Pācittiya 87: The Training Rule on Wearing Women's Ornaments.
- 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, the nuns from the group of six were wearing jewellery. People complained and criticized them, “How can nuns wear jewellery? They’re just like householders who indulge in worldly pleasures!”
2The nuns heard the complaints of those people. The nuns of few desires complained and criticized them, “How can the nuns from the group of six wear jewellery?” …
“Is it true, monks, that those nuns do this?”
“It’s true, Sir.”
The Buddha rebuked them … “How can the nuns from the group of six 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 wears jewellery, 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.
5Jewellery: what goes on the head, what goes around the neck, what goes on the hands, what goes on the feet, what goes around the hips.
6Wears: if she wears it even once, she commits an offense entailing confession.
Non-offenses
7There is no offense: if she does it because she is sick; if she is insane; if she is the first offender.
The fourth training rule is finished.
1p_2V_3462, msdiv1194Tena samayena buddho bhagavā sāvatthiyaṁ viharati jetavane anāthapiṇḍikassa ārāme. Tena kho pana samayena chabbaggiyā bhikkhuniyo itthālaṅkāraṁ dhārenti. Manussā ujjhāyanti khiyyanti vipācenti: “Kathañhi nāma bhikkhuniyo itthālaṅkāraṁ dhāressanti, seyyathāpi gihiniyo kāmabhoginiyo”ti.
2p_2V_3463Assosuṁ kho bhikkhuniyo tesaṁ manussānaṁ ujjhāyantānaṁ khiyyantānaṁ vipācentānaṁ. Yā tā bhikkhuniyo appicchā … pe … tā ujjhāyanti khiyyanti vipācenti: “Kathañhi nāma chabbaggiyā bhikkhuniyo itthālaṅkāraṁ dhāressantī”ti … pe …
“Saccaṁ kira, bhikkhave, chabbaggiyā bhikkhuniyo itthālaṅkāraṁ dhārentī”ti?
“Saccaṁ, bhagavā”ti.
Vigarahi buddho bhagavā … pe … kathañhi nāma, bhikkhave, chabbaggiyā bhikkhuniyo itthālaṅkāraṁ dhāressanti. Netaṁ, bhikkhave, appasannānaṁ vā pasādāya … pe … evañca pana, bhikkhave, bhikkhuniyo imaṁ sikkhāpadaṁ uddisantu—
3p_2V_3464, msdiv1195“Yā pana bhikkhunī itthālaṅkāraṁ dhāreyya, pācittiyan”ti.
4p_2V_3465, msdiv1196Yā panā'ti yā yādisā … pe … bhikkhunī'ti … pe … ayaṁ imasmiṁ atthe adhippetā bhikkhunīti.
5p_2V_3466Itthālaṅkāro nāma sīsūpago gīvūpago hatthūpago pādūpago kaṭūpago.
6Dhāreyyā'ti sakimpi dhāreti, āpatti pācittiyassa.
7p_2V_3467, msdiv1197Anāpatti—ābādhappaccayā, ummattikāya, ādikammikāyāti.
p_2V_3468Catutthasikkhāpadaṁ niṭṭhitaṁ.