Bhikkhu Vibhaṅga - Pāṭidesanīya 4: Not to eat the food offered by donors whom one has not previously warned of an existing danger in the area.
- Translated from the Pali by Bhikkhu Brahmali. (More copyright information)
Origin story
1At one time when the Buddha was staying in the Sakyan country in the Banyan Tree Monastery at Kapilavatthu, the slaves of the Sakyans were rebelling. The Sakyan women wished to prepare a meal at the wilderness dwellings, but the slaves heard about this and infested the path. When the Sakyan women took various kinds of fine food and set out for a wilderness dwelling, the slaves emerged, and they robbed and raped those Sakyan women. Soon afterwards the Sakyan men came out, and they got hold of those criminals together with their loot. They then complained and criticized the monks:
“How could they not inform that there are criminals staying near the monastery?”
2The monks heard the complaints of the Sakyans and they told the Buddha. Soon afterwards the Buddha gave a teaching and addressed the monks:
“Well then, monks, I will lay down a training rule for the following ten reasons: for the well-being of the Sangha, for the comfort of the Sangha, for the restraint of bad people, for the ease of well-behaved monks, for the restraint of corruptions relating to the present life, for the restraint of corruptions relating to future lives, to give rise to confidence in those without it, to increase the confidence of those who have it, for the longevity of the true Teaching, and for supporting the training. And, monks, this training rule should be recited like this:
3‘There are wilderness dwellings that are considered risky and dangerous. If a monk, without first making an announcement about those dwellings, eats fresh or cooked food after personally receiving it inside that monastery, he must acknowledge it: “I have done a blameworthy and unsuitable thing that is to be acknowledged. I acknowledge it.”’”
4In this way the Buddha laid down this training rule for the monks.
5Soon afterwards a monk in a wilderness dwelling was sick. People took fresh or cooked food and went to that wilderness dwelling, and they invited that monk to eat. But knowing that the Buddha had prohibited the eating of fresh or cooked food after personally receiving it at a wilderness dwelling, and being afraid of wrongdoing, he did not accept it. And being unable to walk for alms, he missed his meal.
6He then told the monks what had happened, and they in turn told the Buddha. Soon afterwards the Buddha gave a teaching and addressed the monks:
“Monks, I allow a sick monk, without first making an announcement, to eat fresh or cooked food after personally receiving it at a wilderness dwelling.
And so, monks, this training rule should be recited like this:
Final ruling
7‘There are wilderness dwellings that are considered risky and dangerous. If a monk who is not sick, without first making an announcement about those dwellings, eats fresh or cooked food after personally receiving it inside that monastery, he must acknowledge it: “I have done a blameworthy and unsuitable thing that is to be acknowledged. I acknowledge it.”’”
Definitions
8There are wilderness dwellings: a wilderness dwelling: if it is at least 800 meters away from any inhabited area.
9Risky: in the monastery, or in the vicinity of the monastery, criminals have been seen camped, eating, standing, sitting, or lying down.
10Dangerous: in the monastery, or in the vicinity of the monastery, criminals have been seen injuring, robbing, or beating people.
11A: 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.
12About those dwellings: about such kinds of dwellings.
13Without making an announcement: if an announcement is made to any of one’s five co-monastics, this is called “without making an announcement”. If an announcement is made about anything apart from the monastery or its vicinity, this is called “without making an announcement”.
14Making an announcement: if a woman or a man comes to the monastery or the vicinity of the monastery and says, “Venerable, they’ll bring so-and-so’s fresh or cooked food,” then, if it is risky, this should be declared, and if it is dangerous, that should be declared. If the person says, “Never mind, it will be brought,” then the criminals are to be told, “People are coming here; go away.”
When an announcement has been made in regard to congee, and accompanying food is brought, this is called “announced”. When an announcement has been made in regard to rice, and accompanying food is brought, this is called “announced”. When an announcement has been made in regard to fresh food, and accompanying food is brought, this is called “announced”. When an announcement has been made in regard to a particular family, then when any person from that family brings fresh or cooked food, this is called “announced”. When an announcement has been made in regard to a particular village, then when any person from that village brings fresh or cooked food, this is called “announced”. When an announcement has been made in regard to a particular association, then when any person from that association brings fresh or cooked food, this is called “announced”.
15Fresh 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”.
