Pācittiya 70: The Training Rule on Having Given Upasampada, Taking One's Student Away.
- 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 gave the full admission to a disciple, but then neither sent her away nor had her sent away. And so her husband got hold of her.
2The nuns of few desires complained and criticized her, “How could Venerable Thullanandā give the full admission to a disciple, and then neither send her away nor have her sent away? If this nun had gone away, her husband would not have gotten hold of her.” …
“Is it true, monks, that the nun Thullanandā didn’t do this?”
“It’s true, Sir.”
The Buddha rebuked her … “How could the nun Thullanandā not 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 gives the full admission to her disciple, and then neither sends her away nor has her sent away at least 65 to 80 kilometers, 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.
5Disciple: student is what is meant. Gives the full admission: gives the full ordination. Neither sends her away: she does not herself send her away. Nor has her sent away: she does not ask anyone else to send her away. If she thinks, “I’ll neither send her away nor have her sent away, not even 65 to 80 kilometers,” then by the mere fact of abandoning her duty, she commits an offense entailing confession.
Non-offenses
6There is no offense: if there is an obstacle; if she searches for a companion nun for her, but cannot find anyone; if she is sick; if there is an emergency; if she is insane; if she is the first offender.
The tenth training rule is finished.
The seventh sub-chapter on pregnant women is finished.
1p_2V_3285, msdiv1115Tena samayena buddho bhagavā sāvatthiyaṁ viharati jetavane anāthapiṇḍikassa ārāme. Tena kho pana samayena thullanandā bhikkhunī sahajīviniṁ vuṭṭhāpetvā neva vūpakāseti na vūpakāsāpeti. Sāmiko aggahesi.
2p_2V_3286Yā tā bhikkhuniyo appicchā … pe … tā ujjhāyanti khiyyanti vipācenti: “Kathañhi nāma ayyā thullanandā sahajīviniṁ vuṭṭhāpetvā neva vūpakāsessati na vūpakāsāpessati, sāmiko aggahesi. Sacāyaṁ bhikkhunī pakkantā assa, na ca sāmiko gaṇheyyā”ti … pe …
“Saccaṁ kira, bhikkhave, thullanandā bhikkhunī sahajīviniṁ vuṭṭhāpetvā neva vūpakāseti na vūpakāsāpeti, sāmiko aggahesī”ti?
“Saccaṁ, bhagavā”ti.
Vigarahi buddho bhagavā … pe … kathañhi nāma, bhikkhave, thullanandā bhikkhunī sahajīviniṁ vuṭṭhāpetvā neva vūpakāsessati na vūpakāsāpessati, sāmiko aggahesi. Netaṁ, bhikkhave, appasannānaṁ vā pasādāya … pe … evañca pana, bhikkhave, bhikkhuniyo imaṁ sikkhāpadaṁ uddisantu—
3p_2V_3287, msdiv1116“Yā pana bhikkhunī sahajīviniṁ vuṭṭhāpetvā neva vūpakāseyya na vūpakāsāpeyya antamaso chappañcayojanānipi, pācittiyan”ti.
4p_2V_3288, msdiv1117Yā panā'ti yā yādisā … pe … bhikkhunī'ti … pe … ayaṁ imasmiṁ atthe adhippetā bhikkhunīti.
5p_2V_3289Sahajīvinī nāma saddhivihārinī vuccati. Vuṭṭhāpetvā'ti upasampādetvā. Neva vūpakāseyyā'ti na sayaṁ vūpakāseyya. Na vūpakāsāpeyyā'ti na aññaṁ āṇāpeyya. “Neva vūpakāsessāmi na vūpakāsāpessāmi antamaso chappañcayojanānipī”ti dhuraṁ nikkhittamatte āpatti pācittiyassa.
6p_2V_3290, msdiv1118Anāpatti—sati antarāye, pariyesitvā dutiyikaṁ bhikkhuniṁ na labhati, gilānāya, āpadāsu, ummattikāya, ādikammikāyāti.
p_2V_3291Dasamasikkhāpadaṁ niṭṭhitaṁ.
Gabbhinivaggo sattamo.