Bhikkhu Vibhaṅga - Pācittiya 85: Not to enter a town or village after noon without having asked for permission.
- 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 monks from the group of six entered the village at the wrong time, sat down in the public meeting hall, and talked about all sorts of pointless things: about kings, gangsters, and officials; about armies, dangers, and battles; about food, drink, clothes, and beds; about garlands and perfumes; about relatives, vehicles, villages, towns, and countries; about women and heroes; gossip; about the departed; about various trivialities; about the world and the sea; about the various kinds of existence.
People complained and criticized them:
“How can the Sakyan monastics enter the village at the wrong time, sit down in the public meeting hall, and talk about such pointless things? They’re just like householders who indulge in worldly pleasures!”
2The monks heard the complaints of those people, and the monks of few desires complained and criticized those monks, “How can the monks from the group of six do this?” …
“Is it true, monks, that you do this?”
“It’s true, Sir.”
The Buddha rebuked them … “Foolish men, how can you do this? This will affect people’s confidence …” … “And, monks, this training rule should be recited like this:
3‘If a monk enters an inhabited area at the wrong time, he commits an offense entailing confession.’”
4In this way the Buddha laid down this training rule for the monks.
5Soon afterwards a number of monks were walking through the Kosalan country on their way to Sāvatthī, when one evening they came to a certain village. People saw them and said, “Venerables, please enter the village.” But knowing that entering a village at the wrong time had been prohibited by the Buddha and being afraid of wrongdoing, they declined. And so thieves robbed them.
They then went to Sāvatthī and told the monks what had happened, who in turn told the Buddha. Soon afterwards the Buddha gave a teaching and addressed the monks:
“Monks, I allow you to enter an inhabited area at the wrong time after informing someone.
And so, monks, this training rule should be recited like this:
6‘If a monk, without informing anyone, enters an inhabited area at the wrong time, he commits an offense entailing confession.’”
7In this way the Buddha laid down this training rule for the monks.
8Soon afterwards a monk was walking through the Kosalan country on his way to Sāvatthī, when one evening he came to a certain village. People saw him and said, “Venerable, please enter the village.” But knowing that entering a village at the wrong time without informing anyone had been prohibited by the Buddha and being afraid of wrongdoing, he declined. And so thieves robbed him.
He then went to Sāvatthī and told the monks what had happened, who in turn told the Buddha. Soon afterwards the Buddha gave a teaching and addressed the monks:
“Monks, I allow you to enter an inhabited area at the wrong time after informing an available monk.
And so, monks, this training rule should be recited like this:
9‘If a monk, when a monk is available, enters an inhabited area at the wrong time without informing him, he commits an offense entailing confession.’”
10In this way the Buddha laid down this training rule for the monks.
11Soon afterwards a monk was bitten by a snake. Another monk went to the village to get fire. He then remembered that the Buddha has prohibited entering a village at the wrong time without informing an available monk. And being afraid of wrongdoing, he did not enter. They told the Buddha. Soon afterwards the Buddha gave a teaching and addressed the monks:
“Monks, I allow you to enter an inhabited area at the wrong time without informing an available monk if there is some appropriate urgent business.
And so, monks, this training rule should be recited like this:
Final ruling
12‘If a monk, when another monk is available, enters an inhabited area at the wrong time without informing him, except if there is some appropriate urgent business, he commits an offense entailing confession.’”
Definitions
13A: whoever … Monk: … The monk who has been given the full ordination by a unanimous Sangha through a legal procedure consisting of one motion and three announcements that is irreversible and fit to stand—this sort of monk is meant in this case.
14An available monk: he is able to inform him and then enter.
15No available monk: he is not able to inform anyone and then enter.
16At the wrong time: when the middle of the day has passed, until dawn.
17Enters an inhabited area: if he crosses the boundary of an enclosed inhabited area, he commits an offense entailing confession. If he enters the vicinity of an unenclosed inhabited area, he commits an offense entailing confession.
18Except if there is some appropriate urgent business: unless there is some appropriate urgent business.
Permutations
19If it is the wrong time, and he perceives it as such, and he enters an inhabited area without informing an available monk, except if there is some appropriate urgent business, he commits an offense entailing confession. If it is the wrong time, but he is unsure of it, and he enters an inhabited area without informing an available monk, except if there is some appropriate urgent business, he commits an offense entailing confession. If it is the wrong time, but he perceives it as the right time, and he enters an inhabited area without informing an available monk, except if there is some appropriate urgent business, he commits an offense entailing confession.
20If it is the right time, but he perceives it as the wrong time, he commits an offense of wrong conduct. If it is the right time, but he is unsure of it, he commits an offense of wrong conduct. If it is the right time, and he perceives it as such, there is no offense.
Non-offenses
21There is no offense: if there is some appropriate urgent business; if he enters after informing an available monk; if he enters without informing anyone when there is no available monk; if he is going between monasteries; if he is going to the dwelling place of nuns; if he is going to the dwelling place of the monastics of another religion; if he is returning to the monastery; if the road goes via an inhabited area; if there is an emergency; if he is insane; if he is the first offender.
