Bhikkhu Vibhaṅga - Pāṭidesanīya 1: Not to accept food from a bhikkhunī.
- Translated from the Pali by Bhikkhu Brahmali. (More copyright information)
1Venerables, these four rules on acknowledgment come up for recitation.
Origin story
2At one time when the Buddha was staying at Sāvatthī in Anāthapiṇḍika’s Monastery, a certain nun was returning from almsround in Sāvatthī. She saw a monk and said to him, “Here, Venerable, please take some almsfood.”
Saying, “Alright, Sister,” he took everything. But because the time for eating was coming to an end, she was not able to go for alms, and she missed her meal.
The next day and the following day the same thing happened again. On the fourth day that nun was walking along a street, trembling. A wealthy merchant coming by carriage in the opposite direction saw her and shouted out:
“Watch out, Venerable!” As she stepped aside, she collapsed right there.
The merchant asked her for forgiveness: “Forgive me, Venerable, since you fell because of me.”
“I didn’t fall because of you, but because I’m weak.”
“But why are you so weak?”
The nun told him what had happened. He then brought her to his house and gave her a meal. Afterwards he complained and criticized the monks:
“How can the venerables receive food directly from a nun? It’s difficult for women to get material support.”
3The monks heard the complaints of that merchant, and the monks of few desires complained and criticized that monk:
“How could a monk receive food directly from a nun?” …
“Is it true, monk, that you did this?”
“It’s true, Sir.”
“Is she a relative of yours?”
“No, Sir.”
“Foolish man, a man and a woman who are unrelated don’t know what’s appropriate and inappropriate, what’s good and bad, in dealing with each other. So how could you do this? This will affect people’s confidence …” … “And, monks, this training rule should be recited like this:
Final ruling
4‘If a monk receives fresh or cooked food directly from an unrelated nun who has entered an inhabited area, and then eats it, he must acknowledge it: “I have done a blameworthy and unsuitable thing that is to be acknowledged. I acknowledge it.”’”
Definitions
5A: 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.
6Unrelated: anyone who is not a descendant of one’s male ancestors going back eight generations, either on the mother’s side or on the father’s side.
7A nun: she has been given the full ordination by both Sanghas.
8An inhabited area: a street, a cul-de-sac, an intersection, a house.
9Fresh food: apart from the five cooked foods, the post-midday tonics, the seven-day tonics, and the lifetime tonics, the rest is called “fresh food”.
10Cooked food: there are five kinds of cooked food: cooked grain, porridge, flour products, fish, and meat.
If he receives the food with the intention of eating it, he commits an offense of wrong conduct. For every mouthful, he commits an offense entailing acknowledgment.
Permutations
11If she is unrelated and he perceives her as such, and he receives fresh or cooked food directly from her when she has entered an inhabited area, and then eats it, he commits an offense entailing acknowledgment. If she is unrelated, but he is unsure of it, and he receives fresh or cooked food directly from her when she has entered an inhabited area, and then eats it, he commits an offense entailing acknowledgment. If she is unrelated, but he perceives her as related, and he receives fresh or cooked food directly from her when she has entered an inhabited area, and then eats it, he commits an offense entailing acknowledgment.
12If he receives post-midday tonics, seven-day tonics, or lifetime tonics for the purpose of food, he commits an offense of wrong conduct. For every mouthful, he commits an offense of wrong conduct. If he receives fresh or cooked food, with the intention of eating it, directly from a nun who is fully ordained only on one side, he commits an offense of wrong conduct. For every mouthful, he commits an offense of wrong conduct.
If she is related, but he perceives her as unrelated, he commits an offense of wrong conduct. If she is related, but he is unsure of it, he commits an offense of wrong conduct. If she is related, and he perceives her as such, there is no offense.
Non-offenses
13There is no offense: if she is related; if she gets someone else to give it and does not give it herself; if she gives by placing it near; if it is inside a monastery; if it is at the dwelling place of nuns; if it is at the dwelling place of the monastics of another religion; if it is on returning to the monastery; if she gives after carrying it out of the village; if she gives post-midday tonics, seven-day tonics, or lifetime tonics, saying, “Use these when there’s a reason;” if it is a trainee nun; if it is a novice nun; if he is insane; if he is the first offender.
14The first training rule on acknowledgment is finished.
1p_2V_1599Ime kho panāyasmanto cattāro pāṭidesanīyā dhammā uddesaṁ āgacchanti.
2p_2V_1600, msdiv552Tena samayena buddho bhagavā sāvatthiyaṁ viharati jetavane anāthapiṇḍikassa ārāme. Tena kho pana samayena aññatarā bhikkhunī sāvatthiyaṁ piṇḍāya caritvā paṭikkamanakāle aññataraṁ bhikkhuṁ passitvā etadavoca: "Handāyya, bhikkhaṁ paṭiggaṇhā"ti.
"Suṭṭhu, bhaginī"ti sabbeva aggahesi. Sā upakaṭṭhe kāle nāsakkhi piṇḍāya carituṁ, chinnabhattā ahosi.
Atha kho sā bhikkhunī dutiyampi divasaṁ … pe … tatiyampi divasaṁ sāvatthiyaṁ piṇḍāya caritvā paṭikkamanakāle taṁ bhikkhuṁ passitvā etadavoca: "Handāyya, bhikkhaṁ paṭiggaṇhā"ti. "Suṭṭhu, bhaginī"ti sabbeva aggahesi. Sā upakaṭṭhe kāle nāsakkhi piṇḍāya carituṁ, chinnabhattā ahosi. Atha kho sā bhikkhunī catutthe divase rathikāya pavedhentī gacchati. Seṭṭhi gahapati rathena paṭipathaṁ āgacchanto taṁ bhikkhuniṁ etadavoca:
"Apehāyye"ti. Sā vokkamantī tattheva paripati. Seṭṭhi gahapati taṁ bhikkhuniṁ khamāpesi—
"Khamāhāyye, mayāsi pātitā"ti.
