Vinaya Pitaka - Monastic Rules
Bhikkhu Vibhanga - Pācittiya 17: The Training Rule on Evicting.
- Translated from the Pali by Brahmali Bhikkhu.
Origin story
1 At one time the Buddha, the Master, was staying at Sāvatthī in the Jeta Grove, Anāthapiṇḍika’s Monastery. At that time the monks belonging to the group of seventeen were repairing a large dwelling nearby, intending to stay there for the rainy season. Monks from the group of six saw this and said: “These monks from the group of seventeen are repairing a dwelling. Let’s evict them." But some of them said: “Let’s wait until they’ve finished repairing it."
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Soon afterwards the monks from the group of six said to those from the group of seventeen: “Leave; we get this dwelling."
“Shouldn’t you have told us beforehand? We would have repaired another one."
“Doesn’t this dwelling belong to the Sangha?"
“Yes it does."
“Well then, leave; we get this dwelling."
“The dwelling is large. You can stay here and so can we."
Saying, “Leave; we get this dwelling," angry and displeased, they grabbed them by the neck and threw them out.
Because of this they cried, and monks asked them: “Why are you crying?"
“These monks from the group of six, being angry and displeased, evicted us from a dwelling belonging to the Sangha."
The monks of few desires … complained and criticised them: “How can those monks belonging to the group of six, being angry and displeased, evict other monks from a dwelling belonging to the Sangha?"
3 After criticising those monks in many ways, they informed the Master. … “Is it true, monks, that you are doing this?" “It’s true, Master." The Buddha, the Master, criticised them: “ … Foolish men, how can you, being angry and displeased, evict other monks from a dwelling belonging to the Sangha? 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, angry and displeased, evicts another monk from a dwelling belonging to the Sangha, or gets him evicted, he commits an offence entailing confession."
Definitions
5 A: 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.
6 Another monk: a different monk.
7 Angry and displeased: discontent, having ill-will, hostile.
8 Belonging to the Sangha: a dwelling given to the Sangha, given up to the Sangha.
9 Evicts: if he takes hold of him in a room and throws him into the entrance area, he commits an offence entailing confession. If he takes hold of him in the entrance area and throws him outside, he commits an offence entailing confession. Even if he makes him go through many doors with one effort, he commits an offence entailing confession.
10Gets evicted: if he asks another, he commits an offence entailing confession. If he only asks once, then even if the other makes him go through many doors, he commits one offence entailing confession.
Permutations
11If it belongs to the Sangha, and he perceives it as belonging to the Sangha, and, being angry and displeased, he evicts him or gets him evicted, he commits an offence entailing confession. If it belongs to the Sangha, but he has doubts about it, and, being angry and displeased, he evicts him or gets him evicted, he commits an offence entailing confession. If it belongs to the Sangha, but he perceives it as belonging to an individual, and, being angry and displeased, he evicts him or gets him evicted, he commits an offence entailing confession.
12If he evicts a requisite belonging to him, or he gets it evicted, he commits an offence of bad conduct. If he evicts him from the vicinity of a dwelling, from the assembly-hall, from under a roof-cover, from the foot of a tree, from a space in the open air, or he gets him evicted, he commits an offence of bad conduct. If he evicts a requisite belonging to him from any of these places, or he gets it evicted, he commits an offence of bad conduct. If he evicts one who is not fully ordained from a dwelling, from the vicinity of a dwelling, from the assembly-hall, from under a roof-cover, from the foot of a tree, from a space in the open air, or he gets him evicted, he commits an offence of bad conduct. If he evicts a requisite belonging to that person from any of these places, or he gets it evicted, he commits an offence of bad conduct.
13If it belongs to an individual, but he perceives it as belonging to the Sangha, he commits an offence of bad conduct. If it belongs to an individual, but has doubt about it, he commits an offence of bad conduct. If it belongs to an individual, and he perceives it as belonging to an individual, but that individual is not himself, he commits an offence of bad conduct. If it belongs to himself, there is no offence.
Non-offences
14There is no offence: if he evicts, or gets evicted, one who is shameless; if he evicts, or gets evicted, a requisite belonging to that person; if he evicts, or gets evicted, one who is insane; if he evicts, or gets evicted, a requisite belonging to that person; if he evicts, or gets evicted, one who starts quarrels and disputes, and who creates issues in the midst of the Sangha; if he evicts, or gets evicted, a requisite belonging to that person; if he evicts, or gets evicted, a pupil or student who is not acting in the right way; if he evicts, or gets evicted, a requisite belonging to that person; if he is insane; if he is the first offender.
15The seventh rule, the training rule on evicting, is finished.
1 tena samayena buddho bhagavā sāvatthiyaṃ viharati jetavane anāthapiṇḍikassa ārāme. tena kho pana samayena sattarasavaggiyā bhikkhū aññataraṃ paccantimaṃ mahāvihāraṃ paṭisankharonti— "idha mayaṃ vassaṃ vasissāmā"ti. addasaṃsu kho chabbaggiyā bhikkhū sattarasavaggiye bhikkhū vihāraṃ paṭisankharonte. disvāna evamāhaṃsu— "ime, āvuso, sattarasavaggiyā bhikkhū vihāraṃ paṭisankharonti. handa ne vuṭṭhāpessāmā"ti. ekacce evamāhaṃsu— "āgamethāvuso, yāva paṭisankharonti; paṭisankhate vuṭṭhāpessāmā"ti.
