Vinaya Pitaka - Monastic Rules
Bhikkhu Vibhanga - Nissaggiya Pācittiya 4: Not to have a robe washed or dyed by a bhikkhunī who is not a relative.
- Translated from the Pali by Brahmali Bhikkhu..
Origin story
1At one time the Buddha, the Master, was staying at Sāvatthī in the Jeta Grove, Anāthapiṇḍikaʼs Park. At that time Venerable Udāyīʼs former wife had become a nun. She frequently visited Venerable Udāyī, and he frequently visited her. And Venerable Udāyī shared his meals with that nun.
2After dressing in the morning, Venerable Udāyī took his bowl and robe, and went to that nun. He then uncovered his genitals in front of her and sat down on a seat. She too uncovered her genitals in front of him and sat down on a seat. Venerable Udāyī lustfully stared at her genitals, and he emitted semen. He then said to that nun:
"Sister, get some water, and I will wash the robe."
"Give it to me, Venerable, I will wash it."
She then took some of the semen in her mouth and inserted some into her genitals. Because of that she became pregnant. The nuns said: "This nun is not abstaining from sexuality, she is pregnant."
She said, "Venerables, I do abstain from sexuality," and she told them what had happened.
The nuns complained and criticised Venerable Udāyī: "How could Venerable Udāyī get a nun to wash a used robe?" They then informed the monks. The monks of few desires … complained and criticised him: "How could Venerable Udāyī get a nun to wash a used robe?"
3After criticising Venerable Udāyī in many ways, they informed the Master. … "Is it true, Udāyī, that you got a nun to wash a used robe?"
"Itʼs true, Master."
"Is she a relative of yours?"
"No, Master."
"Foolish man, a man and a woman who are not related do not know what is appropriate and what is inappropriate in dealing with each other, what is inspiring behaviour and what is not. And still you got an unrelated nun to wash a used robe. This will not give rise to confidence in those without it … And, monks, this training rule should be recited thus:
Final ruling
4"If a monk gets an unrelated nun to wash, dye, or beat a used robe, he commits and offence entailing relinquishment and confession."
Definitions
5A: whoever … Monk: … The monk who is ordained by a complete Sangha through a procedure of one motion and three announcements, which is unchallengeable and fit to stand; this sort of monk is meant in this case.
6Unrelated: anyone who is not a descendent of oneʼs male ancestors going back seven generations, either on the motherʼs side or on the fatherʼs side.
7Nun: fully ordained by both Sanghas.
8A used robe: even a lower robe worn once or an upper robe worn once.
9If he tells her to wash it, he commits an offence of bad conduct. When it has been washed, he commits an offence entailing relinquishment. If he tells her to dye it, he commits an offence of bad conduct. When it has been died, he commits an offence entailing relinquishment. If he tells her to beat it, he commits an offence of bad conduct. When she has struck it once with her hand or with an implement, he commits an offence entailing relinquishment. The robe is to be relinquished to a Sangha, a group, or an individual.
"And, monks, it is to be relinquished in this way. … To be expanded as in Relinquishment 1, MS paragraphs 1873–1877, with appropriate substitutions. … ʻBhante, this used robe of mine, which I got an unrelated nun to wash, is to be relinquished. I relinquish it to the Sangha.ʼ … the Sangha should give … the Venerables should give … ʻI give this robe back to the Venerable.ʼ"
Permutations
10If she is unrelated and he perceives her as unrelated, and he gets her to wash a used robe, he commits an offence entailing relinquishment and confession. If she is unrelated and he perceives her as unrelated, and he gets her to wash and dye a used robe, he commits one offence entailing relinquishment and one offence of bad conduct. If she is unrelated and he perceives her as unrelated, and he gets her to wash and beat a used robe, he commits one offence entailing relinquishment and one offence of bad conduct. If she is unrelated and he perceives her as unrelated, and he gets her to wash, dye, and beat a used robe, he commits one offence entailing relinquishment and two offences of bad conduct.
11If she is unrelated and he perceives her as unrelated, and he gets her to dye a used robe, he commits an offence entailing relinquishment and confession. If she is unrelated and he perceives her as unrelated, and he gets her to dye and beat a used robe, he commits one offence entailing relinquishment and one offence of bad conduct. If she is unrelated and he perceives her as unrelated, and he gets her to dye and wash a used robe, he commits one offence entailing relinquishment and one offence of bad conduct. If she is unrelated and he perceives her as unrelated, and he gets her to dye, beat, and wash a used robe, he commits one offence entailing relinquishment and two offences of bad conduct.