22The training rule on entering an inhabited area at the wrong time, the third, is finished.
1p_2V_1498, msdiv508Tena samayena buddho bhagavā sāvatthiyaṁ viharati jetavane anāthapiṇḍikassa ārāme. Tena kho pana samayena chabbaggiyā bhikkhū vikāle gāmaṁ pavisitvā sabhāyaṁ nisīditvā anekavihitaṁ tiracchānakathaṁ kathenti, seyyathidaṁ— rājakathaṁ corakathaṁ mahāmattakathaṁ senākathaṁ bhayakathaṁ yuddhakathaṁ annakathaṁ pānakathaṁ vatthakathaṁ sayanakathaṁ mālākathaṁ gandhakathaṁ ñātikathaṁ yānakathaṁ gāmakathaṁ nigamakathaṁ nagarakathaṁ janapadakathaṁ itthikathaṁ sūrakathaṁ visikhākathaṁ kumbhaṭṭhānakathaṁ pubbapetakathaṁ nānattakathaṁ lokakkhāyikaṁ samuddakkhāyikaṁ itibhavābhavakathaṁ iti vā.
Manussā ujjhāyanti khiyyanti vipācenti:
"Kathañhi nāma samaṇā sakyaputtiyā vikāle gāmaṁ pavisitvā sabhāyaṁ nisīditvā anekavihitaṁ tiracchānakathaṁ kathessanti, seyyathidaṁ— rājakathaṁ corakathaṁ … pe … itibhavābhavakathaṁ iti vā, seyyathāpi gihī kāmabhogino"ti.
2p_2V_1499Assosuṁ kho bhikkhū tesaṁ manussānaṁ ujjhāyantānaṁ khiyyantānaṁ vipācentānaṁ. Ye te bhikkhū appicchā … pe … te ujjhāyanti khiyyanti vipācenti: "Kathañhi nāma chabbaggiyā bhikkhū vikāle gāmaṁ pavisitvā sabhāyaṁ nisīditvā anekavihitaṁ tiracchānakathaṁ kathessanti, seyyathidaṁ— rājakathaṁ corakathaṁ … pe … itibhavābhavakathaṁ iti vā"ti … pe …
"Saccaṁ kira tumhe, bhikkhave, vikāle gāmaṁ pavisitvā sabhāyaṁ nisīditvā anekavihitaṁ tiracchānakathaṁ kathetha, seyyathidaṁ— rājakathaṁ corakathaṁ … pe … itibhavābhavakathaṁ iti vā"ti?
"Saccaṁ, bhagavā"ti.
Vigarahi buddho bhagavā … pe … kathañhi nāma tumhe, moghapurisā, vikāle gāmaṁ pavisitvā sabhāyaṁ nisīditvā anekavihitaṁ tiracchānakathaṁ kathessatha, seyyathidaṁ— rājakathaṁ corakathaṁ … pe … itibhavābhavakathaṁ iti vā. Netaṁ, moghapurisā, appasannānaṁ vā pasādāya … pe … evañca pana, bhikkhave, imaṁ sikkhāpadaṁ uddiseyyātha—
3p_2V_1500"Yo pana bhikkhu vikāle gāmaṁ paviseyya, pācittiyan"ti.
4p_2V_1501Evañcidaṁ bhagavatā bhikkhūnaṁ sikkhāpadaṁ paññattaṁ hoti.
5p_2V_1502, msdiv509Tena kho pana samayena sambahulā bhikkhū kosalesu janapade sāvatthiṁ gacchantā sāyaṁ aññataraṁ gāmaṁ upagacchiṁsu. Manussā te bhikkhū passitvā etadavocuṁ: "pavisatha, bhante"ti. Atha kho te bhikkhū— "bhagavatā paṭikkhittaṁ vikāle gāmaṁ pavisitun"ti kukkuccāyantā na pavisiṁsu. Corā te bhikkhū acchindiṁsu.
Atha kho te bhikkhū sāvatthiṁ gantvā bhikkhūnaṁ etamatthaṁ ārocesuṁ. Bhikkhū bhagavato etamatthaṁ ārocesuṁ. Atha kho bhagavā etasmiṁ nidāne etasmiṁ pakaraṇe dhammiṁ kathaṁ katvā bhikkhū āmantesi:
"Anujānāmi, bhikkhave, āpucchā vikāle gāmaṁ pavisituṁ.
Evañca pana, bhikkhave, imaṁ sikkhāpadaṁ uddiseyyātha—
6p_2V_1503"Yo pana bhikkhu anāpucchā vikāle gāmaṁ paviseyya, pācittiyan" ti.
7p_2V_1504Evañcidaṁ bhagavatā bhikkhūnaṁ sikkhāpadaṁ paññattaṁ hoti.