16Cooked food: there are five kinds of cooked food: cooked grain, porridge, flour products, fish, and meat.
17Inside that monastery: if the monastery is enclosed, then within the enclosure. If the monastery is unenclosed, then in the vicinity.
18Who is not sick: who is able to walk for alms.
19Who is sick: who is unable to walk for alms.
20If, without making an announcement, one who is not sick receives fresh or cooked food with the intention of eating it, he commits an offense of wrong conduct. For every mouthful, he commits an offense entailing acknowledgment.
Permutations
21If there has been no announcement, and he does not perceive that there has, and he, not being sick, eats fresh or cooked food after personally receiving it inside that monastery, then he commits an offense entailing acknowledgment. If there has been no announcement, but he is unsure of it, and he, not being sick, eats fresh or cooked food after personally receiving it inside that monastery, then he commits an offense entailing acknowledgment. If there has been no announcement, but he perceives that there has, and he, not being sick, eats fresh or cooked food after personally receiving it inside that monastery, then he commits an offense entailing acknowledgment.
22If 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 there has been an announcement, but he does not perceive that there has, he commits an offense of wrong conduct. If there has been an announcement, but he is unsure of it, he commits an offense of wrong conduct. If there has been an announcement, and he perceives that there has, there is no offense.
Non-offenses
23There is no offense: if there has been an announcement; if he is sick; if he eats the leftovers from where there has been an announcement or from one who is sick; if he receives the food outside the monastery and then eats it inside; if he eats a root, bark, a leaf, a flower, or a fruit originating in that monastery; if, when there is a reason, he uses post-midday tonics, seven-day tonics, or lifetime tonics; if he is insane; if he is the first offender.
24The fourth training rule entailing acknowledgment is finished.
25“Venerables, the four rules on acknowledgment have been recited. In regard to this I ask you, ‘Are you pure in this?’ A second time I ask, ‘Are you pure in this?’ A third time I ask, ‘Are you pure in this?’ You are pure in this and therefore silent. I’ll remember it thus.”
26The chapter on offenses entailing acknowledgment is finished.
1p_2V_1656, msdiv570Tena samayena buddho bhagavā sakkesu viharati kapilavatthusmiṁ nigrodhārāme. Tena kho pana samayena sākiyadāsakā avaruddhā honti. Sākiyāniyo icchanti āraññakesu senāsanesu bhattaṁ kātuṁ. Assosuṁ kho sākiyadāsakā— "sākiyāniyo kira āraññakesu senāsanesu bhattaṁ kattukāmā"ti. Te magge pariyuṭṭhiṁsu. Sākiyāniyo paṇītaṁ khādanīyaṁ bhojanīyaṁ ādāya āraññakaṁ senāsanaṁ agamaṁsu. Sākiyadāsakā nikkhamitvā sākiyāniyo acchindiṁsu ca dūsesuñca. Sākiyā nikkhamitvā te core sabhaṇḍe gahetvā ujjhāyanti khiyyanti vipācenti:
"Kathañhi nāma bhadantā ārāme core paṭivasante nārocessantī"ti.
2p_2V_1657Assosuṁ kho bhikkhū sākiyānaṁ ujjhāyantānaṁ khiyyantānaṁ vipācentānaṁ. Atha kho te bhikkhū bhagavato etamatthaṁ ārocesuṁ. Atha kho bhagavā etasmiṁ nidāne etasmiṁ pakaraṇe dhammiṁ kathaṁ katvā bhikkhū āmantesi:
"Tena hi, bhikkhave, bhikkhūnaṁ sikkhāpadaṁ paññapessāmi dasa atthavase paṭicca saṇghasuṭṭhutāya … pe … evañca pana, bhikkhave, imaṁ sikkhāpadaṁ uddiseyyātha—
3p_2V_1658"Yāni kho pana tāni āraññakāni senāsanāni sāsaṅkasammatāni sappaṭibhayāni, yo pana bhikkhu tathārūpesu senāsanesu pubbe appaṭisaṁviditaṁ khādanīyaṁ vā bhojanīyaṁ vā ajjhārāme sahatthā paṭiggahetvā khādeyya vā bhuñjeyya vā, paṭidesetabbaṁ tena bhikkhunā— ‘gārayhaṁ, āvuso, dhammaṁ āpajjiṁ asappāyaṁ pāṭidesanīyaṁ taṁ paṭidesemī’" ti.