12If she is unrelated and he perceives her as unrelated, and he gets her to beat a used robe, he commits an offence entailing relinquishment and confession. If she is unrelated and he perceives her as unrelated, and he gets her to beat and wash a used robe, he commits one offence entailing relinquishment and one offence of bad conduct. If she is unrelated and he perceives her as unrelated, and he gets her to beat and dye a used robe, he commits one offence entailing relinquishment and one offence of bad conduct. If she is unrelated and he perceives her as unrelated, and he gets her to beat, wash, and dye a used robe, he commits one offence entailing relinquishment and two offences of bad conduct.
13If she is unrelated, but he has doubts about it … If she is unrelated, but he perceives her as related … If he gets her to wash a used robe belonging to someone else, he commits an offence of bad conduct. If he gets her to wash a sitting cloth or a bed sheet, he commits an offence of bad conduct. If he gets a nun ordained only on one side to do the washing, he commits an offence of bad conduct. If she is related, but he perceives her as unrelated, he commits an offence of bad conduct. If she is related, but he has doubts about it, he commits an offence of bad conduct. If she is related and he perceives her as related, there is no offence.
Non-offences
14There is no offence: if a related nun does the washing and an unrelated nun helps her; if a nun does the washing without being asked; if he gets a nun to wash an unused robe; if one gets a nun to wash any requisite apart from a robe; if it is a trainee nun; if it is a female novice; if he is insane; if he is the first offender.
15The fourth rule, the training rule on used robes, is finished.
1 tena samayena buddho bhagavā sāvatthiyaṃ viharati jetavane anāthapiṇḍikassa ārāme. tena kho pana samayena āyasmato udāyissa purāṇadutiyikā bhikkhunīsu pabbajitā hoti. sā āyasmato udāyissa santike abhikkhaṇaṃ āgacchati. āyasmāpi udāyī tassā bhikkhuniyā santike abhikkhaṇaṃ gacchati. tena kho pana samayena āyasmā udāyī tassā bhikkhuniyā santike bhattavissaggaṃ karoti.
2 atha kho āyasmā udāyī pubbaṇhasamayaṃ nivāsetvā pattacīvaramādāya yena sā bhikkhunī tenupasankami; upasankamitvā tassā bhikkhuniyā purato angajātaṃ vivaritvā āsane nisīdi. sāpi kho bhikkhunī āyasmato udāyissa purato angajātaṃ vivaritvā āsane nisīdi. atha kho āyasmā udāyī sāratto tassā bhikkhuniyā angajātaṃ upanijjhāyi. tassa asuci mucci. atha kho āyasmā udāyī taṃ bhikkhuniṃ etadavoca— "gaccha, bhagini, udakaṃ āhara, antaravāsakaṃ dhovissāmī"ti. "āharayya, ahameva dhovissāmī"ti taṃ asuciṃ ekadesaṃ mukhena aggahesi ekadesaṃ angajāte pakkhipi. sā tena gabbhaṃ gaṇhi. bhikkhuniyo evamāhaṃsu— "abrahmacārinī ayaṃ bhikkhunī, gabbhinī"ti. "nāhaṃ, ayye, abrahmacārinī"ti bhikkhunīnaṃ etamatthaṃ ārocesi. bhikkhuniyo ujjhāyanti khiyyanti vipācenti— "kathañhi nāma ayyo udāyī bhikkhuniyā purāṇacīvaraṃ dhovāpessatī"ti. atha kho tā bhikkhuniyo bhikkhūnaṃ etamatthaṃ ārocesuṃ. ye te bhikkhū appicchā … pe … te ujjhāyanti khiyyanti vipācenti— "kathañhi nāma āyasmā udāyī bhikkhuniyā purāṇacīvaraṃ dhovāpessatī"ti.
3 atha kho te bhikkhū āyasmantaṃ udāyiṃ anekapariyāyena vigarahitvā bhagavato etamatthaṃ ārocesuṃ … pe … "saccaṃ kira tvaṃ, udāyi, bhikkhuniyā purāṇacīvaraṃ dhovāpesī"ti? "saccaṃ, bhagavā"ti. "ñātikā te, udāyi, aññātikā"ti? "aññātikā, bhagavā"ti. "aññātako, moghapurisa, aññātikāya na jānāti patirūpaṃ vā appatirūpaṃ vā pāsādikaṃ vā apāsādikaṃ vā. tattha nāma tvaṃ, moghapurisa, aññātikāya bhikkhuniyā purāṇacīvaraṃ dhovāpessasi. netaṃ, moghapurisa, appasannānaṃ vā pasādāya … pe … evañca pana, bhikkhave, imaṃ sikkhāpadaṃ uddiseyyātha—
4 "yo pana bhikkhu aññātikāya bhikkhuniyā purāṇacīvaraṃ dhovāpeyya vā rajāpeyya vā ākoṭāpeyya vā, nissaggiyaṃ pācittiyan"ti. (4:23)
5 yo panāti yo yādiso … pe … bhikkhūti … pe … ayaṃ imasmiṃ atthe adhippeto bhikkhūti.