8p_2V_1505, msdiv510Tena kho pana samayena aññataro bhikkhu kosalesu janapade sāvatthiṁ gacchanto sāyaṁ aññataraṁ gāmaṁ upagacchi. Manussā taṁ bhikkhuṁ passitvā etadavocuṁ: "pavisatha, bhante"ti. Atha kho so bhikkhu— "bhagavatā paṭikkhittaṁ anāpucchā vikāle gāmaṁ pavisitun"ti kukkuccāyanto na pāvisi. Corā taṁ bhikkhuṁ acchindiṁsu.
Atha kho so bhikkhu sāvatthiṁ gantvā bhikkhūnaṁ etamatthaṁ ārocesi. Bhikkhū bhagavato etamatthaṁ ārocesuṁ. Atha kho bhagavā etasmiṁ nidāne etasmiṁ pakaraṇe dhammiṁ kathaṁ katvā bhikkhū āmantesi:
"Anujānāmi, bhikkhave, santaṁ bhikkhuṁ āpucchā vikāle gāmaṁ pavisituṁ.
Evañca pana, bhikkhave, imaṁ sikkhāpadaṁ uddiseyyātha—
9p_2V_1506"Yo pana bhikkhu santaṁ bhikkhuṁ anāpucchā vikāle gāmaṁ paviseyya, pācittiyan" ti.
10p_2V_1507Evañcidaṁ bhagavatā bhikkhūnaṁ sikkhāpadaṁ paññattaṁ hoti.
11p_2V_1508, msdiv511Tena kho pana samayena aññataro bhikkhu ahinā daṭṭho hoti. Aññataro bhikkhu "aggiṁ āharissāmī"ti gāmaṁ gacchati. Atha kho so bhikkhu— "bhagavatā paṭikkhittaṁ santaṁ bhikkhuṁ anāpucchā vikāle gāmaṁ pavisitun"ti kukkuccāyanto na pāvisi … pe … bhagavato etamatthaṁ ārocesuṁ. Atha kho bhagavā etasmiṁ nidāne etasmiṁ pakaraṇe dhammiṁ kathaṁ katvā bhikkhū āmantesi:
"Anujānāmi, bhikkhave, tathārūpe accāyike karaṇīye santaṁ bhikkhuṁ anāpucchā vikāle gāmaṁ pavisituṁ.
Evañca pana, bhikkhave, imaṁ sikkhāpadaṁ uddiseyyātha—
12p_2V_1509, msdiv512"Yo pana bhikkhu santaṁ bhikkhuṁ anāpucchā vikāle gāmaṁ paviseyya, aññatra tathārūpā accāyikā karaṇīyā, pācittiyan" ti
13p_2V_1510, msdiv513Yo panā'ti yo yādiso … pe … bhikkhū'ti … pe … ayaṁ imasmiṁ atthe adhippeto bhikkhūti.
14p_2V_1511Santo nāma bhikkhu sakkā hoti āpucchā pavisituṁ.
15p_2V_1512Asanto nāma bhikkhu na sakkā hoti āpucchā pavisituṁ.
16p_2V_1513Vikālo nāma majjhanhike vītivatte yāva aruṇuggamanā.
17p_2V_1514Gāmaṁ paviseyyā'ti parikkhittassa gāmassa parikkhepaṁ atikkamantassa āpatti pācittiyassa. Aparikkhittassa gāmassa upacāraṁ okkamantassa āpatti pācittiyassa.
18p_2V_1515Aññatra tathārūpā accāyikā karaṇīyā'ti ṭhapetvā tathārūpaṁ accāyikaṁ karaṇīyaṁ.
19p_2V_1516, msdiv514Vikāle vikālasaññī santaṁ bhikkhuṁ anāpucchā gāmaṁ pavisati, aññatra tathārūpā accāyikā karaṇīyā, āpatti pācittiyassa. Vikāle vematiko santaṁ bhikkhuṁ anāpucchā gāmaṁ pavisati, aññatra tathārūpā accāyikā karaṇīyā, āpatti pācittiyassa. Vikāle kālasaññī santaṁ bhikkhuṁ anāpucchā gāmaṁ pavisati, aññatra tathārūpā accāyikā karaṇīyā, āpatti pācittiyassa.
20p_2V_1517Kāle vikālasaññī, āpatti dukkaṭassa. Kāle vematiko, āpatti dukkaṭassa. Kāle kālasaññī, anāpatti.
21p_2V_1518, msdiv515Anāpatti— tathārūpe accāyike karaṇīye, santaṁ bhikkhuṁ āpucchā pavisati, asantaṁ bhikkhuṁ anāpucchā pavisati, antarārāmaṁ gacchati, bhikkhunupassayaṁ gacchati, titthiyaseyyaṁ gacchati, paṭikkamanaṁ gacchati, gāmena maggo hoti, āpadāsu, ummattakassa, ādikammikassāti.
22p_2V_1519Vikālagāmappavisanasikkhāpadaṁ niṭṭhitaṁ tatiyaṁ.