"Nāhaṁ, gahapati, tayā pātitā. Api ca ahameva dubbalā"ti.
"Kissa pana tvaṁ, ayye, dubbalā"ti?
Atha kho sā bhikkhunī seṭṭhissa gahapatissa etamatthaṁ ārocesi. Seṭṭhi gahapati taṁ bhikkhuniṁ gharaṁ netvā bhojetvā ujjhāyati khiyyati vipāceti—
"Kathañhi nāma bhadantā bhikkhuniyā hatthato āmisaṁ paṭiggahessanti. Kicchalābho mātugāmo"ti.
3p_2V_1601Assosuṁ kho bhikkhū tassa seṭṭhissa gahapatissa ujjhāyantassa khiyyantassa vipācentassa. Ye te bhikkhū appicchā … pe … te ujjhāyanti khiyyanti vipācenti:
"Kathañhi nāma bhikkhu bhikkhuniyā hatthato āmisaṁ paṭiggahessatī"ti … pe …
"Saccaṁ kira tvaṁ, bhikkhu, bhikkhuniyā hatthato āmisaṁ paṭiggahesī"ti?
"Saccaṁ, bhagavā"ti.
"Ñātikā te, bhikkhu, aññātikā"ti?
"Aññātikā, bhagavā"ti.
"Aññātako, moghapurisa, aññātikāya na jānāti patirūpaṁ vā appatirūpaṁ vā santaṁ vā asantaṁ vā. Kathañhi nāma tvaṁ, moghapurisa, aññātikāya bhikkhuniyā hatthato āmisaṁ paṭiggahessasi. Netaṁ, moghapurisa, appasannānaṁ vā pasādāya … pe … evañca pana, bhikkhave, imaṁ sikkhāpadaṁ uddiseyyātha—
4p_2V_1602, msdiv553"Yo pana bhikkhu aññātikāya bhikkhuniyā antaragharaṁ paviṭṭhāya hatthato khādanīyaṁ vā bhojanīyaṁ vā sahatthā paṭiggahetvā khādeyya vā bhuñjeyya vā, paṭidesetabbaṁ tena bhikkhunā— ‘gārayhaṁ, āvuso, dhammaṁ āpajjiṁ asappāyaṁ pāṭidesanīyaṁ, taṁ paṭidesemī’" ti
5p_2V_1603, msdiv554Yo panā'ti yo yādiso … pe … bhikkhū'ti … pe … ayaṁ imasmiṁ atthe adhippeto bhikkhūti.
6p_2V_1604Aññātikā nāma mātito vā. Pitito vā yāva sattamā pitāmahayugā asambaddhā.
7p_2V_1605Bhikkhunī nāma ubhatosaṇghe upasampannā.
8p_2V_1606Antaragharaṁ nāma rathikā byūhaṁ siṅghāṭakaṁ gharaṁ.
9p_2V_1607Khādanīyaṁ nāma pañca bhojanāni— yāmakālikaṁ sattāhakālikaṁ yāvajīvikaṁ ṭhapetvā avasesaṁ khādanīyaṁ nāma.
10p_2V_1608Bhojanīyaṁ nāma pañca bhojanāni— odano, kummāso, sattu, maccho, maṁsaṁ.
"Khādissāmi bhuñjissāmī"ti paṭiggaṇhāti, āpatti dukkaṭassa. Ajjhohāre ajjhohāre āpatti pāṭidesanīyassa.
11p_2V_1609, msdiv555Aññātikāya aññātikasaññī antaragharaṁ paviṭṭhāya hatthato khādanīyaṁ vā bhojanīyaṁ vā sahatthā paṭiggahetvā khādati vā bhuñjati vā, āpatti pāṭidesanīyassa. Aññātikāya vematiko antaragharaṁ paviṭṭhāya hatthato khādanīyaṁ vā bhojanīyaṁ vā sahatthā paṭiggahetvā khādati vā bhuñjati vā, āpatti pāṭidesanīyassa. Aññātikāya ñātikasaññī antaragharaṁ paviṭṭhāya hatthato khādanīyaṁ vā bhojanīyaṁ vā sahatthā paṭiggahetvā khādati vā bhuñjati vā, āpatti pāṭidesanīyassa.
12p_2V_1610Yāmakālikaṁ sattāhakālikaṁ yāvajīvikaṁ āhāratthāya paṭiggaṇhāti, āpatti dukkaṭassa. Ajjhohāre ajjhohāre āpatti dukkaṭassa. Ekatoupasampannāya hatthato khādanīyaṁ vā bhojanīyaṁ vā— "khādissāmi bhuñjissāmī"ti paṭiggaṇhāti, āpatti dukkaṭassa. Ajjhohāre ajjhohāre āpatti dukkaṭassa.
Ñātikāya aññātikasaññī, āpatti dukkaṭassa. Ñātikāya vematiko, āpatti dukkaṭassa. Ñātikāya ñātikasaññī, anāpatti.
13p_2V_1611, msdiv556Anāpatti— ñātikāya, dāpeti na deti, upanikkhipitvā deti antarārāme, bhikkhunupassaye, titthiyaseyyāya, paṭikkamane, gāmato nīharitvā deti, yāmakālikaṁ sattāhakālikaṁ yāvajīvikaṁ "sati paccaye paribhuñjā"ti deti, sikkhamānāya, sāmaṇeriyā, ummattakassa, ādikammikassāti.
14p_2V_1612Paṭhamapāṭidesanīyasikkhāpadaṁ niṭṭhitaṁ.