajjhāyāya āpatti pācittiyassa. Gaṇassa ca ācariniyā ca āpatti dukkaṭassa.
12p_2V_3212, msdiv1082Dhammakamme dhammakammasaññā vuṭṭhāpeti, āpatti pācittiyassa. Dhammakamme vematikā vuṭṭhāpeti, āpatti pācittiyassa. Dhammakamme adhammakammasaññā vuṭṭhāpeti, āpatti pācittiyassa.
13p_2V_3213Adhammakamme dhammakammasaññā, āpatti dukkaṭassa. Adhammakamme vematikā, āpatti dukkaṭassa. Adhammakamme adhammakammasaññā, āpatti dukkaṭassa.
14p_2V_3214, msdiv1083Anāpatti—dve vassāni chasu dhammesu sikkhitasikkhaṁ sikkhamānaṁ vuṭṭhāpeti, ummattikāya, ādikammikāyāti.