2 atha kho chabbaggiyā bhikkhū sattarasavaggiye bhikkhū etadavocuṃ— "uṭṭhethāvuso, amhākaṃ vihāro pāpuṇātī"ti. "nanu, āvuso, paṭikacceva ācikkhitabbaṃ, mayañcaññaṃ paṭisankhareyyāmā"ti. "nanu, āvuso, saṇghiko vihāro"ti? "āmāvuso, saṇghiko vihāro"ti. "uṭṭhethāvuso, amhākaṃ vihāro pāpuṇātī"ti. "mahallako, āvuso, vihāro. tumhepi vasatha, mayampi vasissāmā"ti. "uṭṭhethāvuso, amhākaṃ vihāro pāpuṇātī"ti kupitā anattamanā gīvāyaṃ gahetvā nikkaḍḍhanti. te nikkaḍḍhīyamānā rodanti. bhikkhū evamāhaṃsu— "kissa tumhe, āvuso, rodathā"ti? "ime, āvuso, chabbaggiyā bhikkhū kupitā anattamanā amhe saṇghikā vihārā nikkaḍḍhantī"ti. ye te bhikkhū appicchā … pe … te ujjhāyanti khiyyanti vipācenti— "kathañhi nāma chabbaggiyā bhikkhū kupitā anattamanā bhikkhū saṇghikā vihārā nikkaḍḍhissantī"ti.
3 atha kho te bhikkhū chabbaggiye bhikkhū anekapariyāyena vigarahitvā bhagavato etamatthaṃ ārocesuṃ … pe … "saccaṃ kira tumhe, bhikkhave, kupitā anattamanā bhikkhū saṇghikā vihārā nikkaḍḍhathā"ti? "saccaṃ, bhagavā"ti. vigarahi buddho bhagavā … pe … kathañhi nāma tumhe, moghapurisā, kupitā anattamanā bhikkhū saṇghikā vihārā nikkaḍḍhissatha? netaṃ, moghapurisā, appasannānaṃ vā pasādāya … pe … evañca pana, bhikkhave, imaṃ sikkhāpadaṃ uddiseyyātha—
4 "yo pana bhikkhu bhikkhuṃ kupito anattamano saṇghikā vihārā nikkaḍḍheyya vā nikkaḍḍhāpeyya vā, pācittiyan"ti. (17:66)
5 yo panāti yo yādiso … pe … bhikkhūti … pe … ayaṃ imasmiṃ atthe adhippeto bhikkhūti.
7 kupito anattamanoti anabhiraddho āhatacitto khilajāto.
8 saṇghiko nāma vihāro saṇghassa dinno hoti pariccatto.
9 nikkaḍḍheyyāti gabbhe gahetvā pamukhaṃ nikkaḍḍhati, āpatti pācittiyassa. pamukhe gahetvā bahi nikkaḍḍhati, āpatti pācittiyassa. ekena payogena bahukepi dvāre atikkāmeti, āpatti pācittiyassa.
10 nikkaḍḍhāpeyyāti aññaṃ āṇāpeti, āpatti pācittiyassa. sakiṃ āṇatto bahukepi dvāre atikkāmeti, āpatti pācittiyassa.
11 saṇghike saṇghikasaññī kupito anattamano nikkaḍḍhati vā nikkaḍḍhāpeti vā, āpatti pācittiyassa. saṇghike vematiko kupito anattamano nikkaḍḍhati vā nikkaḍḍhāpeti vā, āpatti pācittiyassa. saṇghike puggalikasaññī kupito anattamano nikkaḍḍhati vā nikkaḍḍhāpeti vā, āpatti pācittiyassa.
12 tassa parikkhāraṃ nikkaḍḍhati vā nikkaḍḍhāpeti vā, āpatti dukkaṭassa. vihārassa upacārā vā upaṭṭhānasālāya vā maṇḍapā vā rukkhamūlā vā ajjhokāsā vā nikkaḍḍhati vā nikkaḍḍhāpeti vā, āpatti dukkaṭassa. tassa parikkhāraṃ nikkaḍḍhati vā nikkaḍḍhāpeti vā, āpatti dukkaṭassa. anupasampannaṃ vihārā vā vihārassa upacārā vā upaṭṭhānasālāya vā maṇḍapā vā rukkhamūlā vā ajjhokāsā vā nikkaḍḍhati vā nikkaḍḍhāpeti vā, āpatti dukkaṭassa. tassa parikkhāraṃ nikkaḍḍhati vā nikkaḍḍhāpeti vā, āpatti dukkaṭassa.
13 puggalike saṇghikasaññī, āpatti dukkaṭassa. puggalike vematiko, āpatti dukkaṭassa. puggalike puggalikasaññī aññassa puggalike āpatti dukkaṭassa. attano puggalike anāpatti.
14 anāpatti— alajjiṃ nikkaḍḍhati vā nikkaḍḍhāpeti vā, tassa parikkhāraṃ nikkaḍḍhati vā nikkaḍḍhāpeti vā, ummattakaṃ nikkaḍḍhati vā nikkaḍḍhāpeti vā, tassa parikkhāraṃ nikkaḍḍhati vā nikkaḍḍhāpeti vā, bhaṇḍanakārakaṃ kalahakārakaṃ vivādakārakaṃ bhassakārakaṃ saṇghe adhikaraṇakārakaṃ nikkaḍḍhati vā nikkaḍḍhāpeti vā, tassa parikkhāraṃ nikkaḍḍhati vā nikkaḍḍhāpeti vā, antevāsikaṃ vā saddhivihārikaṃ vā na sammā vattantaṃ nikkaḍḍhati vā nikkaḍḍhāpeti vā, tassa parikkhāraṃ nikkaḍḍhati vā nikkaḍḍhāpeti vā, ummattakassa, ādikammikassāti.