4p_2V_1659Evañcidaṁ bhagavatā bhikkhūnaṁ sikkhāpadaṁ paññattaṁ hoti.
5p_2V_1660, msdiv571Tena kho pana samayena aññataro bhikkhu āraññakesu senāsanesu gilāno hoti. Manussā khādanīyaṁ vā bhojanīyaṁ vā ādāya āraññakaṁ senāsanaṁ agamaṁsu. Atha kho te manussā taṁ bhikkhuṁ etadavocuṁ: "bhuñjatha, bhante"ti. Atha kho so bhikkhu— "bhagavatā paṭikkhittaṁ āraññakesu senāsanesu khādanīyaṁ vā bhojanīyaṁ vā sahatthā paṭiggahetvā khādituṁ bhuñjitun"ti kukkuccāyanto na paṭiggahesi, nāsakkhi piṇḍāya carituṁ, chinnabhatto ahosi.
6p_2V_1661Atha kho so bhikkhu bhikkhūnaṁ etamatthaṁ ārocesi. Bhikkhū bhagavato etamatthaṁ ārocesuṁ. Atha kho bhagavā etasmiṁ nidāne etasmiṁ pakaraṇe dhammiṁ kathaṁ katvā bhikkhū āmantesi:
"Anujānāmi, bhikkhave, gilānena bhikkhunā āraññakesu senāsanesu pubbe appaṭisaṁviditaṁ khādanīyaṁ vā bhojanīyaṁ vā sahatthā paṭiggahetvā khādituṁ bhuñjituṁ.
Evañca pana, bhikkhave, imaṁ sikkhāpadaṁ uddiseyyātha—
7p_2V_1662, msdiv572"Yāni kho pana tāni āraññakāni senāsanāni sāsaṅkasammatāni sappaṭibhayāni, yo pana bhikkhu tathārūpesu senāsanesu pubbe appaṭisaṁviditaṁ khādanīyaṁ vā bhojanīyaṁ vā ajjhārāme sahatthā paṭiggahetvā agilāno khādeyya vā bhuñjeyya vā, paṭidesetabbaṁ tena bhikkhunā— ‘gārayhaṁ, āvuso, dhammaṁ āpajjiṁ asappāyaṁ pāṭidesanīyaṁ, taṁ paṭidesemī’" ti
8p_2V_1663, msdiv573Yāni kho pana tāni āraññakāni senāsanānī'ti āraññakaṁ nāma senāsanaṁ pañcadhanusatikaṁ pacchimaṁ.
9p_2V_1664Sāsaṅkaṁ nāma ārāme ārāmūpacāre corānaṁ niviṭṭhokāso dissati, bhuttokāso dissati, ṭhitokāso dissati, nisinnokāso dissati, nipannokāso dissati.
10p_2V_1665Sappaṭibhayaṁ nāma ārāme ārāmūpacāre corehi manussā hatā dissanti, viluttā dissanti, ākoṭitā dissanti.
11p_2V_1666Yo panā'ti yo yādiso … pe … bhikkhū'ti … pe … ayaṁ imasmiṁ atthe adhippeto bhikkhūti.
12p_2V_1667Tathārūpesu senāsanesū'ti evarūpesu senāsanesu.
13p_2V_1668Appaṭisaṁviditaṁ nāma pañcannaṁ paṭisaṁviditaṁ, etaṁ appaṭisaṁviditaṁ nāma. Ārāmaṁ ārāmūpacāraṁ ṭhapetvā paṭisaṁviditaṁ, etaṁ appaṭisaṁviditaṁ nāma.
14p_2V_1669Paṭisaṁviditaṁ nāma yo koci itthī vā puriso vā ārāmaṁ ārāmūpacāraṁ āgantvā āroceti— "itthannāmassa, bhante, khādanīyaṁ vā bhojanīyaṁ vā āharissantī"ti. Sace sāsaṅkaṁ hoti, sāsaṅkanti ācikkhitabbaṁ; sace sappaṭibhayaṁ hoti, sappaṭibhayanti ācikkhitabbaṁ; sace— "hotu, bhante, āhariyissatī"ti bhaṇati, corā vattabbā— "manussā idhūpacaranti apasakkathā"ti.