6 aññātikā nāma mātito vā pitito vā yāva sattamā pitāmahayugā asambaddhā.
7 bhikkhunī nāma ubhatosaṇghe upasampannā.
8 purāṇacīvaraṃ nāma sakiṃ nivatthampi sakiṃ pārutampi.
9 dhovāti āṇāpeti, āpatti dukkaṭassa. dhotaṃ nissaggiyaṃ hoti. rajāti āṇāpeti, āpatti dukkaṭassa. rattaṃ nissaggiyaṃ hoti. ākoṭehīti āṇāpeti, āpatti dukkaṭassa. sakiṃ pāṇippahāraṃ vā muggarappahāraṃ vā dinne nissaggiyaṃ hoti. nissajjitabbaṃ sanghassa vā gaṇassa vā puggalassa vā. evañca pana, bhikkhave, nissajjitabbaṃ … pe … idaṃ me, bhante, purāṇacīvaraṃ aññātikāya bhikkhuniyā dhovāpitaṃ nissaggiyaṃ. imāhaṃ sanghassa nissajjāmīti … pe … dadeyyāti … pe … dadeyyunti … pe … āyasmato dammīti.
10 aññātikāya aññātikasaññī purāṇacīvaraṃ dhovāpeti, nissaggiyaṃ pācittiyaṃ. aññātikāya aññātikasaññī purāṇacīvaraṃ dhovāpeti rajāpeti, nissaggiyena āpatti dukkaṭassa. aññātikāya aññātikasaññī purāṇacīvaraṃ dhovāpeti ākoṭāpeti, nissaggiyena āpatti dukkaṭassa. aññātikāya aññātikasaññī purāṇacīvaraṃ dhovāpeti rajāpeti ākoṭāpeti, nissaggiyena āpatti dvinnaṃ dukkaṭānaṃ.
11 aññātikāya aññātikasaññī purāṇacīvaraṃ rajāpeti, nissaggiyaṃ pācittiyaṃ. aññātikāya aññātikasaññī purāṇacīvaraṃ rajāpeti ākoṭāpeti, nissaggiyena āpatti dukkaṭassa. aññātikāya aññātikasaññī purāṇacīvaraṃ rajāpeti dhovāpeti, nissaggiyena āpatti dukkaṭassa. aññātikāya aññātikasaññī purāṇacīvaraṃ rajāpeti ākoṭāpeti dhovāpeti, nissaggiyena āpatti dvinnaṃ dukkaṭānaṃ.
12 aññātikāya aññātikasaññī purāṇacīvaraṃ ākoṭāpeti, nissaggiyaṃ pācittiyaṃ. aññātikāya aññātikasaññī purāṇacīvaraṃ ākoṭāpeti dhovāpeti, nissaggiyena āpatti dukkaṭassa. aññātikāya aññātikasaññī purāṇacīvaraṃ ākoṭāpeti rajāpeti, nissaggiyena āpatti dukkaṭassa. aññātikāya aññātikasaññī purāṇacīvaraṃ ākoṭāpeti dhovāpeti rajāpeti, nissaggiyena āpatti dvinnaṃ dukkaṭānaṃ.
13 aññātikāya vematiko … pe … aññātikāya ñātikasaññī … pe … aññassa purāṇacīvaraṃ dhovāpeti, āpatti dukkaṭassa. nisīdanapaccattharaṇaṃ dhovāpeti, āpatti dukkaṭassa. ekatoupasampannāya dhovāpeti, āpatti dukkaṭassa. ñātikāya aññātikasaññī, āpatti dukkaṭassa. ñātikāya vematiko, āpatti dukkaṭassa. ñātikāya ñātikasaññī, anāpatti.
14 anāpatti— ñātikāya dhovantiyā aññātikā dutiyā hoti, avuttā dhovati, aparibhuttaṃ dhovāpeti, cīvaraṃ ṭhapetvā aññaṃ parikkhāraṃ dhovāpeti, sikkhamānāya, sāmaṇeriyā, ummattakassa, ādikammikassāti.