Yāguyā paṭisaṁvidite tassā parivāro āhariyyati, etaṁ paṭisaṁviditaṁ nāma. Bhattena paṭisaṁvidite tassa parivāro āhariyyati, etaṁ paṭisaṁviditaṁ nāma. Khādanīyena paṭisaṁvidite tassa parivāro āhariyyati, etaṁ paṭisaṁviditaṁ nāma. Kulena paṭisaṁvidite yo tasmiṁ kule manusso khādanīyaṁ vā bhojanīyaṁ vā āharati, etaṁ paṭisaṁviditaṁ nāma. Gāmena paṭisaṁvidite yo tasmiṁ gāme manusso khādanīyaṁ vā bhojanīyaṁ vā āharati, etaṁ paṭisaṁviditaṁ nāma. Pūgena paṭisaṁvidite yo tasmiṁ pūge manusso khādanīyaṁ vā bhojanīyaṁ vā āharati, etaṁ paṭisaṁviditaṁ nāma.
15p_2V_1670Khādanīyaṁ nāma pañca bhojanāni— yāmakālikaṁ sattāhakālikaṁ yāvajīvikaṁ ṭhapetvā avasesaṁ khādanīyaṁ nāma.
16p_2V_1671Bhojanīyaṁ nāma pañca bhojanāni— odano, kummāso, sattu, maccho, maṁsaṁ.
17p_2V_1672Ajjhārāmo nāma parikkhittassa ārāmassa antoārāmo. Aparikkhittassa upacāro.
18p_2V_1673Agilāno nāma sakkoti piṇḍāya carituṁ.
19p_2V_1674Gilāno nāma na sakkoti piṇḍāya carituṁ.
20p_2V_1675Appaṭisaṁviditaṁ agilāno "khādissāmi bhuñjissāmī"ti paṭiggaṇhāti, āpatti dukkaṭassa. Ajjhohāre ajjhohāre āpatti pāṭidesanīyassa.
21p_2V_1676, msdiv574Appaṭisaṁvidite appaṭisaṁviditasaññī khādanīyaṁ vā bhojanīyaṁ vā ajjhārāme sahatthā paṭiggahetvā agilāno khādati vā bhuñjati vā, āpatti pāṭidesanīyassa. Appaṭisaṁvidite vematiko khādanīyaṁ vā bhojanīyaṁ vā ajjhārāme sahatthā paṭiggahetvā agilāno khādati vā bhuñjati vā, āpatti pāṭidesanīyassa. Appaṭisaṁvidite paṭisaṁviditasaññī khādanīyaṁ vā bhojanīyaṁ vā ajjhārāme sahatthā paṭiggahetvā agilāno khādati vā bhuñjati vā, āpatti pāṭidesanīyassa.
22p_2V_1677Yāmakālikaṁ sattāhakālikaṁ yāvajīvikaṁ āhāratthāya paṭiggaṇhāti, āpatti dukkaṭassa. Ajjhohāre ajjhohāre āpatti dukkaṭassa. Paṭisaṁvidite appaṭisaṁviditasaññī, āpatti dukkaṭassa. Paṭisaṁvidite vematiko, āpatti dukkaṭassa. Paṭisaṁvidite paṭisaṁviditasaññī, anāpatti.
23p_2V_1678, msdiv575Anāpatti— paṭisaṁvidite, gilānassa, paṭisaṁvidite vā gilānassa vā sesakaṁ bhuñjati, bahārāme paṭiggahetvā antoārāme bhuñjati, tattha jātakaṁ mūlaṁ vā tacaṁ vā pattaṁ vā pupphaṁ vā phalaṁ vā bhuñjati, yāmakālikaṁ sattāhakālikaṁ yāvajīvikaṁ sati paccaye paribhuñjati, ummattakassa, ādikammikassāti.
24p_2V_1679Catutthapāṭidesanīyasikkhāpadaṁ niṭṭhitaṁ.
25p_2V_1680Uddiṭṭhā kho, āyasmanto, cattāro pāṭidesanīyā dhammā. Tatthāyasmante pucchāmi— "Kaccittha parisuddhā"? Dutiyampi pucchāmi— "Kaccittha parisuddhā"? Tatiyampi pucchāmi— "Kaccittha parisuddhā"? Parisuddhetthāyasmanto, tasmā tuṇhī, evametaṁ dhārayāmīti.
26p_2V_1681Pāṭidesanīyakaṇḍaṁ niṭṭhitaṁ.